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State trust lands generate millions of dollars for carceral facilities and programs every year, largely from extractive industries like oil and gas drilling.
The period between October and January saw the “strongest quarterly results” in the number and strength of climate-related policy and technology developments around the world since November 2021.
A new study shows that cutting down trees for paper, furniture, and fuel emits three times more carbon than flying.
The short-lived rule is helping the mining industry from beyond the grave.
The closure of one of the nation's most toxic medical equipment sterilization facilities will reduce residents' exposure to carcinogenic ethylene oxide.
In the clean energy transition, labor unions and the climate movement are finding that they're stronger together.
More than 10 million Ecuadorians voted last year to ban oil operations in part of the Amazon rainforest. But heavy crude has continued to flow from the region, which is home to uncontacted Indigenous families.
Amid an uncertain legal landscape, lawmakers are finding new ways to electrify buildings.
Shareholder advocacy groups have already won plastics-related concessions from companies including Disney, Hormel, and Choice Hotels.
