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Cuts to Renewable Energy Research in Energy Department's Budget Irk Senate Democrats
2+ hour, 9+ min ago (937+ words) Our nonprofit newsroom investigates the biggest threats to our planet, holds decision-makers accountable, and pushes back on climate disinformation so facts stay front and center. Democrats on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee have challenged the Department of Energy's…...
As Climate Disasters Create an Insurance Crisis, a California Bill Seeks to Make Fossil Fuel Companies Pay
10+ hour, 1+ min ago (1130+ words) Our nonprofit newsroom investigates the biggest threats to our planet, holds decision-makers accountable, and pushes back on climate disinformation so facts stay front and center. Mary Creasman had insurance on her mind as she made her way to the California…...
Maryland Passes Energy Bill That Delivers Short-Term Relief, Locks Ratepayers into Long-Term Nuclear Subsidy
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (995+ words) Our nonprofit newsroom investigates the biggest threats to our planet, holds decision-makers accountable, and pushes back on climate disinformation so facts stay front and center. Maryland lawmakers" new solution for rising utility bills reduces a surcharge funding an effective energy-efficiency…...
Rights of Nature Defender Wins Goldman Prize for Protecting Colombia's Magdalena River From Fracking
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (1134+ words) Our nonprofit newsroom investigates the biggest threats to our planet, holds decision-makers accountable, and pushes back on climate disinformation so facts stay front and center. As a child growing up along the banks of Colombia's Magdalena River, Yuvelis Morales Blanco…...
Activists Target Wells Fargo for Dropping its Climate Commitments
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (1372+ words) Our nonprofit newsroom investigates the biggest threats to our planet, holds decision-makers accountable, and pushes back on climate disinformation so facts stay front and center. Outside the opulent, 73-story Hudson Yards tower in Midtown Manhattan, a group of climate activists…...
Trump Administration Targets Bison on Federal Grazing Lands
2+ week, 4+ day ago (1767+ words) Our nonprofit newsroom investigates the biggest threats to our planet, holds decision-makers accountable, and pushes back on climate disinformation so facts stay front and center. PHILLIPS COUNTY, Mont. The American buffalothose ornery, hairy prairie beasts that reign as the official…...
Ecuadorians to Vote on Constitutional Rewrite, Possibly Gutting Rights of Nature
6+ mon, 2+ hour ago (1702+ words) Our nonprofit newsroom investigates the biggest threats to our planet, holds decision-makers accountable, and pushes back on climate disinformation so facts stay front and center. In 2008, Ecuador made history by enshrining the rights of nature in its constitution, recognizing ecosystems…...
I Am the River: How Indigenous Knowledge Reshaped New Zealands Law
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (1980+ words) Our nonprofit newsroom investigates the biggest threats to our planet, holds decision-makers accountable, and pushes back on climate disinformation so facts stay front and center. Ned Tapa has spent his life along New Zealand's Whanganui River. For Tapa, a M'ori…...
US Guts Criticism of Indigenous Rights Abuses, Mentions of Climate Change From Annual Human Rights Reports
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (1548+ words) Our nonprofit newsroom investigates the biggest threats to our planet, holds decision-makers accountable, and pushes back on climate disinformation so facts stay front and center. Forget Indigenous rights, climate change and environmental protection. That's the stark message from the latest…...
Universities, States Have "Responsibility" to Act on Climate in Trump Era, UMass President says
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (898+ words) Our nonprofit newsroom investigates the biggest threats to our planet, holds decision-makers accountable, and pushes back on climate disinformation so facts stay front and center. University of Massachusetts President Marty Meehan didn't play it safe when giving his State of…...