By Kenny Stancil Image caption: A worker performs maintenance at the BlueWave Community Solar Farm in Grafton, Massachusetts on December 4, 2017. (Photo: Robert...
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IEA: Renewables on Track to Be Largest Source of Global Electricity in Five Years
By Andrea Germanos “Renewable power is defying the difficulties caused by the pandemic, showing robust growth while others fuels struggle,” said IEA executive director Fatih...
Biden-Harris Victory: A Win for the Planet
By DR. MIRIAM ACZEL (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Rejoining the Paris Agreement On June 1, 2017, in a blow to climate action, Donald Trump announced that...
Greta Thunberg Tells US Voters on Election Day Their Choice ‘Will Affect Countless Generations to Come’
By Julia Conley “Every election is a climate election.” With the very future of the planet at stake, international climate leader Greta Thunberg on Tuesday...
Investing in Sustainability: How Businesses Can Save Money and the Planet
By Grace Murphy Since we’re on the brink of a climate crisis, it is more important now than ever before that we make more environmentally conscious...
Young Activists Aren’t Waiting For Anyone
by Mike Males Older generations have generally favored “nowism,” which privileges short-term well-being at the expense of long-term environmental and societal sustainability. And today’s...
Investing $2 Trillion in US Clean Energy and Infrastructure Could Create Millions of ‘Good Jobs,’ Analysis Finds
By Jessica Corbett “We don’t have to choose between a strong economy or a healthy environment—we can have both,” says an EPI data analyst Pursuing...
Australian Aboriginal Leaders Testify Mining Firm’s Gag Clause Silencing Opposition to Destruction of Ancient Sacred Site
By Brett Wilkins “Rio Tinto must acknowledge, and seek to correct, the unequal bargaining positions that have always resulted in a disadvantage for Traditional Owners.” Leaders of...
‘So What Are You Waiting For?’ Say Climate Campaigners After IEA Says Solar Now ‘Cheapest Electricity’ in Human History
By Andrea Germanos Solar “is on track to set new records for deployment every year after 2022.” Solar is on track to be the “new...
Bolstering Public Health Fears, Harvard Study Finds Elevated Airborne Radiation Levels Downwind of US Fracking Sites
By Jake Johnson “If you asked me to go and live downwind [of fracking sites], I would not go,” said the lead author...
‘No Time to Lose’: New Study Shows 50% Coral Decline on Great Barrier Reef
By Brett Wilkins “We expect this decline to continue,” predicted one of the study’s authors, who said that unless urgent climate action is taken, “the...
Sustainable DIY Home Improvement Projects While Stuck at Home
By Adrian Johansen If the coronavirus pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that home truly is where the heart is. And as the fall flu...