By Jessica Corbett In a new radio program, the Swedish teenager details and reflects on her travels around the world the past year as...
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‘Incredible Green Wave’ in French Elections Celebrated as ‘Mandate to Act for Climate and Social Justice’
By Jessica Corbett “It’s an incredible green wave.” That is how Yannick Jadot, a European Parliament lawmaker from the Europe Écologie Les Verts (EELV)...
Agrivoltaics: how you can have your kale and eat it too
By Mary Chambers Droughts, floods, and heat waves are exacerbating the global struggle to feed a growing population. To combat climate...
A Community Stronger Than COVID
Matthew Capuano-Rizzo Photo: Youth attendees at CCL’s Third Coast February Conference –Princella Talley/CCL Citizens’ Climate Lobby’s summer conference focused a large amount on diversity and...
IEA Chief Warns: Just Six Months Left for Green Recovery to Change Course on Climate
By Eoin Higgins The world must take advantage of the opportunity presented by the coronavirus economic shutdown and focus on a green recovery, the head...
Why the environmental movement should stand up for Black lives
Matthew Capuano-Rizzo Protesters in front of the White House on Monday, June 1st. When we arrived around 3 PM, fewer than thirty people were gathered...
Audi, racing ahead on its environmental goals
Matthew Capuano-Rizzo Following a 2016 emissions scandal, the luxury subsidiary of the German automotive group Volkswagen has increased its commitment to sustainability. Audi, the luxury...
GivePower, a model for sustainable development
Matthew Capuano-Rizzo In May of 2019, GivePower installed solar power in Ciudad Perdida (“The Lost City”) in Northern Colombia. The power will support archeological and...
Why we shouldn’t leave out biofuels in the energy transition
By Matthew Capuano-Rizzo The world’s largest biogas bus fleet in Nottingham, United Kingdom. The city plans to increase orders of biogas buses and convert its...
How Mandatory Are China’s Local Environmental Standards?
Zhuoshi Liu enforcement efforts in 2014, the quality of the country’s environment has been gradually improving. At the same time, however, many regulated businesses...
Why it is the perfect time for a carbon tax and dividend policy
By Matthew Capuano-Rizzo Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot at Wrigley Field, which has been converted into a temporary food packing and distribution center. –WGN 9...
Without ‘Transformative Change’ to Global Economic Systems, Humans Risk Causing More Deadly Pandemics
By Julia Conley Human activity led to the conditions which allowed the new coronavirus to spread from wildlife to people, a group of biodiversity experts wrote Monday, and...