Environment

California Just Became The Largest Economy In The World To Commit To Zero Carbon Electricity

On August 28, the California Assembly passed Senate Bill 100 (SB 100), legislation that will transition the state’s energy grid to 100% clean energy by 2045. California’s commitment to clean energy comes as the Trump administration is dismantling...

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World’s top climate experts to testify in landmark investigation into fossil fuel companies

Some of the world’s most highly-regarded climate change science, policy, research, and legal experts will appear as witnesses in the ongoing hearings by the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in the Philippines on the responsibility of 47 fossil fuel...

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Undervaluing ‘hidden’ benefits of rivers undermines economies and sustainable development, warns new report

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Fish farmers at one of the Hung Vuong farms in the Mekong Delta catch and weigh pangasius fish before releasing them back into...

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EPA And Justice Department Reach $365,000 Settlement With Certainteed For Alleged Safe Drinking Water Violations

Under a settlement on August 24, announced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), CertainTeed Corporation will pay $365,500 in civil penalties to resolve alleged violations of the Safe Drinking Water...

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