Barb Pace sits in a room with several neighbors at the Shenango Coke Works plant on Neville Island, just north of Pittsburgh, attending yet another company-hosted luncheon. It was one … Read more
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Seeing the South Fork Wind Farm
On a brisk yet sunny morning in late November, the National Wildlife Federation’s Offshore Wind Energy Program brought 70 local environmental advocates and community members from the New England area … Read more
Defunding the Future: Inside Federal Cuts to Tribal Energy Sovereignty
In the far north of California, the Hoopa Valley Tribe is tucked among steep forested mountains and the winding Trinity River. This land has been home to the Hoopa for … Read more
The Importance of Investing in American Industrial Innovation
If you are unfamiliar with the U.S. manufacturing sector, then you may not know that America already produces some of the cleanest steel in the world, boasting the lowest amount … Read more
Deregulation Won’t Protect Us from Climate Change
The Administration on Tuesday, July 29, 2025, proposed to reject decades of scientific knowledge about the harms of greenhouse gases and undercut its own authority to regulate climate-altering pollution. Though … Read more
Hop to It! Your Last-Minute Guide to Real “Good” Chocolate
Still scrambling to fill your Easter baskets? Want to fill them with really “good” chocolate—the kind that not only is delicious, but also protects forests and wildlife? Don’t worry, last-minute … Read more
A Note to Our Canadian Neighbors: Dirty Mining Doesn’t Pan Out
Last summer confirmed what climate scientists have been telling us for decades: Extreme climate events are the new normal. Witness Yellowstone, Kentucky, or St. Louis where catastrophic, once-in-a-1000-year flooding events … Read more
Launch of the Climate Equity Collaborative
The impacts of climate change are complex, intersectional, and constantly evolving. Everyone is affected. Over the past decade, we’ve gradually come to terms with life in a changing climate. Extreme … Read more
Alternative Energy Can’t Move Forward Without These Critical Minerals
The most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report stated that the world is set to reach the 1.5 degrees Celsius increase in the next two decades. Therefore, we must … Read more
Urban Canopies Keep Cities Cool When Temperatures Climb
Cooler streets are good for blue jays too When it comes to addressing unbearable summer heat in urban areas, few investments offer as many benefits as street trees! Urban trees … Read more
