The Trump EPA withdrew a request (initiated by the Obama EPA) for data on methane emissions from the US oil and gas industry. What happened: The Trump EPA withdrew a request (initiated by the Obama ...

PARIS (December 9, 2015)—Today, Secretary of State John Kerry announced that the U.S. will provide $800 million in climate change adaptation aid. Below is a reaction statement by Alden Meyer, director ...

WASHINGTON—The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) announced today that it will postpone its annual climate change talks. The meeting slated for June 2020 in Bonn, Germany, ...

OAKLAND, CALIF. (April 6, 2015)—Water is a precious commodity in California and it takes significant amounts of energy to pump, treat, and transport water often long distances to users throughout the ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (January 30, 2018)—More than a dozen mayors from across California sent a letter to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) expressing their support for zero-emission transit buses ...

Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its climate adaptation and resilience plan, which outlines the department’s plans to integrate climate adaptation into USDA missions and ...

LIMA (December 11, 2014) – Initial findings from a Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) report indicate that of the eight countries that make up 57 percent of all land use emissions, the United States ...

WASHINGTON (March 12, 2015) — Below is a statement by Ken Kimmell, president of the Union of Concerned Scientists and former commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection ...

Washington (December 3, 2015)—Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed an energy bill that would make the United States more reliant on fossil fuels, taking the country in the wrong direction, ...

WASHINGTON (May 9, 2013) – Republicans on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee are boycotting a committee voting session on President Barack Obama's choice to head the Environmental ...

WASHINGTON (April 24, 2012)—The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is urging Americans to eat substantially more fruits and vegetables, but its crop insurance and credit programs handicap produce ...

WASHINGTON (February 2, 2021)—Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Ind., has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate to lead the Department of Transportation. In this position, he’ll have a vital ...