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A Word to States: Question Senator McConnell's Climate Advice

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks at a news conference to unveil domestic energy and jobs legislation in 2012.

The EPA's proposed Clean Power Plan is a turning point for our nation in tackling climate change, yet Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell has been advising states to forgo developing their own implementation plans.

Climate Change’s Big Reveal: The Inequality Problem

A woman carrying her child in Tanzania fills a bucket with water at a well.

Rising sea levels, super storms, floods and droughts exacerbated by climate change will wait for no man, but research shows that women, especially poor women, are in greater danger.

Shell’s Battle for Seattle

The Polar Pioneer is one of Shell Oil's drill rigs that may be coming to Seattle.

Conservation groups are challenging the Port of Seattle’s decision to make the city a home base for Shell’s Arctic drilling fleet without first telling the public or evaluating the environmental risks.

New York State’s Imperiled Six

The Allegheny River in New York where the Hellbender Salamander once thrived.

Earthjustice has submitted comments urging the NY Department of Environmental Conservation to place these six species on New York's list of endangered and threatened species.

Captive Orca Swims Closer to Freedom

Recently, the federal government added a captive orca called Lolita to the endangered species list

The federal government will finally put a captive orca named Lolita on the endangered species list, a move that may open doors to her eventual return home to the Puget Sound in Washington state.

States Show Support for the Clean Power Plan

Two events on Capitol Hill brought in voices from across the country in support of the EPA’s Clean Power Plan.

Florida's State Workers Silenced on Climate Change

Beach chairs floating away in high Florida tide

Gov. Rick Scott’s administration has banned state workers from using the words “climate change” in their reports and presentations, even as sea level rise slowly swallows the Sunshine State’s picturesque coastlines.

Why I Skipped School for Clean Air

Oscar Garcia and Kimberly Garcia of Reno, NV, hold a sign outside of the EPA's public hearing in Sacramento on proposed ozone standards.

This blog was contributed by Kim Garcia, a high school senior, who traveled from Reno to Sacramento last month to testify at the EPA's proposed ozone rule hearings.

Federal Agency Quietly Allows Oil to Leak Through Crude Export Ban

While Congress debates whether we should keep the crude oil export ban, a highly secretive federal agency decided to erode the ban on its own, without public input.