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Nine States Prove Cutting Carbon Saves Money, Generates Jobs

The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative is a program to cap and reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the power sector in nine states.

A new report shows how nine northeastern states have reduced electricity costs and fossil fuel imports while also increasing jobs through the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, providing a great example for other states to follow.

Latino Communities Demand Congress, EPA Step Up to Fight Asthma

66 percent of Latinos live in areas where the air is not up to the federal government’s safe air quality standards.

Latino community advocates visited Washington, D.C. to urge members of Congress and the EPA to craft a strong Clean Power Plan to cut air pollution.

Huge Victory from the Ninth Circuit Protects the Tongass National Forest

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has protected the roadless portions of the Tongass National Forest—the largest and wildest national forest—from new road-building and logging.

It’s Time to Be Drought Intolerant

California agriculture uses about 80 percent of the state’s developed water supply

Want to help the drought? Draw a bath, call your senator, and let your worries soak away.

Cut Carbon Emissions by Heating and Cooling Your Home the Right Way

Ulises Alfaro traveled to Washington D.C. to offer common-sense solutions for the HVAC industry that could help Colorado waste less gas and electricity.

A Colorado HVAC specialist gives the straight scoop: Many companies profit from installing fuel-guzzling furnaces and air conditioners.

We Need Strong Ozone Rules to Clear the Air in Our National Parks

Air pollution is visible in this shot of the Grand Canyon.

Our national parks are threatened by air pollution that harms the health of Americans as well as our natural history.

Buenos Dias, D.C. — An Introduction to the Dangers of Coal Ash

A coal ash pond at the Duke Energy Cape Fear Plant that has been here since 1985.

This week, Earthjustice legislative representative Andrea Delgado sat down with Buenos Dias D.C., host Nestor Bravo on Univision in Washington, D.C. to talk about the dangers of coal ash.

This Is What Asthma Feels Like for Marylanders

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan illegally blocked a safeguard to reduce ozone pollution, leaving Marylanders to cope with respiratory illnesses like asthma.

Is So Cal Gas Waging War on Southern California Edison?

Los Angeles smog and the coastal marine layer meet at sunset.

The race for clean transportation solutions in Los Angeles is looking like the tortoise and the hare, with SoCal Gas taking an early lead on the public relations front.