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NASA/NOAA via NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory
April 25, 2016

Sign on the Line: Declaring Our Independence From Fossil Fuels

By Abigail Dillen  /  Northeast Office

On Earth Day, nearly 170 countries signed the global climate deal reached in Paris last December.

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily stayed the Clean Power Plan, but business leaders are already working on the transition to clean energy sources and have no plans to stop.
February 17, 2016

Supreme Court ‘Can’t Put the Genie Back in the Bottle’ When it Comes to Climate Progress

By Abigail Dillen  /  Washington, D.C. Office

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily stayed the Clean Power Plan, but business leaders are already working on the transition to clean energy sources and have no plans to stop.

Wind turbines at sunset Jui-Chi Chan/iStock
January 25, 2016

The Supreme Court’s Gift to Climate and Consumers

By Abigail Dillen  /  Northeast Office

In a string of victories for climate progress in the U.S., the Supreme Court today preserved crucial gains for clean energy.

Notre Dame Cathedral
December 18, 2015

Paris, Je T’aime

By Abigail Dillen  /  International Program

Last week, nearly 200 countries large and small signed an historic agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions in an effort to thwart the worst impacts of climate change.

Oil refinery
December 4, 2015

Cutting Methane, Boosting Hope For Climate Success

By Abigail Dillen  /  Northeast Office

World leaders are gathered in Paris to pledge support for taking meaningful climate action, and there may be no climate solution that is lower cost and higher impact than cutting methane pollution.

As the Climate Summit in Paris approaches, there is reason for hope that the world is finally getting serious about cutting its carbon emissions.
October 5, 2015

Can Paris be at the Vanguard of Global Climate Action?

By Abigail Dillen  /  Northeast Office

As the Climate Summit in Paris approaches, there is reason for hope that the world is finally getting serious about cutting its carbon emissions.

Solar panels at Mesa Verde Visitor and Research Center in Montezuma County, Colorado
September 11, 2015

Attacks on Solar Power Aren’t off to a Good Start

By Abigail Dillen  /  Clean Energy Program & Northeast Office

A diverse coalition of community, environmental and renewable energy industry organizations are fighting to keep solar power affordable and economically competitive against heavily subsidized fossil fuels.

Earth
April 17, 2015

On Franzen's Theory and Uniting Our Climate Things

By Abigail Dillen  /  Northeast Office

Abigail Dillen responds to author Jonathan Frazen's recent article in the New Yorker that has sparked a necessary conversation for people that care about climate change.

US Capitol January 2015
March 25, 2015

The Constitution Isn’t Burning, But the Planet Is

By Abigail Dillen  /  Policy and Legislation Team

This week, Harvard law professor Larry Tribe captivated climate deniers and House Republicans when he went before Congress to attack the President’s Clean Power Plan.

Rachel Carson Bob Hines
March 6, 2015

Celebrating Creative Women in a Climate Crisis

By Abigail Dillen  /  Headquarters Office

Wherever Women’s History Month is observed, there are people celebrating the life and legacy of Rachel Carson, but even the wildly original Carson owed a debt to the courageous women who came before her.