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Two weeks later, we have a better understanding of the multiple systemic failures that put that community at risk. But there are still many unanswered questions.

We are working to craft a rule that will tap California's carbon market to offer indigenous and forest-dwelling communities in the Amazon incentives for ecosystem protection.

The bottom line is that carbon pollution costs society a lot of money, and we need strong, science-based climate policies to reflect that.

Demand Response programs offer incentives for consumers to shift their demand for energy

New mapping tools use satellite images covering a 28-year period to dramatically illustrate how Earth is changing.

Other locales, take note: if these environmental gains can make it here, they can make it anywhere.

Innovative center for improving shale practices opens, now it’s up to industry.

Looking at overall emissions today paints one picture, but seeing the historical record may change your perspective.

The (partially deserved) reputation of environmentalists as serious, earnest, and humorless hurts our ability to connect with people.

Google’s $3.2 billion move is a step towards a future in which our homes will become one ecosystem – integrated and functioning as a whole.

From government programs to public-private partnerships, the sun is rising on energy efficiency in rural America.

The Elk River disaster is a tragic reminder of the risks that spring from our dependence on fossil fuels.

Any meaningful discussion of future energy sources must include water, or the rapidly increasing lack thereof.

The mighty Colorado is not simply infrastructure for water delivery. It is the lifeline of the American West.

After only one year, a strong, healthy, and enduring carbon market has emerged in the Golden State.

Climate deniers are exploiting the current polar vortex as “proof” that global warming isn’t reality. Brain freeze? There's actually an interesting connection between opinion polls, our own personal experiences, and belief in climate change.

A friend reflects on the profound and far-reaching consequences of Chico's life and death.

When deciding how we’ll meet our food needs, we cannot pit agricultural productivity and environmental resilience against each other.

Growing evidence connects exposures to certain common chemicals to obesity.

The Endangered Species Act has remained so durable for so long, and proven so successful in so many ways, because it is, at root, so profoundly and so fundamentally conservative.

Passionate public arguments can bring clarity and strengthen resolve, especially when the controversies are triggered by positions you firmly believe in.

China faces serious environmental challenges, but the scale of the solutions is incredible.

You absolutely can make a difference. Here's proof.

Some of America’s oldest cities, like Philadelphia, are embracing sustainability and reaping the environmental and economic benefits.

As some nuclear power plants are reaching the end of their design life, a case study from California shows how the nation might proceed. Learn about SONGS’ ghost and our past, present and future.