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California Governor Gavin Newsom receives his first climate report card

UPDATE: Governor Newsom Receives His First Climate Report Card!

February 21, 2020

Caroline Henderson

Just days after his State of the State address, Governor Newsom received his very first Climate Report Card, which evaluates his leadership on phasing out fossil fuels and protecting public health in California. TLDR: while Newsom has made some promising signals, he’ll need to commit to real actions in order to earn high marks.

Recycling isn’t dead, but plastic is killing it

February 20, 2020

John Hocevar

A shocking new Greenpeace report reveals that most types of single-use plastic are not recyclable in the United States.

Why we must elect a Climate Leader in 2020

February 19, 2020

Charlie Jiang

Why Whales are Climate Change Heroes

February 15, 2020

Willie Mackenzie

What makes whales so important? It’s actually a number of reasons. Undoubtedly these are amazing animals in their own right, with complex social structures, and even their own types of culture. And many of the ways that whales amaze us are the very reasons they help keep oceans healthy.

Green is the New Black: How Black Staff are Working to Center Justice, Solidarity and Liberation at Greenpeace

February 13, 2020

Lauren E. Wiggins

Meet Some of the Greenpeacers Carving Out a Place for Black Liberation in the Environmental Movement

Indigenous law and the raids on Wet’suwet’en

February 13, 2020

Without the support of hereditary chiefs, pushing through the Coastal GasLink pipeline violates Indigenous rights.

4 ways to shrink the fossil fuel industry and protect the climate

February 7, 2020

Tim Donaghy

Unless we take steps to halt and reverse the expansion of fossil fuel production, roughly half of any emissions reductions we might achieve through a Green New Deal could be lost.

Governor Newsom: here's how we're grading your climate leadership

February 6, 2020

Caroline Henderson

Despite its reputation for climate action, California continues to be a major oil and gas producer. Here's how we'll be grading Governor Newsom on his climate leadership until the end of 2020.

3 ways we can solve the air pollution crisis

February 5, 2020

Air pollution is no match for all of us, working together. All the solutions listed here are already happening around the world because people came together and demanded it.

Racist Housing Practices Linked To Hotter Neighborhoods

January 31, 2020

Jack Shapiro

We need a responsible phaseout of fossil fuel production with a just transition for workers, to ensure that some communities are not left behind to continue suffering from fracking fluid spills or toxic air pollution from the refinery next door, while others get cleaner and safer.

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