Carbon removal strategies will play an essential role in drawing down CO2 levels. A carbon removal industry is developing that includes natural options like planting trees and restoring prairies and wetlands, pulling CO2 from the atmosphere with Direct Air Capture, and various technical approaches that engineer changes in the environment or rely on injecting CO2 into deep geological structures. But […]
Nationwide, communities are coming together to demand constitutional recognition of their rights to a clean, safe, and healthy environment, including a stable climate, in the form of state Green Amendments. Green Amendments include explicit protection for environmental rights, including the rights to pure water, clean air, a safe climate, and healthy environments. They empower environmental justice protections through constitutional mandates […]
Carbon capture strategies will play an essential role in drawing down CO2 levels. A carbon capture industry is developing that includes natural options like planting trees and restoring prairies and wetlands, pulling CO2 from the atmosphere with Direct Air Capture, and various technical approaches that engineer changes in the environment or rely on injecting CO2 into deep geological structures. But […]
Carbon removal strategies will play an essential role in drawing down CO2 levels. A carbon removal industry is developing that includes natural options like planting trees and restoring prairies and wetlands, pulling CO2 from the atmosphere with Direct Air Capture, and various technical approaches that engineer changes in the environment or rely on injecting CO2 into deep geological structures. But […]
Owning a car is more expensive than you think. Research has shown that people underestimate how much money they spend on cars and driving. It also shows that policymakers underestimate the social costs of car culture. We Americans love our cars. But if we really understood the full cost of private car ownership, we might be more willing to consider […]
At first glance, fighting for abortion rights may seem outside the purview of the environmental movement. But dig a little deeper and it quickly becomes clear that reproductive justice is environmental justice. Having universal access to reproductive health services — including abortion — is good for people and nature. As the world’s population grows, so do its demands for water, […]
The stereotype that environmentalists are all white and wealthy, and its corollary that “Black people don’t do nature,” are both clearly false. The racist history of the environmental movement does continue to make many people of color, particularly African Americans, feel unwelcome in mainstream environmental organizations. But people of all races care about the environment. In fact, a recent survey […]
There’s a stereotype of environmentalists as white and wealthy, but it’s a dangerous idea that perpetuates low participation in well-known environmental organizations by people of color. The stereotype is also linked to an ongoing history of ignoring the involvement of those people of color who do work for the environment. A recent Yale survey of racial attitudes about climate change […]
The stereotypical environmentalist is white and wealthy, but it’s a dangerous and self-perpetuating idea. The best-known environmental organizations may have low participation by people of color, but people of all races care about the environment. In fact, a recent survey by Yale University found that Latinos take climate change more seriously than any other ethnic group. And they aren’t waiting […]