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Protect Communities from Wildfire

08/06/26
Wildfires continue to grow more destructive — threatening forests, wildlife, communities and the air we breathe. Overgrown vegetation, drought and a changing climate are causing fires to increase in frequency and severity.
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Defend the Endangered Species Act

08/06/26
In the coming decades, a million of the Earth’s species face the possibility of extinction due to climate change, pollution, and habitat loss. Even species that are not yet on the brink will face huge…
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Disaster Relief Is A Lifeline

07/06/26
When disaster strikes, Americans rely on FEMA to help communities prepare and recover.But right now, Trump is weakening FEMA at the exact moment we need it most. Staffing shortages, delayed aid, and proposed cuts to…
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We fight climate change, for people and the planet.

07/02/26
From exposing Big Oil to building people power worldwide, we’re fighting back together.
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Three foods you can make in 5 minutes that taste better than stuff in the store

By Michael J. Coren 04/21/26
Most homemade food demands a sacrifice: It’s more delicious than what you buy in a store, but it’ll never be more convenient. True for potato chips, perhaps. But what you make at home can be…
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I wanted to buy less stuff. I ended up bonding with my neighbors.

By Michael J. Coren 04/14/26
Americans use their electric drills for only 13 minutes each year, according to one widely cited estimate. Yet around half of households own one. As Uber and other “sharing economy” start-ups gathered steam in the…
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Tell your U.S. senators: Defend wolves from extinction

03/07/26
We’re on the brink of a critical turning point for the gray wolves of the Lower 48. The U.S. House passed legislation introduced by Rep. Lauren Boebert (Colo.) that would stop the work of wolf…
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Tell the FCC to protect our night skies

03/07/26
If Reflect Orbital’s application (file number: SAT-LOA-20250701-00129) is approved, it plans to launch more than 50,000 satellites by 2035.
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Tell Congress: Our children have a right to live in toxic-free environments

03/07/26
Our families have a right to live free from toxic chemicals in the products they use, air they breathe, and water they drink.
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Tell NY’s Legislature to Fund Climate Investment

03/06/26
Urge the Legislature to include $1B for the Sustainable Future Program! Email them directly today.
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Stop plans to mine the ocean floor

03/06/26
As if drilling for oil on our public lands and clear-cutting our old-growth forests for timber weren’t enough for their corporate donors, the Trump administration is now eyeing uncharted territory for more extraction: the deep…
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Defend the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

02/26/26
Lawmakers have been abusing a little-known law called the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to strip protections from millions of acres of America’s public lands. Now members of Congress reportedly want to use this law to…
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Congress: Protect NCAR and Climate Research

01/03/26  
The Trump administration intends to dismantle the National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), one of the United States' leading weather and climate research institutions. Russell Vought, director of the White House Office…
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Tips for making climate-related resolutions that stick

By YCC Team   12/31/25  
New Year’s can be a great time to set climate-friendly goals – like driving less, eating less meat, or saving energy at home.
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Defend the Endangered Species Act

12/29/25  
In the coming decades, a million of the Earth’s species face the possibility of extinction due to climate change, pollution, and habitat loss. Even species that are not yet on the brink will face huge…
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Tell Your Senator to Stand Up for Our Environmental Protections!

12/29/25  
The Senate is likely to vote soon on the SPEED Act, which would gut the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to make it easier for big polluters to force communities to accept their dirty, dangerous…
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Burning wood emits more than fossil fuels. Here’s how to build a better fire.

By Michael J. Coren   12/23/25  
In 50 years, my father-in-law has never run out of wood.Since building a wood-heated cabin in Maine in the early 1970s, he has started each summer collecting balsam, birch and maples that fell or died…
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Saving Endangered Species Polls at 84%. So Why Does Trump Keep Doing the Opposite?

By Alison Cagle   12/08/25  
A bully’s favorite tactic is to push you when you’re down. That’s just what the Trump administration is doing to species on the brink of extinction.
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Trump’s EPA Just Tried to Gut the Protections That Keep Our Drinking Water Clean

11/18/25  
What happened: Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposed a rule that would end federal protections for many wetlands and streams in the U.S., imperiling critical habitats and the…
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Call the “Natural” Gas Quitline!

09/11/25  
Join us for an engaging policy panel discussion exploring the current policy landscape of building decarbonization amidst both setbacks and resilience. From the air quality agency rules in California, to efforts in the Northeast and…
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Are You Prepared for a Climate Disaster?

By Maggie Astor   08/25/25  
Hurricanes. Flooding. Wildfires. As climate change makes natural disasters more severe and frequent, many people are finding themselves exposed to unfamiliar threats.
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Five ways to take climate action at work – brainstormed by employees like you!

By Aiyana Bodi   07/23/25  
An estimated 30–40% of the world’s food is never even eaten, doomed to rot in landfills and emit the potent greenhouse gas methane. If you work in an office, you’ve likely seen this firsthand: dozens…
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Hollywood Stars Press Pension Plan to Sell Fossil-Fuel Assets

By Leslie Kaufman   06/24/25  
Top Hollywood actors are teaming up with activist groups to pressure the leading entertainment union, the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), to drop fossil-fuel investments from one…
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Protect IRA Clean Energy Credits & Rebates!

06/16/25  
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is driving rapid growth in solar energy, cost savings to disadvantaged communities, and 330,000 jobs in three years. IRA tax credits and rebates have made clean, efficient energy upgrades affordable…
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Energy Star, efficiency program that has steered consumer choice, targeted in cuts

By Michael Phillis and Alexa St. John   05/07/25  
An Environmental Protection Agency plan to eliminate its Energy Star offices would end a decades-old program that gave consumers a choice to buy environmentally friendly refrigerators, dishwashers and other electronics and save money on electric…
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Trump administration plans to end Energy Star program for home appliances

By Maxine Joselow   05/06/25  
The Environmental Protection Agency plans to end Energy Star, a popular program whose iconic blue labels have certified the energy efficiency of home appliances for more than three decades, according to three people briefed on…
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All the light we would rather not see

By David Shipley and Others   12/11/24  
The night sky is one of few things humanity has been able to rely on throughout the course of our history: to guide our travels, to light our ways, to measure the passage of time.…
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How to Keep Your Own Soul Safe in the Dark

By Margaret Renkl   12/09/24  
A few days before Thanksgiving, my husband and I finally moved our indoor plants back indoors. In years past we brought them inside in late September, just to be safe, because in those days frost…
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Another Way to Keep Food Out of the Trash

By Shivani Vora   11/26/24  
There is a connection between Mette Lykke’s childhood and her role as the chief executive of Too Good to Go, a company that calls itself “the world’s largest marketplace for surplus food.”
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Thousands of Disaster Survivors Urge the Department of Justice to Investigate Fossil Fuel Companies for Climate Crimes

By Keerti Gopal   08/16/24  
Allen Myers was getting ready to visit his parents in his hometown of Paradise in November 2018 when the community was hit with the deadliest wildfire in California’s history. As he traveled home, Myers experienced…
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Taking The Climate Killers To Court

By Lois Parshley   07/29/24  
On a cold October Saturday in 2020, Elisa got a panicked call from her brother in France. He hadn’t heard from their mother in several days.
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What’s Greenest and Cleanest When Nature Calls?

By Elizabeth Anne Brown   07/15/24  
These days, the toilet paper aisle is crowded with products that claim to be more sustainable, from bamboo and recycled material to products with “forest-safe” labels. But are they really better for the environment? And…
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What are the most powerful climate actions you can take? The expert view

By Damian Carrington   05/09/24  
Many people, faced with the worsening impacts of the climate emergency, want to know what they can do personally to fight global heating. The Guardian asked hundreds of the world’s top climate scientists for their…
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The best eco-friendly home improvements you can do for less than $100

By Michael J. Coren   03/12/24  
What if you only had $100 to invest in a cheaper, cleaner home? Or $10? Or even just $1? The conversation about cutting your emissions is often about big-ticket items: stoves, furnaces, cars and other…
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Climbing icon and philanthropist Alex Honnold talks energy access and solar power

By Alex Honnold   02/27/24  
Legendary climber turned solar energy advocate Alex Honnold speaks with Canary Media’s Maria Virginia Olano about the Honnold Foundation and his passion for environmental advocacy and energy equity. He also explains how his climbing values…
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The power of climate-focused investing

By Ellen Dorsey   02/23/24  
The Feb. 21 editorial, “Investor climate activism isn’t working,” claimed that the divest-invest movement “has proved irrelevant or even counterproductive.” That’s dismissive of the thousands of students, teachers, doctors, mayors, union workers, faith leaders, pension…
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National Archives closes after climate change protesters dump red powder on U.S. Constitution

By Katherine Itoh   02/15/24  
The National Archives rotunda and galleries in Washington, D.C., closed to the public early on Wednesday afternoon after two apparent climate change protesters dumped red powder on the case holding the U.S. Constitution.
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These States Are Basically Begging You to Get a Heat Pump

By Matt Simon   02/07/24  
Death is coming for the old-school gas furnace—and its killer is the humble heat pump. They’re already outselling gas furnaces in the US, and now a coalition of states has signed an agreement to supercharge…
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These Are the Climate Grannies. They’ll Do Whatever It Takes to Protect Their Grandchildren

By Jessica Kutz   02/03/24  
Hazel Chandler was at home taking care of her son when she began flipping through a document that detailed how burning fossil fuels would soon jeopardize the planet.
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Should climate change keep you from having kids?

By Daisy Simmons   02/02/24  
“Aparticular sort of demographic thing was going on for us both — you know, the finger-wagging around children,” says Meghan Elizabeth Kallman, remembering the period of her life when she met Josephine Ferorelli at a…
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How to convert your home into a small power plant, and make your money back doing it

By Alexa Coultoff   01/30/24  
Mathew Tuttelman decided he was never going to pay a utility bill again — no gas, oil, or outside electricity to heat, cool, or power his 3,500-square-foot home. He was going to build a net-zero…
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Jane Goodall only wants one thing

By David Gelles   01/23/24  
When I caught up with Jane Goodall in 2019, she was calling on consumers and businesses to make responsible choices and protect the natural world.
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Hertz selloff could be a good time to buy a cheap used EV

By Joann Muller   01/11/24  
Hertz is offloading some 20,000 electric vehicles (EVs) from its rental fleet, which means now could be a great time to buy a used EV at a good price.
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Dusting and Mopping Better Than Air Purifiers for Cleaning Indoor Air After a Wildfire

By Angely Mercado   10/26/23  
Even after smoke from a wildfire has visibly cleared, lingering toxins indoors can tank air quality and threaten our health. Harmful chemicals stick around on surfaces and release into the air—and, new research found, air…
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Google wants to be at the center of all your climate change decisions

By Andrew J. Hawkins   10/10/23  
People shopping for electric vehicles, heat pumps, or air conditioning units will see enhanced search results on Google in a series of updates the company hopes will help people live more sustainable, climate-friendly lives. The…
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Thousands of climate activists march in NYC, calling on Biden to declare climate emergency

By Miranda Nazzaro   09/17/23  
Tens of thousands of protestors kicked off a march Sunday in New York City, advocating for an end to fossil fuels while calling on President Biden to declare a climate emergency. Hundreds of organizations, climate…
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Stopping Tennis to Call Attention to Climate Change

By Lisa Friedman   09/07/23  
The environmental activists who delayed the U.S. Open semifinal Thursday night by staging protests in Arthur Ashe Stadium join a long line of high-profile public disruptions aimed at drawing attention to the existential threat posed…
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You’re doing it wrong: Recycling and other myths about tackling climate change

By Kate Selig and Emily Guskin   08/28/23  
A slim majority of Americans think their individual actions can reduce the effects of climate change, according to a Washington Post-University of Maryland poll.
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How many people are taking reusable bags to the grocery store? Not many. We counted

By Jessica Roy   08/24/23  
I always take my reusable bags to the grocery store. I don’t like spending 10 cents or 25 cents for something I already have. My reusable bags are usually more comfortable to carry since I…
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How to cut back on plastic toys and other tips for a more eco-friendly playtime

By Ada Tseng   08/22/23  
When Jess Castaneda was a kid, she got her toys when her abuela took her to garage sales. It turned her into a lifetime thrift shopper. As an adult, she became a customer at the…
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How to cut back on plastic toys and other tips for a more eco-friendly playtime

By Ada Tseng   08/22/23  
When Jess Castaneda was a kid, she got her toys when her abuela took her to garage sales. It turned her into a lifetime thrift shopper. As an adult, she became a customer at the…
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Consumers Are Seizing the Energy Transition From Big Business

By David Fickling   08/17/23  
For the past decade, the most important tectonic shift in energy markets has been the love affair between big business and clean power.
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New York Activists Descend on the Hamptons to Protest the Super Rich Fueling the Climate Crisis

By Keerti Gopal   08/05/23  
Sophie Shepherd has always described herself as a “rule follower,” but days before her 22nd birthday, she chose to face arrest in the middle of a Long Island driveway. Under a blazing hot July sun,…
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Understanding the growing radical flank of the climate movement as the world burns

By Dana R. Fisher and Quinn Renaghan   07/26/23  
Climate activists are majority female (61%), predominantly white (93%), and highly educated (91% have completed college and one-third had completed a JD, MD, or PhD degree).
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Meet Nicole Taylor, the powerful foundation CEO who gives away Silicon Valley’s billions

By Martha Ross   07/14/23  
You might not know about the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, unless you work in philanthropy — or you caught stories earlier this year about a mystery donor using the foundation to give $10 million to…
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Guess Who’s Been Paying to Block Green Energy. You Have.

By David Pomerantz   07/05/23  
To avoid the worst impacts of climate change, we have to make two big transitions at once: First, we have to generate all of our electricity from clean sources, like wind turbines and solar panels,…
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Climate advocates protest Mountain Valley Pipeline outside White House

By Ellie Silverman   06/08/23  
Danger Winslow held a microphone in his hand — the stand too tall for the 7-year-old to reach — and told hundreds of people why he returned to the nation’s capital to protest.
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Looking at the White House Through Wildfire Smoke

By Bill McKibben   06/08/23  
I’m sitting on a rocking chair just outside the White House fence on Thursday afternoon, and I can more or less make out the seat of American executive power through the haze. In the morning,…
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The Writer Behind ‘Love Actually’ Wants to Green Your Retirement Fund

By Oscar Boyd   06/01/23  
Richard Curtis’s screenwriting hits include Bridget Jones’s Diary and Mr. Bean. Now he’s focused on redirecting retirement savings to climate-friendly companies.
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These ‘energy vampires’ could be sucking your wallet dry: ‘As much as 20% of your monthly electricity bill’

By Brett Aresco   04/23/23  
They are so-called “energy vampires,” appliances in your home that use energy when they’re plugged in, even when they’re not turned on. The garlic, stake to the heart, or silver bullet for these energy vampires…
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If You Could Take On One Problem Facing Our World, What Would It Be?

By Shannon Doyne   04/04/23  
Think about the societal problems that bother you most, whether you encounter them locally — say, in your school, your neighborhood or your city — or see them play out nationally or globally. Which feel…
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Stop insuring carbon projects ‘immediately’, activists tell bosses

By Tom Sims and Simon Jessop   03/28/23  
A group of climate activists has called on 30 insurance company bosses to "immediately" stop underwriting new fossil fuel projects in the wake of a stark climate warning from U.N. scientists, a letter seen by…
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