‘If We Don’t Show Up for Our Clean Water and Beaches, No One Does’:...
On Apr. 4, more than 30 advocates took to the Florida State Capitol in Tallahassee for Florida Healthy Beaches Day. They hailed from across the sunshine state and represented various chapters and...
View ArticleWhy Climate Grief Is an Essential for Climate Action
By Benjamin Perry When I read news about the latest IPCC climate assessment report, or predictions of imminent mass extinction, I admit that the statistics — the exact degree of warming, the number of...
View ArticleRed Hill Water Crisis 101: Everything You Need to Know
Quick Key Facts The World War II-era underground facility has 20 tanks, each 250 ft. in height with capacity to hold 12.5 million gallons of fuel each (up to 250 million total). The November 2021 leak...
View ArticleOn Earth Day, Let’s Actually Protect Our Planet – By Investing in It
Each year, Earth Day provides an opportunity to reflect on the natural world and the benefits it confers to humanity. Conservation and preservation typically dominate the conversation. Well-meaning,...
View ArticleHow to Be More Sustainable in Suburbia
When trying to be environmentally sustainable, living in suburbia can make it pretty difficult. The suburbs have been responsible for 50% of carbon emissions in the United States, mainly due to a...
View ArticleMicroplastics 101: Everything You Need to Know
Quick Key Facts Plastic use has quadrupled over the last 30 years, and 380 million metric tons are now produced annually. Microplastics are small plastic fragments 5 mm or less in diameter, and are...
View ArticleHow to Attract Pollinators to Your Yard
Pollinators are crucial for growing the food we eat and supporting the diverse plant life that sustains our ecosystems. When feeding on pollen or nectar for energy, pollinators carry pollen from the...
View ArticleEnvironmental Justice: Everything You Need to Know
Quick Key Facts Environmental justice movements work to end or stop disproportionate amounts of environmentally negative practices in vulnerable communities. Types of environmental injustice aren’t...
View ArticleOp-Ed: The New Landscape for Fighting Fossil Fuel Infrastructure
By Audrey Leonard, Staff Attorney, Columbia Riverkeeper For more than 20 years, Columbia Riverkeeper has fought dirty fossil fuel infrastructure — and won. Together with firefighters, fishers,...
View ArticleWho’s to Blame for the Climate Crisis? Journalist Amy Westervelt Is on the Case
Who is to blame for the climate crisis? For some, the answer to this question is a lament over the inherent greed of human nature. For award-winning investigative journalist and podcaster Amy...
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