February 1, 2023
by Alyssa Greenstein
Oceans
Regulations
Sustainability
Wildlife
U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Jim Inhofe (R-OK), respectively the Chairman and Ranking Members of the Senate Armed Service Committee, and U.S. Representatives Adam Smith (D-WA) and Mike Rogers (R-AL), their counterparts on the House Armed Services…
January 29, 2023
by Sy Baker
Sustainability
Community-based decision making in environmental management is making headway in the United States and abroad, presenting a powerful opportunity to increase meaningful public input in environmental management. Yet, to be effective, practitioners seeking…
January 23, 2023
by Amandine Fromont
Endangered Species
International
Oceans
Sustainability
Wildlife
From December 7 to 19, 2022, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) held its fifteenth Conference of the Parties (COP15), culminating in the Kunming-Montréal Global Biodiversity Framework.[1] The Convention on Biological Diversity is an international…
December 22, 2022
by Damon Hays
Agriculture
Sustainability
The industrial style of agricultural production practiced in the United States perfectly illustrates the nation’s relationship with the changing climate. Agriculture is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions while also facing the rapid rise…
November 9, 2022
by Katya Simon
Forests
International
Natural Resources
Sustainability
For decades, the Amazon rainforest has been an important natural resource in the fight against climate change due to its ability to absorb high levels of carbon dioxide from the air and act as a “carbon sink” for emissions from human activities.[1]…
October 31, 2022
by Megan Algya
Air
International
Sustainability
On September 21, 2022, the Senate voted 69-27 to ratify the 2016 Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, marking the first climate treaty approved by the Senate in decades.[1] The Montreal Protocol is an international environmental agreement to phase…
October 23, 2022
by Casey Hellman
Climate change
Regulations
Sustainability
WHAT IS THE CLIMATE AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE SCREENING TOOL?
On January 27, 2021, President Biden issued Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, an executive order intended to increase the primacy of climate issues in domestic and foreign policy…
April 11, 2022
by Hunter Johnston
Climate change
Regulations
Sustainability
Personal carbon trading refers to a variety of downstream cap-and-trade policies that allocate rights and responsibilities for those greenhouse gas emissions caused by individual consumption of energy during household energy use and/or personal travel…
March 13, 2022
by Reuben Siegman
Sustainability
Water
Water is one of the most precious resources on the planet. It is the foundation for life, something we all need to survive. As climate change brings about an increase in global temperature and greater frequency of droughts, usable water will become scarcer…
March 3, 2022
by Isaac Golub
Regulations
Sustainability
In 2009, the Obama administration created the electric vehicle tax credit to encourage purchasing electric vehicles (EVs). However, the bill included a built-in phaseout that starts once a manufacturer sells 200,000 electric vehicles. Is the current phaseout quota necessary, or is it ending the tax credit prematurely?