In order to avert the worst effects of climate change, it is vitally important to drastically cut greenhouse gases by stopping the extraction and burning of fossil fuels, and transition to 100% clean, renewable energy. The only way toward a clean, renewable energy future is to ban fracking and to stop all new fossil fuel development.

Today, 1% of the world is a barely livable hot zone. By 2070, that portion could go up to 19%. Billions of people call this land home. Where will they go?

The Great American Outdoors Act will fix crumbling national park infrastructure and permanently support the popular Land and Water Conservation Fund. Both Senators Cinema and McSally sponsored this bill. Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) is chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee.

The Sierra Club is attempting to reckon with the racist views of its co-founder, legendary naturalist John Muir. The announcement is the most significant move by an environmental group to address systemic racism after the killings of George Floyd and other Black Americans sparked widespread protests across the country.

From Forbes: John Lewis may not be the first name that comes to mind when you think about the environment or climate change. However, his body of work shows that he understood the significance of environmental issues and climate change.

On a warming planet, heat hurts communities of color more. But Phoenix is finding ways to cool down.