Today: June 16, 2026
Two women from the Iranian Red Crescent Society talk as a thick plume of smoke from a U.S.-Israeli strike on an oil storage facility late Saturday rises in the sky in Tehran, Sunday. Scientists are concerned about myriad potential health and environmental…
As diplomats finalize agendas for November’s COP 30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil—a gathering already overshadowed by 2024’s unprecedented 1.5°C temperature breach—I can’t help but think back to the first time I met Dr. Shirley Mo Ching Yeung. It was 2019 at…
COP29, the 29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, took place in Baku from November 11-22, 2024, bringing together leaders, academics, and innovators in a concerted effort to combat climate change. This gathering highlighted the…
When you think of climate change, it seems like a daunting mission to devise a solution for this gigantic global problem. You have to be audacious enough to count yourself among the global change-makers who might just be key figures in crafting…
The private sector can play a crucial role in driving solutions for climate change and other environmental issues by setting goals to reduce pollution and help the environment according to Sanda Ojiambo, CEO & Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact. …
A Maryland activist coalition says the state pension system cut $62 million in Israeli bond holdings after a year of union organizing and legislative pressure. The pension system denies adopting any policy to divest. HB 1455 would make the change law.…
The DC Council passed a permanent juvenile curfew in a divided 8-5 vote. But community members - especially young Black and brown residents - say lawmakers are choosing enforcement over investment.…
DC Council member Brooke Pinto published a 67-page oppo research dossier including a rival's home address. The doxxing scandal has upended the race to replace Eleanor Holmes Norton — and raised serious questions about Pinto's fitness for Congress.…
Data centers in Maryland’s 6th District risk farmland loss, grid strain, water shortages, diesel pollution, and low jobs for tax breaks. Rep. April McClain Delaney calls for courage—here’s the action: 100% in-state renewables, full grid cost recovery, no diesel, water caps, and…
Photo by Markus Spiske on Pexels There’s a reason they’re nervous. It’s not necessarily because the challengers are louder, or angrier, or better at throwing punches. It’s because a certain kind of candidate has entered the arena who genuinely doesn’t want what…
