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A bill recently introduced to the Florida legislature could hamper rooftop solar efforts in the state. Republican Senator Jennifer Bradley introduced the bill, which proposed reducing solar reimbursement rates by up to 75%,...

While eating meat is the norm in the U.S., many people wish farm animals a happier life pre-burger. Which is why Californians overwhelmingly passed animal welfare initiative Proposition 12 in 2018. But now the free-range...

The EU has come up with a dozen proposals to form its most aggressive climate plan. Among the proposals is a plan to ban the production and sale of gas-powered vehicles and to tax jet fuel. The drafts still need to be approved...

On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the Great American Outdoors Act, which secures funding to protect many U.S. parks and recreation areas. Now all the bill needs is President Trump's signature.[...]

Pesticide use for oyster beds is once again threatening Grays Harbor and Willapa Bay. Shellfish growers are making another push to allow for the spray of pesticides on clam and oyster beds in the region, which environmentalists...

Oregon is seeing record-breaking recycling rates for their progressive movement dating back to 1971. As the first state in the nation to initiate a bottle return bill, residents of the west coast state are long-accustomed...

The amount of electronics that we are throwing away each year is growing at an exponential rate, and this toxic trash is hazardous to both people and the planet...

Maryland just became the second state in America to ban pet stores from selling puppies and kittens. Animal rights advocates say the move will help cut demand for animals from puppy mills. The bill, HB 1662, also encourages...

California could ban all new fossil fuel cars from 2040 under a bill introduced this week by Assemblymember Phil Ting, a Democrat of San Francisco. If it passes, the Clean Cars 2040 act would require all new cars sold in...

The solar industry provides three times as many jobs in the state of Indiana as natural gas, but governor Eric Holcomb doesn't seem to care. Despite Department of Energy statistics that show the industry's potential benefits...

Maryland's House of Delegates overwhelmingly passed a bill to ban hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, earlier this month, and now the state's Senate has also approved the measure...

Massachusetts recently introduced a bill to derive 100 percent of the state's energy from renewables, and now California is following suit. A new bill introduced by state Senate leader Kevin de León would require the state...

A first-of-its-kind law requiring foods sold in Vermont to declare whether or not they contain genetically modified crops is set to take effect on July 1st -- unless a national law being considered by Congress passes first...

On June 24, German lawmakers approved a measure that, for all practical purposes, bans fracking within the European nation. This follows years of debate within the country about the safety and legality of the practice, which...

When a fracking bill introduced in the Florida state senate was met with public outcry, senators dropped the measure before it was even debated. Many were concerned that the bill would potentially allow the oil and gas industry...