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AASHE Endorses the Exit Amazon Oil and Gas Platform
The Amazon biome is home to thousands of Indigenous and frontline communities and is critical to global climate regulation. Due to continued bank investment in oil and gas activity, the […]
AASHE Signs the Letter to World Leaders: Now Is The Moment To Accelerate the Just, Renewable Energy Future and Close the Fossil Fuel Era
Fossil fuels fund war crimes and other conflicts around the world, provoke war and militarism for fossil fuel resources and drive the climate emergency. AASHE signed the Letter to World […]
AASHE is Partnering with the Better Climate Challenge
AASHE partnered with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on the Better Climate Challenge! This public-private partnership calls on organizations across the country to set portfolio-wide greenhouse gas reduction targets […]
AASHE Signs the Banking on Climate Chaos Report
AASHE signed on to the Banking on Climate Chaos Report which adds up financing from the world’s 60 biggest banks contributing to the the fossil fuel sector, assesses bank financing […]
AASHE Supports Climate Change Education Funding
AASHE signed a letter in support of the Climate Change Education Title of the America COMPETES Act to the House and Senate. This legislation would help the Office of Education […]
AASHE Endorses House Resolution Expressing the Mental Health Impacts of Recurrent Climate-Related Disasters on Youth
Youth are experiencing an unprecedented level of climate anxiety, and the mental health impacts of climate-related disasters are a threat to children’s health. AASHE endorsed the House Resolution Expressing the […]
AASHE Asks Community to Support ENERGY STAR Program
AASHE called on its community members to send letters to their representatives on how important it is to fully fund ENERGY STAR.
AASHE Joins the US ACE Coalition
AASHE joined the US ACE Coalition to work toward a climate-safe future through education, public awareness and more.
AASHE Signs Letter Related to Landmark Climate Case Juliana v. United States
AASHE doesn’t agree with DOJ’s stance that children have no right to access courts when in life-threatening controversy with their government.