Nearly a century after we almost hunted them to extinction, fewer than 360 right whales remain. | Continue reading
Biomaterials companies are using new materials to create high-performance textiles — without plastic. | Continue reading
Modeled after FDR's Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression, the climate corps will employ Americans to improve the country. | Continue reading
Extreme heat affects everyone. But in Florida, the hottest state in the country, only one group is legally protected. | Continue reading
Electric utility Xcel is facing several lawsuits over its role in the Smokehouse Creek Fire, highlighting a growing threat to power providers. | Continue reading
A new report from Human Rights Watch accuses a major carbon offset project in Cambodia of evicting Indigenous peoples from their farmland. | Continue reading
The U.S. government is seeking immunity from 27 lawsuits related to a toxic firefighting foam used on military bases. | Continue reading
An analysis of the Inflation Reduction Act's impact shows that for every $1 the government invested, the private sector spent nearly $5.50. | Continue reading
An analysis of the bill's impact shows that for every $1 the government invested, the private sector spent nearly $5.50. | Continue reading
A New York City bill to ban laundry pods is just one of many proposed solutions. | Continue reading
The question of whether humans created a new epoch has been stirring up drama for almost 25 years. | Continue reading
Rural Texans are more than twice as likely to go without homeowners insurance than their urban peers. | Continue reading
Researchers found that the state's screening tool uses a small number of health problems that could bias which communities are designated. | Continue reading
A quarter of Americans now live in cities and states taking companies to court over lying to the public. | Continue reading
A revision in how much homeowners are paid for electricity they send to the grid could keep them from participating at all. | Continue reading
The high plains of Texas now experience 32 more days with hot, dry, and windy conditions than in the 1970s, making fire an ever-bigger threat. | Continue reading
Even as it looks over our collective shoulder at the past, folklore can prepare us for a climate future that is in many ways already here. | Continue reading
The agency's new rule excludes 75% of companies' climate pollution. | Continue reading
Landmark agreements would cut big states’ water usage for decades and deliver water to the Navajo Nation. | Continue reading
The Biden administration's LNG pause won't affect projects planned in Brownsville, Texas. The community is still waging its own defense. | Continue reading
A once-vibrant Black neighborhood in Houston was poisoned by toxic industry pollution. Is a buyout the solution? | Continue reading
Advocates hope that the European Union's recent move will reverberate beyond Europe’s borders. | Continue reading
With supply chains finally open, solar arrays provided 53 percent of the nation's new electricity capacity last year. | Continue reading
As the Georgia Public Service Commission writes, "Very few governmental agencies have as much impact on peoples’ lives." | Continue reading
From rate case to rooftop, a glossary for understanding how public service commissions work. | Continue reading
Shareholder advocacy groups have already won plastics-related concessions from companies including Disney, Hormel, and Choice Hotels. | Continue reading
At least, not fast enough to reach international climate targets. | Continue reading
Governments and activist investors want oil giants to trim their biggest source of emissions. Exxon sees that as a threat. | Continue reading
With cheap land and a competitive market irresistible to energy storage developers, the Lone Star State will even overtake California in battery deployments this year. | Continue reading
Residents in Pomona’s industrial zone have dealt with pollution from waste facilities, warehouses, and other polluting industries for close to a century. | Continue reading
A new report asks whether supposedly green livestock practices have proven benefits. | Continue reading
The new guidelines will save people $2.2 billion a year in utility costs and eliminate 71 million tons of planet-warming CO2 emissions. | Continue reading
Medical supply warehouses can be a significant source of cancer-causing ethylene oxide emissions. Only one state is doing anything about it. | Continue reading
A revised CDC reporting system led to a 70 percent increase in reported cases of Lyme disease, but experts say more can be done. | Continue reading
Some of the world's largest pension funds bet big on Brazilian farmland. Communities, and the climate, are paying the price. | Continue reading
Tribal climate action plans are being stymied by state-owned land within reservation borders. | Continue reading
Some activists view the industry's response as a badge of success. | Continue reading
Many turbines rely on high-demand rare-earth minerals. A new Department of Energy program aims to keep them out of landfills. | Continue reading
Biden’s green transition could overlook towns heavily reliant upon fossil fuels for industries like steelmaking and fertilizer production. | Continue reading
The International Criminal Court can only prosecute four types of crimes. Ecocide could become the fifth. | Continue reading
The Illinois EPA must revamp a permitting process after Chicago activists filed a civl rights complaint about pollution. | Continue reading
A new report says melting ice sheets and rising seas could disturb waste from U.S. nuclear projects in Greenland and the Marshall Islands. | Continue reading
The elevated photovoltaic panels can actually improve grazing conditions, a novelty that could help make solar projects more land-efficient and accepted in the ranching-heavy state. | Continue reading
Amid relentless rains, the city’s “sponge” infrastructure helped gather 8.6 billion gallons of water — enough to sustain over 100,000 households for a year. | Continue reading
The key to building low-carbon infrastructure in the city? Its trademark alleys. | Continue reading
Activists have spent years pushing the university to divest from fossil fuels. With a $177 million deficit, that may not happen. | Continue reading
Aerosol pollutants have masked the effects of global warming. Without them, the U.S. is about to get a lot wetter. | Continue reading
A new report finds that one in four people in the U.S. are breathing unhealthy air as rising temperatures and bigger fires create a "climate penalty." | Continue reading