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Civil suit against legacy polluters aims to help frontline community with groundwater contamination.

A new season of shareholder climate demands has begun. Here’s what’s coming.

The Ohio River Valley is wrestling with whether to tie its fortunes to another toxic, boom-and-bust industry.

The order contains vague language around logging, disappointing some environmentalists calling for a ban on the practice on federal lands.

More than 1,000 teams have registered for the contest so far.

Europe may need Russian nickel to meet its climate goals — and Indigenous activists may need Europe to hold a Russian mining giant to account.

The fossil-fuel expansion could help pass climate legislation down the line -- or lock in more emissions.

The agency was chartered almost 20 years before the first Congressional hearing on climate change.

State regulators shuttered the AltEn plant in 2021 after years of environmental violations. Residents are just beginning to grapple with its toxic legacy.

Together, they're generating more solar power than the entire country did a decade ago.

A new ordinance will require thousands of restaurants to use compostables or recyclables by 2023.

A new report finds your dollar store savings may come with a big health cost.

As permafrost thaws, the ground beneath Alaska is collapsing.

Premiums are ballooning in states like Florida and Louisiana — and adaptation measures won't bring costs back down.

Wait times to connect to the grid are going up, and more projects are dropping out in the process.

The changes to the National Environmental Policy Act reverse Trump-era rollbacks, impacting projects from roads to railways to pipelines.

How a newly rebranded company is helping the environment by repurposing used electronic devices like smartphones and laptops.

Experts say the mines lead to murder, deforestation, pollution, and other crimes against Indigenous people in Brazil.

Tracy Stone-Manning discusses how the federal agency sees conservation, the climate crisis, and the Indigenous history of public lands.

Companies want to build pipelines to capture and store carbon, but a new report warns that regulators aren’t prepared.