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Electric utility Xcel is facing several lawsuits over its role in the Smokehouse Creek Fire, highlighting a growing threat to power providers.
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New report slams carbon offset project in Cambodia for violating Indigenous rights
Human Rights Watch alleges Indigenous peoples were thrown off their land in name of conservation.
Pentagon tries to dodge PFAS lawsuits over a product it helped invent
The U.S. government is seeking immunity from 27 lawsuits related to a toxic firefighting foam used on military bases.
The IRA has injected $240 billion into clean energy. The US still needs more.
An analysis of the bill's impact shows that for every $1 the government invested, the private sector spent nearly $5.50.
Detergent pods are only the start of clothing’s microplastic pollution problem
A New York City bill to ban laundry pods is just one of many proposed solutions.
Why is the idea of the Anthropocene so contentious?
The question of whether humans created a new epoch has been stirring up drama for almost 25 years.
Many homes burned in the Texas wildfires weren’t insured, creating a steep path to recovery
Rural Texans are more than twice as likely to go without homeowners insurance than their urban peers.
California’s polluted communities could miss out on billions under state’s flawed system
Researchers found that the state's screening tool uses a small number of health problems that could bias which communities are designated.
Big Oil faces a flood of climate lawsuits — and they’re moving closer to trial
A quarter of Americans now live in cities and states taking companies to court over lying to the public.
How changes to Hawaiʻi’s home battery program could hinder its clean energy transition
A revision in how much homeowners are paid for electricity they send to the grid could keep them from participating at all.
How climate change primed Texas to burn
The state's high plains get a month more fire weather now than they did in the 1970s.
As climate change fractures communities, folklorists help stitch them back together
From Appalachia to the Bayou to the desert Southwest, here's how culture can teach us about adapting to a warmer world.
SEC will require companies to disclose emissions, with one glaring gap
The agency's new rule excludes 75% of companies' climate pollution.
States and tribes scramble to reach Colorado River deals before election
Landmark agreements would cut big states’ water usage for decades and deliver water to the Navajo Nation.
How this organizer is fighting the liquefied natural gas industry where she lives
The Biden administration's LNG pause won't affect projects planned in Brownsville, Texas. The community is still waging its own defense.
Industry poisoned a vibrant Black neighborhood in Houston. Is a buyout the solution?
“Do you have to lose your history, your culture, or your identity in that process?”
A new EU ecocide law ‘marks the end of impunity for environmental criminals’
Advocates hope that the EU’s move will have influence beyond Europe’s borders.
Solar hits a renewable energy milestone not seen since WWII
With supply chains finally open, solar provided most of the nation's new electricity capacity last year.
Want clean electricity? These are the overlooked elected officials who get to decide.
As the Georgia Public Service Commission writes, "Very few governmental agencies have as much impact on people's lives."
Your guide to electricity and energy policy in Georgia
From rate case to rooftop, a glossary for understanding how public service commissions work.