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The heavy metal is poisoning Indigenous peoples' environment and health, but no one can agree on how or when to get rid of it.
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The world is doubling down on fossil fuels even as global demand peaks
A new U.N. report finds a growing gap between climate goals and oil and gas production.
How do you take clean AC mainstream? This global health organization has some ideas.
Market strategies that expanded HIV medication could also help the spread of new clean cooling technologies.
Maine voters reject effort to create the first statewide public power company
A historic referendum asked voters in Maine if they wanted to replace their privately owned utilities with a publicly owned one.
Louisiana’s new governor is one of the fossil fuel industry’s biggest defenders
Jeff Landry has sued the Biden administration over everything from air pollution to oil leases to flood insurance.
5 years after the Camp Fire, a survivor reflects on Paradise’s recovery
After losing their home, Charles Brooks and his family chose to rebuild, and helped hundreds of others do the same.
The West wants to help developing countries transition to renewables. It’s off to a rocky start.
New initiatives to speed up emerging economies' switch from coal to clean energy are promising — and popular. But early stumbles show the process won’t be easy.
As offshore wind stumbles, Biden moves to speed up solar and geothermal in the West
New clean energy projects could power the country, but they need more transmission lines to do it.
Pennsylvania’s fracking boom is hurting its oldest residents
“Up until 10 years ago, I was a pretty healthy bitch. And, unfortunately, I’m dying.”
Climate data can save lives. Most countries can’t access it.
As climate-driven deaths rise, a report finds only 23 percent of countries use climate data to inform their public health strategies.
Oil and gas companies spill millions of gallons of wastewater in Texas
Companies have spilled nearly 150 million gallons of toxic, highly saline wastewater in Texas over the last decade, an Inside Climate News analysis found.
Wisconsin cleanup shifts toxic PFAS burden to Alabama Black Belt
The 'father of environmental justice' says sending fluorinated firefighting foam to a landfill in the mostly poor, Black town of Emelle perpetuates racism.
The scientist who warned the US about climate change says it’s worse than we thought. Again.
A new study led by James Hansen estimates we'll hit the 1.5 degrees Celsius target earlier than predicted.
Public power is on the ballot in Maine. Will voters take a leap of faith?
The state has a chance to oust unpopular investor-owned utilities — and set a precedent for the rest of the country.
How abandoned oil wells plague the Osage Nation
A century after the events of "Killers of the Flower Moon," abandoned oil wells litter the Osage Nation.
Kentucky’s Democratic governor would rather not talk about climate change
In a coal-powered state beset by disasters, Andy Beshear hopes to win reelection by avoiding the elephant in the room.
Developing countries need at least $215 billion a year for climate adaptation
That's at least 10 times what's currently available.
Oil development tees up fresh fight over sage grouse protections
Most of the sage grouse population now relies on public lands — but not all public lands are protected equally.
How Hurricane Ida turned a Louisiana nursing home into a living nightmare
For Louisiana nursing home residents warehoused during Hurricane Ida, the storm was only the start of a deadly nightmare.
A new report calls chemical recycling a ‘dangerous deception’ — and a former plastic lobbyist agrees
Most U.S. chemical recycling facilities turn plastics into fuel to be burned.