stLouISTHow Alaska’s coastal communities are racing against erosion
"There's a lot of history being washed away."
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Construction begins on controversial lithium mine in Nevada
Opponents say the Thacker Pass lithium project was rushed in the name of the green transition.
In Norway, Indigenous-led protests against a wind farm heat up
Sámi land defenders say the windmills must be demolished.
Boreal wildfires in 2021 released more carbon emissions than any other fire this century
The earth's northernmost regions have entered a vicious cycle of warming and wildfire.
Why North Dakota is preparing to sue Minnesota over clean energy
Interstate feuds threaten to make the difficult task of getting regional power grids off fossil fuels even more complicated.
Justice Department sues major polluter in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’
"EPA is finally treating this health crisis for what it is — an emergency."
Study: Extreme heat is driving deaths in US prisons
New research makes clear the link between climate change and prison mortality.
Walmart, Target, Home Depot lead pack of retailers emitting millions of pounds of CO2 through shipping
Eighteen U.S. companies’ cargo ships are causing an "onslaught of pollution,” report finds.
East Palestine train disaster has nearby towns questioning their own safety
The Upper Ohio River Valley has been layered in industrial pollution for centuries, and residents are fed up.
One year in, the devastating environmental impact of war in Ukraine comes into view
Forest fires, burst pipelines, and chemical waste are just some of the more than 800 instances of environmental degradation recorded since the war began.
A new alliance for ‘high quality’ carbon removal highlights tensions within the industry
The group will focus on permanent removal, distancing itself from "temporary" solutions and traditional offsets.
In Finland, Indigenous rights take a backseat. Again.
Despite harsh international criticism, Finland passes on supporting Sámi self-governance.
Georgians plead with state officials to protect the Okefenokee from mining
Even if the Supreme Court rules to protect certain wetlands, the fate of certain watersheds will be up to the states.
Indigenous youth occupy Norwegian energy office to protest illegal wind farm
“We cannot be sacrificed in the name of the green transition.”
Why the White House’s environmental justice tool is still disappointing advocates
New changes “ended up making the program less focused on people of color than it originally was,” one advocate said.
After Ohio train derailment, is your town next? It's complicated.
In the wake of the Ohio train derailment, towns wonder how to avoid same fate.
Coal plant pollution can be deadly — even hundreds of miles downwind
The coal industry may be dying in the U.S., but its health impacts are not, report finds.
Newly revealed records show how the EPA sided with polluters in a small Montana mining town
Documents detail how the EPA coordinated with the very companies they’re supposed to regulate by attacking researchers and smearing peer-reviewed science.
This “climate-friendly” fuel comes with an astronomical cancer risk
Almost half of products cleared so far under the new federal biofuels program are not in fact biofuels — and the EPA acknowledges that the plastic-based ones may present an “unreasonable risk” to human health or the environment.
A looming El Niño could give us a preview of life at 1.5C of warming
The hotter weather pattern might push the Earth into unprecedented territory next year.