Pennsylvania just lost a key tool to address its abandoned oil well problem
Jul 25, 2022, 10:45 am By Naveena SadasivamAn estimated 200,000 abandoned oil and gas wells pockmark Pennsylvania’s Appalachian plateaus and…Study: Tomatoes grown in lead-contaminated soil appear safe to eat
Jul 25, 2022, 10:30 am By Chad SmallFor city dwellers, growing your own fruits and vegetables can be a tricky venture. A terrace or…Experts to Congress: Restore EPA enforcement staffing and funding for environmental justice
Jul 22, 2022, 10:30 am By Julia Kane
For the past three years, the Valero Houston Refinery hasn’t gone a single quarter without…UK is no longer a cold country and must adapt to heat, say climate scientists
Jul 22, 2022, 10:00 am By Helena Horton
This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…The search for the source of plastic pollution
Jul 21, 2022, 10:30 am By Samantha Wohlfeil, InvestigateWest
This story was published in partnership with InvestigateWest. On an overcast Saturday in Seattle, a…Record-breaking heat in Europe spurs dangerous air pollution
Jul 21, 2022, 10:15 am By Lina TranOn Wednesday morning, the punishing heatwave that has roiled western Europe over the last week…Biden calls climate change an ‘emergency,’ but stops short of declaring it
Jul 20, 2022, 9:23 pm By Zoya TeirsteinLast week, Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia, the upper chamber’s main swing vote, dashed…Extreme rainfall will be worse and more frequent than we thought, according to new studies
Jul 20, 2022, 10:45 am By Zoya TeirsteinJoshua Studholme was finishing his doctoral program in physics and math at Lomonosov Moscow State…A Native Corporation wants to mine gold on the Kuskokwim River. Alaska Natives say no.
Jul 20, 2022, 10:30 am By Joseph Lee
Tucked against a bend of the Kuskokwim River in southwest Alaska sits the city of Bethel. Home to…Australian environmental report finally recognizes Indigenous knowledge
Jul 20, 2022, 10:15 am By Joseph LeeIn Australia, more than 100 animal species have gone extinct or been placed on endangered lists,…Climate change at work
Jul 19, 2022, 3:00 pm By Grist Creative
Last summer, the Pacific Northwest was hit by a once-in-a-millenium heat dome. While temperatures…Carbon removal trade group launches with ‘Hippocratic oath’ for the industry
Jul 19, 2022, 10:45 am By Emily PontecorvoThe carbon removal industry is reaching a critical mass. Not in terms of how much carbon is being…Without Congress, what can Biden do to stem the climate crisis?
Jul 19, 2022, 10:30 am By Diana KruzmanThe White House is scrambling to reassure Democratic voters that President Joe Biden can still take…The Northeast is poised to become a ‘hydrogen hub’
Jul 18, 2022, 10:45 am By Emily Pontecorvo
If you encounter it at all, it might be on the highway. Driving down I-95 from Boston to New York…Cryptomining uses a ‘disturbing’ amount of energy, lawmakers find
Jul 18, 2022, 10:30 am By Julia KaneSeven of the U.S.’s largest Bitcoin mining companies are set up to use nearly as much electricity…A key U.S. energy efficiency program has a major flaw — and Pennsylvania is trying to fix it
Jul 18, 2022, 10:15 am By Emily PontecorvoLast year, Congress allocated $3.5 billion over five years to a little-known federal program…California regulators try to salvage system for allowing ‘extreme’ pollution
Jul 16, 2022, 10:00 am By Aaron Cantu
This is the second in a two-part series about oil and gas emissions in the San Joaquin Valley…Sporadic monitoring in California oil country adds to air pollution concerns
Jul 16, 2022, 10:00 am By Aaron Cantu
This is the second in a two-part series about oil and gas emissions in the San Joaquin Valley…Heatflation: How sizzling temperatures drive up food prices
Jul 15, 2022, 10:45 am By Kate YoderVicious heat waves are sweeping parts of the globe this week, along with the dangers that come with…Here are 3 ways the EPA can still regulate climate pollution
Jul 15, 2022, 10:30 am By Naveena Sadasivam
Late last month, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its long-awaited ruling on West Virginia v. EPA, a…
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