As coal dies, the US has no plan to help the communities left behind
Mar 3, 2021, 6:30 am By Emily Pontecorvo
Here are two tales of the energy transition unfolding in coal country, USA. In late 2019,…‘Climate Neutral’ products are now a thing. What’s behind the label?
Mar 3, 2021, 6:20 am By Claire Elise Thompson
Every eco-conscious consumer has felt the frustration of trying to make the least climate-ruining…Here’s why this new fracking ban in the Northeast is a big deal
Mar 3, 2021, 6:15 am By Zoya Teirstein
The Delaware River Basin, a 13,539-square-mile area bisected by a sparkling river that stretches…Dying oil companies’ parting gift: millions in cleanup costs
Mar 2, 2021, 6:45 am By Naveena Sadasivam
When Weatherly Oil and Gas filed for bankruptcy in February 2019, the company was walking away from…The key to making sound climate policy? Rein in (or win over) utilities monopolies.
Mar 2, 2021, 6:34 am By Joshua A. Basseches
Now that we’ve had a couple weeks to process all that went wrong in Texas, people are paying more…Biden wants to build a jobs corps to save the planet. California’s already doing it.
Mar 2, 2021, 6:30 am By Kate Yoder
David Saldaña spends his mornings driving around the Harbor area of Los Angeles, scouting out local…Pollution is so bad in this Chicago neighborhood, people are on hunger strike to stop it
Mar 1, 2021, 12:51 pm By Adam Mahoney
Oscar Sanchez’s fight against a scrapyard set to be relocated to his Southeast Chicago…Inside Biden’s uphill battle to restore the EPA after Trump
Mar 1, 2021, 6:45 am By Naveena Sadasivam
Laws are only as good as their enforcement. During his four years in office, former President Donald…Cities voted for green building codes. Now developers want to end voting.
Mar 1, 2021, 6:30 am By Alexander C. Kaufman
This story was originally published by HuffPost and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk…Texas repeatedly failed to protect its power grid against extreme weather
Feb 27, 2021, 6:45 am By Jeremy Schwartz
This story was originally published by The Texas Tribune and ProPublica. In January 2014, power…The First 100 – Joe and Justin’s Parisian bromance
Feb 26, 2021, 10:00 am By Shannon Osaka
A short-run weekly newsletter analyzing federal climate action during the first months of the Biden…The EV tax credit can save you thousands — if you’re rich enough
Feb 26, 2021, 6:45 am By Shannon Osaka
Lauri Mueller was ready for a new car. It was 2019 and Mueller, a 56-year-old freelance motion…‘Solidarity, not charity’: Mutual aid groups are filling gaps in Texas’ crisis response
Feb 26, 2021, 6:30 am By Alexandria Herr
When a severe winter storm tore through Texas last Monday, Kirby Lynch lost water and power in her…How Republicans are responding to Biden’s climate agenda — in public and in private
Feb 26, 2021, 6:15 am By Zoya Teirstein
Since taking office, President Joe Biden has re-entered the United States into the Paris Agreement,…His legacy in expanding access to national parks looms larger than a sequoia
Feb 26, 2021, 5:55 am By Anna Deen
Black Americans played essential, if largely unsung, roles in the creation of our National Park…What is a billionaire’s role in saving the planet?
Feb 25, 2021, 6:33 am By Eve Andrews
We find ourselves on the crest of a new wave of very, very rich people earmarking some of their…Deb Haaland isn’t as ‘radical’ as some Republican senators think
Feb 25, 2021, 6:30 am By Zoya Teirstein
Representative Debra Haaland, a Democrat from New Mexico and a member of the Laguna Pueblo tribe,…‘It’s in our DNA’: tiny Costa Rica wants the world to take giant step
Feb 25, 2021, 6:15 am By Patrick Greenfield
This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…What Biden could learn from Bill Clinton’s unfinished work on environmental justice
Feb 24, 2021, 6:45 am By Adam Mahoney
Environmental justice isn’t just a buzzword or hashtag for Dr. Beverly Wright — it’s what…When the grid went dark, Texans faced 3.5M pounds of excess air pollution
Feb 24, 2021, 6:30 am By Alexandria Herr
After a winter storm tore through Houston last week, the neighborhood of Manchester, like many…
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