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How should Georgia elect key utility regulators? US Supreme Court is asked to weigh in.
Elections for the state's Public Service Commission have been on hold for years.
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California communities are fighting the last battery recycling plant in the West — and its toxic legacy
Lead battery recycling is a crucial but dirty business. As a plant outside Los Angeles seeks to renew its operating permit, the community pushes back.
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How to investigate toxic lead lurking in your community’s soil
New resources from the Center for Public Integrity and Grist aim to teach residents and reporters how to conduct their own research.
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Taking Big Oil to court for ‘climate homicide’ isn’t as far-fetched as it sounds
Are fossil fuel companies guilty of actual murder?
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A climate pledge verifier said it would allow more carbon offsets. Its staff revolted.
In a resignation letter, an adviser called carbon credits "scientifically, socially, and from a climate perspective a hoax."
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Corporate climate plans are improving, but still ‘critically insufficient’
New analysis finds "quite a big gap" between 51 companies' emissions targets and their plans to actually achieve them.
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EPA finalizes the nation’s first PFAS limits in drinking water
Although there are thousands of forever chemicals, the new regulation targets six of the most pervasive ones.
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As Amazon eliminates plastic packaging abroad, it’s using even more in the US
A new report finds Amazon has reduced plastic packaging the most in countries with stringent regulations.
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Landfills bake the planet even more than we realized
Aerial monitoring finds they emit methane at levels at least 40 percent higher than previously reported to the EPA.
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A loophole in the EPA’s new sterilizer rule leaves warehouse workers vulnerable
"They’re going to declare victory on this one and move on."
