Articles

Conflicts of interest plague the Texas Railroad Commission, a powerful agency charged with environmental protection in Lone Star oilfields.

Naveena Sadasivam Accountability

A new complaint from the Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe adds to the list, alleging Seattle’s “green” hydropower kills fish.

Joseph Winters Politics

A new rule could make it harder to turn plastic into oil and gas to be burned.

Joseph Winters Regulation

Will it work?

Jena Brooker Transportation

Trees have always migrated to survive. But now they need our help to avoid climate catastrophe.

Lauren Markham Climate

Searches for the phrase have soared 565 percent over the past year.

Kate Yoder Language

After 13 lawsuits against the program, the Emergency Relief for Farmers of Color Act is "on thin ice."

Jena Brooker Agriculture

Upcoming congressional hearings would interrogate the EPA's relaxation of environmental enforcement during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Yvette Cabrera Equity

“The new system confirms what we knew about the National Flood Insurance Program — which was that it’s a deeply unfair system."

Jake Bittle Housing

Anti-pipeline activists promise to continue holding polluters and policymakers accountable.

Joseph Winters Equity

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