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Toxic algae blooms are multiplying. The government has no plan to help.
A new watchdog report shows the Environmental Protection Agency doesn’t have a cohesive strategy for dealing with freshwater harmful algal blooms.
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Cutting methane emissions is the fastest way to slow warming. Here’s how.
Amid a push for new methane regulations, the IEA points to three relatively cheap ways to tamp down on emissions.
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Cargo-ship congestion is bringing more dirty air to Southern California
Those supply-chain problems you’ve heard about? They have consequences for public health.
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![Texas Railroad Commission logo on top of scales with Earth and money on each side, Texas in background]()
![Texas Railroad Commission logo on top of scales with Earth and money on each side, Texas in background]()
Report: Texas oil and gas regulators are awash in fossil fuel money
Conflicts of interest plague the Texas Railroad Commission, a powerful agency charged with environmental protection in Lone Star oilfields.
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EPA might finally regulate the plastic industry’s favorite kind of ‘recycling’
A new rule could make it harder to turn plastic into oil and gas to be burned.
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Here’s how Congress could hold the EPA accountable for its ‘dereliction of duty’
Upcoming congressional hearings would interrogate the EPA's relaxation of environmental enforcement during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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FEMA’s new flood insurance plan is drawing the battle lines over climate adaptation
“The new system confirms what we knew about the National Flood Insurance Program — which was that it’s a deeply unfair system."
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US Steel was fined $1.2 million for polluting Lake Michigan. Then it polluted the lake again.
The Indiana facility's spill interrupted drinking water processing and forced the closure of nearby beaches.
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There’s a major gap in the new methane pledge: Agriculture
The Global Methane Pledge gives farmers and ranchers a ‘free pass,’ environmental groups say.
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![A car sits on a flooded driveway of a house following a night of heavy wind and rain from Hurricane Ida]()
Even U.S. bankers are getting anxious about climate change
“Climate change will impact all governments, industries, and individuals. Housing and housing finance will not be spared.”
