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Low-cost sensors are helping communities find gaps in air quality data

From Ohio's fracking fields to California's oil refineries, residents are tracking pollution missed by the EPA.

Diana Kruzman Health June 24, 2022

A group of women and children dressed for cold weather hold signs against truck pollution in front of a stationary blue-colored semi truck on December 20, 2022.

The US has a new pollution rule for heavy-duty trucks for the first time in 2 decades

Cleaner trucks will mean better air and health for overburdened communities.

Brett Marsh Regulation December 22, 2022

A fishing boat in silhouette heads up the Cape Fear River as sunse casts a golden glow over the water.

Is PFAS pollution a human rights violation? These activists say yes.

Activists in North Carolina allege that DuPont has for decades fouled Cape Fear River. They want the UN Human Rights Commission to hold it accountable.

Katie Myers Accountability April 27, 2023

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks on stage at COP27.

Facing a call for climate reparations, wealthy nations propose an insurance scheme

A group of countries led by Germany announced a climate insurance scheme called the Global Shield at COP27 on Monday.

Naveena Sadasivam International November 14, 2022

California sues over ‘forever chemicals’

A new lawsuit from the state of California alleges that 3M, DuPont, and a host of other chemical companies caused widespread damage to public health and the natural world by producing and selling PFAS.

Joseph Winters November 18, 2022

Electrical transmission lines at the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, located in California's Mojave Desert.

Biden administration releases road map to scale up nuclear, hydrogen, and energy storage

The reports address key challenges and potential solutions for getting these clean energy technologies off the ground.

Akielly Hu Technology March 31, 2023

Biden administration unveils roadmap for a greener, more equitable transportation sector

Federal agencies look beyond EVs to envision more convenient and efficient ways of getting around.

Joseph Winters Transportation January 24, 2023

a sign with the image of monarch butterfly saying "Guarda Silencio" is attached to a tree on a forest pathway in Mexico filled with walkers

More than 75% of global insect species not adequately protected

Bugs need conservation areas too.

Brett Marsh Uncategorized February 6, 2023

an eye with warming strip patterns and a US outline in the pupil

New Jersey is teaching kids about climate. Opponents call it ‘indoctrination.’

The education culture wars are coming for climate change.

Anya Kamenetz Politics June 7, 2023

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