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In Franklin County, a group of locals are concerned about potential environmental harm from renewable energy facilities and support a bill that would impose more regulations on solar and wind. The industry says it’s being unfairly singled out.
Glen Canyon and the Hoover Dam are “not the whole story.”
The climate conference delivered a historic deal on loss and damage — but little else.
Georgia police are invoking a 2017 terrorism law against activists accused of little more than trespassing.
Almost half of products cleared so far under the new federal biofuels program are not in fact biofuels — and the EPA acknowledges that the plastic-based ones may present an “unreasonable risk” to human health or the environment.
From grocery bills to insurance premiums, warming temperatures hit Americans' wallets hard this year.
The policy has been denounced in lawsuits and petitions, but the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality denies that it exists.
Complaints allege that industrial facilities have discharged “excessive levels” of carcinogenic chemicals in a majority-Black community.
Federal data reveal the plan does little to stop drilling and may push future development into Indigenous communities.
