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Ohio residents fight to get radioactive oil and gas waste off their roads

At least 13 states allow drilling waste to be used for road de-icing, dust suppression, and maintenance.

Diana Kruzman Health May 13, 2022

a group of people in neon green police vests stand behind a large yellow and red banner that reads listen to the science

Scientists identify the missing ingredient for climate action: Political will

The IPCC's latest report finally recognizes the social barriers to climate action.

Zoya Teirstein Politics April 8, 2022

A green field covered in black solar panels under a cloudy sky.

Solar and wind companies are coming to rural Texas. These residents are trying to keep them out.

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.

Emily Foxhall, The Texas Tribune Energy April 29, 2023

A series of six photos show a man with injuries, a tap, a woman, someone looking at a person's hair, a woman collecting water, a person holding pills, and an industrial facility.

The problematic chemicals fueling America’s EV revolution

Ramped-up production of toxins used in the batteries has communities worried.

Craig Welch, Jana Cholakovska, Pooja Sarkar, Alec Gitelman, Emilie Rosso, & Clare Fieseler Accountability July 21, 2024

A view of a bay with a factory in the background against an orange sky, as a person walks on the water's edge and a bird flies above.

The one-mile rule: Texas’ unwritten and arbitrary policy protects big polluters from citizen complaints

The policy has been denounced in lawsuits and petitions, but the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality denies that it exists.

Dylan Baddour, Inside Climate News Regulation August 12, 2023

A woman with a broken umbrella walks through heavy rain

It’s raining harder than ever. New research says climate change is to blame.

Warmer temperatures cause heavier rainfall across the U.S. — even in the driest cities.

Joseph Winters Science April 27, 2022

Rush hour at the intersection of the 110 and 101 freeways on June 15, 2021 in Los Angeles.

Car tires produce vastly more particle pollution than exhausts, tests show

In part because of the increasing weight of cars, toxic particles from tires are almost 2,000 times worse than from exhausts.

Damian Carrington, The Guardian Science June 10, 2022

Demonstrators protest the death of environmental activist Tortuguita on January 21 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Documents show how 19 ‘Cop City’ activists got charged with terrorism

Georgia police are invoking a 2017 terrorism law against activists accused of little more than trespassing.

Alleen Brown Protest January 27, 2023

A view of long pipes that feed into an oil refinery in the distance

This “climate-friendly” fuel comes with an astronomical cancer risk

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.

Sharon Lerner, ProPublica Climate & Energy February 25, 2023

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