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Complaints allege that industrial facilities have discharged “excessive levels” of carcinogenic chemicals in a majority-Black community.
The continent's vast oil reserves could spell trouble for the climate — and for Africans.
With government monitoring lagging behind, members are installing their own monitors.
Because most of the systems aren’t yet on the market, there’s precious little real-world data proving they work.
As the world warms and water becomes increasingly scarce, this highly adaptable single-celled organism just might become a prime player on your dinner plate.
How energy disclosure could help lower renters' utility bills and tackle climate change.
A grand jury and the EPA have cited potential disposal problems, and activists are fighting new injection wells. Yet the gas industry claims fracking is essential for the state’s economic health and that most of its wastewater is safely recycled.
Carbon dioxide emissions aren’t the only way aviation warms the planet. Exhaust contains a host of polluting particles, from soot to nitrogen oxides.
On a daily basis, water managers in cities across the state move from crisis to crisis hoping to keep the water flowing to residents.