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Transmission impossible: Are Democrats punting on permitting reform?

Experts say we can't adopt clean energy without more long-distance power lines. But congressional gridlock is getting in the way.

Zoya Teirstein Climate & Energy November 2, 2022

The Fifth Ward Elementary School and residential neighborhoods sit near the Denka Performance Elastomer Plant, back, in Reserve, La.

Justice Department sues major polluter in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’

"EPA is finally treating this health crisis for what it is — an emergency."

Lylla Younes Regulation March 1, 2023

An industrial facility against a gray sky.

The world’s biggest carbon capture facility is being built in Texas. Will it work?

The plant will inject 500,000 tons of carbon dioxide into the ground each year – but is it just greenwashing from big oil?

Oliver Milman, The Guardian Energy September 27, 2023

Oil pipelines stretch across the landscape outside Nuiqsut, Alaska.

Biden approves Willow oil project in Alaska despite campaign pledge

The administration approved the controversial ConocoPhillips venture while also limiting future drilling in other parts of Alaska.

Jake Bittle Energy March 13, 2023

Damage from Hurricane Nicole in Daytona Beach, FL

The world’s insurance bill from natural disasters this year: $115 billion

That’s 42 percent higher than the 10-year average.

Lylla Younes Economics December 2, 2022

EVs are a climate solution with a pollution problem: Tire particles

The tiny fragments that tires release into the environment are yet another reason to reduce car use.

Paul Krantz Transportation September 25, 2023

Silhouette of the country Ukraine with a missile buried in the center and red circular lines surrounding the missile

One year in, the toxic legacy of war in Ukraine comes into view

Forest fires, burst pipelines, and chemical waste are just some of the more than 800 instances of environmental degradation recorded since the war began.

Blanca Begert Health March 1, 2023

Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and other Republican state attorneys general speak during a press conference to discuss the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol in January 2020.

Louisiana’s new governor is one of the fossil fuel industry’s biggest defenders

Jeff Landry has sued the Biden administration over everything from air pollution to oil leases to flood insurance.

Jake Bittle & Lylla Younes Elections November 7, 2023

Biochar is a ‘shovel-ready’ climate technology, but can it scale up?

The soil soot is a small-scale solution that climate advocates — and corporations — want more of.

Max Graham Agriculture September 21, 2023

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