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Collage: people protesting poor air quality; a house with an air monitor in the yard; smokestacks with hand drawn smoke

Congress is spending millions on new air monitors. Will it make a difference?

The new climate bill could help reveal industrial pollution. But no law requires the government to act.

Lylla Younes Health October 20, 2022

Protestors gather in Dillingham, Alaska for a rally against Pebble Mine in Bristol Bay.

EPA issues rare veto, halting Alaska’s Pebble mine

Mining waste would have jeopardized the world’s largest sockeye salmon run.

Jessie Blaeser Regulation February 1, 2023

Participants walk by United Nations, United Arab Emirates and COP28 flags during the COP28 climate summit in Dubai.

Why are there so many fossil fuel lobbyists at COP28?

A record 2,400 lobbyists are at the conference representing national governments, business groups, and carbon offset advocates.

Jake Bittle International December 6, 2023

A collage of black and white images of hands and electrical transmission towers

Utility regulators take millions from industries they oversee. What could go wrong?

A Floodlight analysis in nine of the 10 states that elect public utility commissioners found that more than a third of their contributions of $250 and up are from fossil fuel and electric utility interests — more than $13.5 million in all.

Mario Alejandro Ariza, Floodlight, Miranda Green, & Pam Radtke, Floodlight Accountability November 3, 2024

lots of people crowd at the beach with colorful umbrells

Europe’s new heat wave is going to be expensive

Both for the people and, potentially, for the planet

Chad Small Extreme Weather July 12, 2022

View of Hobart Bay off Stephens Passage in Tongass National Forest, Southeast Alaska, USA.

Why Biden’s new protections don’t eliminate threats to the Tongass National Forest

The Agriculture Department just restored the so-called Roadless Rule, but federal land swaps could still open forest lands to logging.

Naveena Sadasivam Regulation January 30, 2023

Father son carried flooding Brentwood California

California’s storms are almost over. Its reckoning with flood insurance is about to begin.

Just 1.3 percent of homeowners in the state have national flood insurance policies.

Blanca Begert Extreme Weather January 18, 2023

illustration of a pair of hands holding an ultrasound picture with a colorful scene of wildfires and smoke clouds in the background

Wildfire smoke engulfed their cities. Did it make their babies sick?

Years after wildfire scares, parents are left wondering if their children's chronic illnesses began with what was in the air before they were born.

Zoya Teirstein & Jess Davis Health May 28, 2026

‘Phaseout’ or ‘phasedown’? Why UN climate negotiators obsess over language

Expect heated debates over single words — and even commas — at COP28.

Akielly Hu COP28 November 29, 2023

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