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Report: 90% of all U.S. coal plants are contaminating groundwater

And nearly half have no plans to clean up their mess.

Lylla Younes Regulation November 4, 2022

US emissions cost the world $1.9 trillion in economic damages

A new study pinpoints the economic cost of emissions, paving the way for international legal action.

Diana Kruzman Climate July 13, 2022

This year’s hurricane season has been eerily quiet. Will it last?

The season is already near its peak, but climate change means a monster storm could strike anytime.

Jake Bittle Extreme Weather September 7, 2022

The Amazon Fort Powhatan Solar Farm in Disputanta, Virginia.

US emissions rose in 2022. Here’s why that’s not as bad as it sounds.

As renewables overtook coal, economic growth outpaced the rise in carbon emissions.

Jake Bittle Energy January 10, 2023

Smoke billows from smoke stacks at coal burning power plant.

EPA’s proposed air pollution standards for soot could save thousands of lives

Health experts say it doesn’t go far enough to limit the deadly pollutant.

Jessie Blaeser Health January 9, 2023

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gives a press conference at the Bella Center in Copenhagen on December 17, 2009 on the 11th day of the COP15 UN Climate Change Conference.

The decade-old broken climate promise that looms over COP28

New data suggest wealthy countries may belatedly be providing a promised $100 billion in climate-related aid. But they’ve eroded trust in the process.

Jake Bittle International November 16, 2023

Two men in a flooded street before a building that says

The world’s climate plans overlook people with disabilities

The failure to consider their needs can be a matter of life and death.

Lina Tran Accountability June 13, 2022

an illustration of a woman in a red dress and a pregnant belly is in a space covered by a mosquito net with many mosquitoes hovering outside

Pregnant in a warming climate: A lethal ‘double risk’ for malaria

Mosquitoes are moving into the mountains of Papua New Guinea and other highland areas. That could be a death sentence for pregnant people.

Zoya Teirstein Health May 30, 2024

a person in a COVID mask rides a bike past a city near water

Can Manila’s cycling boom survive a return to car traffic?

Metro Manila’s bicycling community surged early in the pandemic. Now activists are trying to keep the momentum going.

Whitney Bauck International August 24, 2023

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