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After a Houston-area chemical fire, toxic benzene lingered for weeks, endangering residents

Pollution from the 2019 fire remained elevated long after shelter-in-place warnings ended, according to an analysis of previously unreported air and monitoring data.

Erin Douglas, Alejandra Martinez, The Texas Tribune, & Caroline Covington Accountability April 27, 2023

California communities are fighting the last battery recycling plant in the West — and its toxic legacy

Lead battery recycling is a crucial but dirty business. As a plant outside Los Angeles seeks to renew its operating permit, the community pushes back.

Molly Peterson Accountability April 22, 2024

Over the shoulder view of woman using tablet outside; in the background a combine harvester machine works in a field with hills in the distance.

How transparency can transform corporate sustainability

When it comes to issues like supply-chain traceability, companies like ADM are pioneering a holistic approach to business practices.

Grist Creative Sponsored by ADM July 13, 2022

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gives a press conference standing at a podium with his fish in the air and a crown behind him

In Brazil, Lula vows to halt deforestation — but it won’t be easy

The president-elect faces deep political division, and Bolsonaro still has two more months in power.

Blanca Begert Uncategorized November 1, 2022

Pipeline company to pay $230 million for oil spill

Plains All American Pipeline reached a $230 million settlement with California fishers and coastal property owners last week, agreeing to compensate them for damages caused by a devastating oil spill in 2015.

Joseph Winters May 18, 2022

A dotted line connects photos from the EPA's 2021 Journey to Justice tour

Lead in the water and chloroprene in the air: Whom does the EPA protect?

The Biden administration promised change for overpolluted communities in the South. Four years later, they're still waiting.

Lylla Younes Accountability January 15, 2025

Climate reparations are on the agenda at COP27 — whether wealthy nations like it or not

“A bunch of countries and corporations are responsible for the mess. They have to bloody clean it up. As simple as that.”

Naveena Sadasivam International October 11, 2022

Smoke rises into a clear sky from the two smokestacks at the Tennessee Valley Authority's coal-powered power plant in Cumberland, Tennessee.

Replace fossil fuels — with more fossil fuels? That’s one major utility’s plan.

The Tennessee Valley Authority — the nation's largest public utility — wants to replace two coal power plants with natural gas, raising climate and environmental justice concerns.

Katie Myers Energy May 19, 2023

iPhone with cracked screen; top half is turning into square pixels that are floating off of the device

Apple just launched its first self-repair program. Other tech companies are about to follow.

Under pressure from shareholders, Big Tech is finally making device repair easier.

Maddie Stone Technology April 29, 2022

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