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The new IPCC report spotlighted the issue, despite U.S. opposition.
In Franklin County, a group of locals are concerned about potential environmental harm from renewable energy facilities and support a bill that would impose more regulations on solar and wind. The industry says it’s being unfairly singled out.
Environmental groups think it could be a ‘super-motivator’ for 2 million voters.
The 'father of environmental justice' says sending fluorinated firefighting foam to a landfill in the mostly poor, Black town of Emelle perpetuates racism.
Companies, nonprofits, foundations, and universities are coming together to promote "direct air capture," or sucking CO2 from the air. But not everyone thinks it is a good idea.
Almost half of products cleared so far under the new federal biofuels program are not in fact biofuels — and the EPA acknowledges that the plastic-based ones may present an “unreasonable risk” to human health or the environment.
Georgia police are invoking a 2017 terrorism law against activists accused of little more than trespassing.
After five years at Grist, Editor in Chief Nikhil Swaminathan takes the helm of the organization.
Winning resolutions urged Exxon to disclose climate risks and Chevron to re-evaluate its methane reporting methods.