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A grand jury and the EPA have cited potential disposal problems, and activists are fighting new injection wells. Yet the gas industry claims fracking is essential for the state’s economic health and that most of its wastewater is safely recycled.
As climate change intensifies extreme weather, cities and companies are paying for private forecasting. But what about the places that can't afford it?
A mountain of used clothes appeared in Chile’s desert. Then it went up in flames.
The decision, spurred by a hunger strike and a federal civil rights investigation, is a major win for environmental justice fights nationally.
On a daily basis, water managers in cities across the state move from crisis to crisis hoping to keep the water flowing to residents.
The administration's flood insurance reforms could improve transparency — and make some Americans more vulnerable.
‘Zombie’ urchins have obliterated West Coast kelp forests. Can they be stopped?
Honolulu activists say "enough is enough"
Still reeling from the 2018 Camp Fire, Chico residents are divided over a large new subdivision planned in the path of the last blaze.
