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Complaints allege that industrial facilities have discharged “excessive levels” of carcinogenic chemicals in a majority-Black community.
Because most of the systems aren’t yet on the market, there’s precious little real-world data proving they work.
With government monitoring lagging behind, members are installing their own monitors.
The continent's vast oil reserves could spell trouble for the climate — and for Africans.
As the world warms and water becomes increasingly scarce, this highly adaptable single-celled organism just might become a prime player on your dinner plate.
How energy disclosure could help lower renters' utility bills and tackle climate change.
The climate disaster movie isn’t new. It also hasn’t changed that much.
Carbon dioxide emissions aren’t the only way aviation warms the planet. Exhaust contains a host of polluting particles, from soot to nitrogen oxides.
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.
