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Highway removal is the easy part. Making reparations is where it gets complicated.
Miles of new bike lanes and light rail lines just weren’t enough.
Still, Democratic control of the Senate will be narrow and tenuous.
A unanimous vote from the county’s supervisors means L.A. County could become first in the nation to phase out existing oil wells.
As innovative models for reclamation unfold, and federal funding nears, there is new hope for the communities that once depended on coal mining.
This month, the Swiss outdoor clothing company Mammut took a small but “industry-leading” step toward addressing emissions from fossil-fuel-powered ships.
States waited too long to decarbonize, and now they have to make tough choices.
How a fix for air pollution leads to tons of contaminated water.
Much of America isn’t built for walking. Alex Wolfe is doing it anyway.