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Eight months past a federal deadline, more than 90 percent of at-risk Chicagoans haven’t been told their drinking water could be unsafe.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drinking water.
Scientists have shown how actively managing forests to prevent wildfires can also boost the snowpack, a critical source of hydration in the American west.
Recent research suggests the IRA’s methane fee could batter the oil and gas industry to the tune of more than $1 billion.
Tens of thousands of Omahans have lead in their yards at levels that experts say is dangerous, especially for kids. Growing momentum to do more cleanup in what’s already the nation’s largest residential lead Superfund site now may stall.
The producer of Netflix’s “Buy Now!” says companies should be accountable for the trash they generate.
Trump said coal needed better PR. Then Coalie showed up.
Sea ice extent in the Arctic has decreased by about 40 percent since 1979. New technologies are being deployed to regrow it.
The administration has done real damage to climate action, experts say. But in many ways, renewables are unstoppable.
