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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.
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.
Trump said coal needed better PR. Then Coalie showed up.
The administration has done real damage to climate action, experts say. But in many ways, renewables are unstoppable.
An innovative new nonprofit called WHEN Justice is turning targeted litigation funding into a powerful tool for justice.
Though marketed as clean energy, industrial pellet plants are driving deforestation, worsening floods, and polluting rural counties.
Senators saved a network of ocean sensors from "supreme stupidity." But other cutting-edge efforts are running out of funding, too.
The producer of Netflix’s “Buy Now!” says companies should be accountable for the trash they generate.
Internal documents show the Department of Energy knew the decision "may generate negative commentary" and be perceived as "undue favoritism."
