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The Justice Department is suing a major petrochemical company, arguing that its chemical plant in Reserve, Louisiana, poses an unacceptable risk to the health and welfare of the area’s majority-Black population.
“We’re increasingly finding that it’s not true that these are just ecological voids where nothing is living there.”
Amid soaring temperatures, Arizona has seen success with utility programs that incentivize people to turn down the AC when the power grid is stressed.
Researchers say the U.N.'s global plastics treaty must reduce production and protect public health.
Biden's green jobs program was never what it seemed. Now it's shutting down before Trump takes office.
In an exclusive interview, Biden FEMA chief Deanne Criswell discusses her attempts to create a “very different” disaster agency.
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An outdated land management ideology with roots in colonialism is keeping California and the West from taking essential steps toward mitigating increasingly destructive wildfires.
Climate priorities and labor standards are colliding, threatening to stall wind energy in a renewable-friendly state.
