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Miners and their advocates have long demanded stricter standards on exposure to silica, a leading cause of an epidemic of black lung. They’re still waiting.
Everything you need to know about the science linking global warming to extreme heat.
The lawsuit could determine whether the state's Public Service Commission must consider emissions in its decision making.
And nearly half have no plans to clean up their mess.
Drought can stress trees to death, but heat’s effects are less known. New research could hold the keys to protecting conifer forests.
America may have hit “peak gasoline,” but the fossil fuel’s decline is still too slow to meet climate goals.
As renewables overtook coal, economic growth outpaced the rise in carbon emissions.
Time and again, mining company Homestake and government agencies promised to clean up waste from decades of uranium processing. It didn’t happen.
Health experts say it doesn’t go far enough to limit the deadly pollutant.
