Kept in the dark: How Louisiana weakened community air monitoring as industry pushed back
That stretch of roughly 85 miles, widely known as "Cancer Alley," is home to dozens of refineries and chemical plants and to many predominantly Black communities.
EPA moves to reclassify Clean Air Act waivers
The Agency claimed that "California’s standards could impose costs on ports, shipping and supply chains," but Environmental groups and California regulators dispute that interpretation.
California’s salmon fishery reopens after three-year shutdown, but the recovery is fragile
Federal managers cleared a limited, tightly controlled 2026 season and Washington sent $21.3 million in disaster aid, yet drought, hatchery dependence and a warming Pacific still threaten a fish central to coastal economies and tribal life.
Federal court orders EPA to enforce stronger soot pollution limits, rejecting delay
Judge sets a February 2027 deadline for the agency to name communities breathing unhealthy fine-particle pollution, a step advocates say opens the path to cleaner air for tens of millions.
5 lessons from 20 years of climate surveys: Political party matters, but it doesn’t...
Those patterns may go against the partisan rhetoric of our times, but they reflect the reality that Americans do not sort neatly into simple camps on climate change.
Trump administration narrows Endangered Species Act protections by removing habitat destruction rule
The administration has eliminated a decades-old definition of “harm,” making it more difficult to use the Endangered Species Act to stop projects that destroy critical wildlife habitat.
Forget the DC swamp—here’s a gripping documentary about the most courageous, legendary clean water...
We’re talking seriously impactful breakthroughs, per this Inside Climate News report, as Diane and local citizen scientists now oversee a $50 (FIFTY!) million settlement—the largest clean water EPA penalty ever.
Colombia adopts nationwide framework to fight illegal deforestation through cattle traceability
The new law will trace cattle from ranch to supermarket in an effort for government agencies and companies to monitor deforestation databases that will cross-reference land tenure and cattle ownership.
Donald Trump, arsonist in chief
Someday, Donald J. Trump will undoubtedly be remembered as the president from—yes, it’s an all too appropriate and accurate word—hell.
Program on climate change—and then the heat hits
Extreme weather events have come with fury. Ocean warming is unabated and the sea level rise is accelerating. There’s urgency.