States sue EPA over repeal of power plant greenhouse gas limits
A coalition of attorneys general, governors and mayors asked the D.C. Circuit to restore the 2024 standards, which the EPA put at billion in avoided costs when it repealed them.
Residents sue Avenal landfill operators over toxic gases and alleged underground fire
State records cited by a community group show carbon monoxide readings of up to 3,420 parts per million in landfill wells, more than double the level regulators say suggests a subsurface fire.
Revealed: factory farm pollution is costing the UK £130m a year
Ammonia from farms drives lung conditions, heart disease and chronic illness – and we have been able to put a figure on the cost
Why the nor’easter’s storm surge was so high, and what it says about the...
Several factors make for high water levels, and they conspired to worsen the storm surge that flooded coastal areas from North Carolina to New York.
Overshoot of Paris Agreement and the Looming Super El Niño Drive Urgent Calls for...
Speakers at the UN General Assembly's climate event pressed for faster action as the world overshoots the Paris Agreement's warming limit and a strong El Niño looms.
WMO report finds global water reserves in decade-long decline
Glaciers lost the equivalent of 560 million Olympic pools of ice in a single year, the fourth straight year of loss in every major glaciated region.
EPA and HHS sign agreement to expand glyphosate review as decision slips to 2027
The agencies created a joint working group of seven federal offices, while a Center for Food Safety scientist says the EPA has excluded 78% of studies as not relevant.
EPA finalizes repeal of power plant carbon standards as environmental groups sue
The sector accounts for nearly one-quarter of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, and the agency separately proposed ending its authority to regulate them.
Biodiversity credits shouldn’t copy the carbon market playbook
An op-ed argues biodiversity credits should be judged by how continuously and independently a claim can be verified, because a hectare of mangrove is not interchangeable with a hectare of grassland.
In Peru’s high Andes, restoring ancient ecosystems could help protect water security
Hydrologists remain divided over whether the approach can be replicated at the scale Peru's water crisis demands.