Wednesday, July 9, 2025

EPA to require Midwestern utilities clean up coal ash waste

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hold utilities in several Midwestern states accountable for coal ash waste. The agency announced it will...

We’ve breached Earth’s threshold for chemical pollution, study says

Many thousands of human-made chemicals and synthetic pollutants are circulating throughout our world, with new ones entering production all the time —...

How a powerful company convinced Georgia to let it bury toxic waste in groundwater

Documents reveal Georgia Power went to great lengths to advocate for risky waste storage.

It’s time to stop rolling the dice on chemical disasters

Now is the moment for the EPA to update the Risk Management Plan in a meaningful way that takes into account the health, safety and equity of fenceline communities first and foremost.

How Exxon is using an unusual law to intimidate critics over its climate denial

Exxon has "a track record of promoting half truths, misrepresentations and in some cases outright lies."

New York food waste recycling law goes into effect

The hope is to keep food, and its related methane emissions, out of landfills.

15-minute tumble dry can release hundreds of thousands of microfibers into the air

Every time you stick a load of clothes into a tumble dryer, you may be releasing hundreds of thousands of microfibers into...

Biden administration reverses Trump-era policy that opened new oil development in Arctic Alaska

The Biden administration will revert to "a 2013 Obama administration plan issued that protected about half of the reserve."

Why words matter in the fight against climate change

Climate communications expert, Genevieve Guenther, speaks on how climate change reporting has evolved, and her recommendations for how to encourage climate action.