Earthquakes. Drought. Geysers. Permian oilfield water woes pile up in west Texas
At 8:00 a.m. Eastern on January 21, a magnitude 3.4 earthquake shook Culberson County in West Texas midway between Odessa and El...
High amounts of a toxic forever chemical found in bloodstreams of West Virginia county...
The report found the chemical, which is used in firefighting foam, in the blood of residents in a community located near an Air National Guard base.
Over 450 climate scientists say advertising industry must end ‘complicity’ in climate crisis
The scientists say that they are “consistently faced with a major and needless challenge” of having to correct false information and rebut the fossil fuel industry’s efforts to downplay the severity of climate change.
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...