California oil and gas industry leans on political heavyweights to drill wells
New well count rises as governor appoints oil lobbyist to top role.
Our rich: fooling themselves and fouling our planet
Electric air taxis aren’t going to save the world. Really taxing the rich, on the other hand, could.
Puerto Rican cities sue fossil fuel companies in major class-action, climate fraud case
Municipalities aim to hold industry liable for damages from catastrophic 2017 hurricanes.
One-third of all new childhood asthma cases in Europe are due to air pollution
"Largely, these impacts are preventable...We can and should do something about it."
Hungry polar bears are eating garbage instead of seals as their habitats melt away
“Education, the implementation of polar bear-proof methods of waste storage, law enforcement and the provision of adequate resources at the community level are required to mitigate this potentially increasing problem.”
Appeals court agrees that Dakota Access Pipeline river crossing is illegal
“Especially after the Keystone XL decision, the pressure is increasing for the Biden administration to take action here.”
Intelligence thieves: How toxic pollutants are robbing communities of color
In her new book, author and ethicist Harriet Washington unearths one of the most overlooked aspects of environmental racism.
These kids will see Trump in court
Twenty-one kids and climate scientist James Hansen were suing the Obama administration to take more aggressive action on climate. Now, the climate-change-denying 45th president has inherited the case.
EPA to rollback Obama-era coal ash regulations that safeguard Americans
"Instead of having a single strong national set of public health protections for this polluting industry, we are going to be left with federal regulations that are riddled with loopholes."
California lagged in capping century-old oil wells leaking under homes of LA residents plagued...
On November 28, 2015, Roger Majano, plagued by a noxious smell
overwhelming his Los Angeles neighborhood, heaved a jackhammer onto the
walkway...