Three years after the fuel spill, community members continue to demand accountability
The recently released DoD IG and GAO reports provide a scathing assessment of the Navy’s handling of the Red Hill facility, citing various management failures and facilities in disrepair.
Lessons from Katrina: This organization tries to get Hurricane Florence survivors home quicker
Many in North Carolina were left homeless by the storm and its still-receding floodwaters. This nonprofit wants to shrink the amount of time it takes to rebuild after a disaster.
Green Energy Is Surging and You’ll Never Guess Why
Many countries around the world have adopted wind and solar power for their electricity needs displacing hydrocarbons at a fast rate. Juan Cole highlights the stories illustrating the surge.
"The Paris Agreement Will See the Planet Burn": Former Bolivian Climate Negotiator Pablo Solón
Pablo Solón once sat at the same table as the world leaders gathered in Paris to hammer out a U.N. agreement on global warming. Now he stands on the outside.
Civil Rights case probes racism behind Cancer Alley pollution
Federal lawsuit claiming local officials illegally pushed polluting industries into Black communities reaches new stage.
EPA proposes improved water pollution control standards for slaughterhouses and rendering facilities
EPA begins process of mandating pollution reductions.
EPA shuts down leaking oil refinery in St. Croix over ‘imminent’ public health threat
“This is a majority-Black island in a U.S. territory. It is located next to public housing. If this refinery were located most anywhere else in the country, it would have been shut down months ago.”
Carbon capture will extend oil production by 84 years, industry study finds
Because of carbon capture and storage, a technology widely touted by the oil and gas industry and some political leaders as a key solution for climate change, the field could still be producing 1.5 million barrels of oil annually by the year 2100.
After four dark years under Trump, words ‘climate’ and ‘science’ are back on EPA...
“You deserve access to science and data,” new EPA Administrator Michael Regan says.
Climate change is a security threat the government keeps ignoring. We’ll show up empty...
Unlike traditional national security threats, climate threats have no respect for national or sector borders and cannot be solved with missiles.







