The Winners and Losers of Maine’s Race to Armor Its Shoreline Against Climate Change
GORHAM, Maine—Supersonic shockwaves shook the bones of Charlie Hamblen’s historic Maine farmhouse more than a dozen…
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Farmers Are Going Broke Amid Rising Gas Prices, While the Ag Secretary Profits Off Them
As farmers grapple with soaring diesel and fertilizer prices and the Department of Agriculture yanks support for…
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Elevated Levels of Lead Surround Local Oregon Airports
For years health officials have held that there is no safe level of lead exposure for humans. Even low levels can cause…
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Join siguimi.com →As Extreme Weather Worsens, Black and Hispanic Homeowners Are Paying More for Insurance
Homeowners in Hispanic and Black communities nationwide are paying a disproportionate share of skyrocketing home…
Read at source →Error in a Recent BLM Lease Sale Has Wyoming Residents Concerned Over New Oil and Gas Rules
A mistake in the federal documents offering public land in Wyoming for oil and gas leases has Cowboy State residents…
Read at source →New Mexico Bans Uranium Leasing on State Lands
Officials in New Mexico, the nation’s largest historic producer of uranium ore, banned new leasing of state lands for…
Read at source →A Pipeline Giant That Spilled Jet Fuel in Pennsylvania Is Trying to Weaken a Clean Water Law
Energy Transfer, the Dallas-based pipeline giant facing a state-level criminal probe related to a jet fuel spill that…
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Can Studying Heat Waves in Real Time Save Lives?
The volume of patients in Dr. Robert Brewer’s upstate New York emergency room isn’t always predictable, but when…
Read at source →Underserved Communities Again Ask Courts to Restore Justice Grant Funding
Plaintiffs are continuing to press the Trump administration in federal court to restore $3 billion in grant funding for…
Read at source →Farmed Salmon May Not Be as Nutritious as It Once Was, New Research Suggests
Eat more fatty fish. That dietary advice has changed the way the world consumes salmon, pushing consumer demand ever…
Read at source →Court Stalls EPA Plan to Override California’s Vehicle Pollution Standards
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Environmental Protection Agency from challenging California’s longstanding…
Read at source →There’s No Comprehensive Mailing List for All Texas Data Center Operators
Texas officials told lawmakers at a state Senate hearing on Tuesday that they want to know how much water data centers…
Read at source →These States Are Leading the Electricity Generation Boom
As data centers and other large users drove demand higher, U.S. power plants increased their output by 2.1 percent in…
Read at source →New Trump Rules Would Limit State Power to Block Pipelines, Energy Projects
When the Trump administration last fall unveiled its cornerstone policy for carrying out the Clean Water Act—new…
Read at source →In South Florida, a Crackdown on Overdue Electricity Bills Coincides With Peak Summer Heat, ICE Enforcement
HOMESTEAD, Fla.—It was too hot to sleep. When the lights turned off and the air conditioning unit went quiet that night…
Read at source →China’s Carbon Pollution Fell in Recent Months as Oil Demand Plummeted
China’s carbon pollution fell modestly in recent months after the country’s consumers and industries sharply cut their…
Read at source →No Relief for Maui Wildfire Survivors Losing Thousands to Contractors
This story is a collaboration between Inside Climate News and Honolulu Civil Beat. Three years after the deadly Lahaina…
Read at source →Lawsuit in Argentina Challenges British-Israeli Oil Project Near the Long-Disputed Falkland Islands
A proposed offshore oil project near the Falkland Islands threatens sensitive marine ecosystems—and Argentina’s…
Read at source →Climate ‘Overshoot’ Is Coming—Are We Ready?
Fossil fuel emissions are pushing Earth’s climate toward a dangerous new phase of climate “overshoot,” scientists…
Read at source →Polluting Nylon Plants Clean Up Their Acts
Many of our impact case studies cover ongoing stories that Inside Climate News continues to actively cover. The impact…
Read at source →Federal Judge Strikes Down New York’s Climate Change Superfund Law
A federal judge has struck down New York’s Climate Change Superfund Act, ruling that it “conflicts with” federal…
Read at source →At the Grand Canyon, Flooding and Wildfire Underscore Compounding Extreme Weather Risks
An intense downpour at Grand Canyon National Park transformed hiking trails and shallow creeks into deadly rapids over…
Read at source →Why Montana Firefighters Are Intentionally Burning Areas Around Two Wildfires
About a month ago, two wildfires ignited a day apart in southwest Montana. The Bobcat Lakes Fire started July 31 near…
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The Amazon’s Defenders Declare a State of Emergency
PUYO, Ecuador—People fighting oil wells, mines and other threats to their homelands did not come to this Amazonian city…
Read at source →The Trump EPA Is a Toothless Friend of Polluting Industries, Analysis Shows
By its own account, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is doing a fantastic job. In a March report on its…
Read at source →Maryland Consumer Advocate Challenges PJM Plan to Buy Power for Projected Data Center Growth
Maryland’s ratepayer protection agency is fighting on two fronts simultaneously to shield households from paying…
Read at source →No One Knows All the Toxic Chemicals You’re Eating
Most people decide if it’s safe to eat an old tub of yogurt in the fridge or canned tuna in the back of the cupboard by…
Read at source →Why Iceland Chose Fish Over European Alliances
Over the weekend, Iceland voted against resuming talks to join the European Union. At the heart of the referendum…
Read at source →Will a Data Center Join the Philadelphia Bellwether District’s Mix of Manufacturers and Warehouses?
PHILADELPHIA—A simmering debate over the future of Philadelphia’s Bellwether District has been reenergized by a…
Read at source →Power Struggles
Welcome to Inside Climate, a podcast from the staff of Inside Climate News. This week, Alabama-based reporters Dennis…
Read at source →How North Carolina Wasted the Chance To Fix Hog Pollution
Feeding the Beast: Second in a series about lax regulation, corporate influence and the heavily polluting, yet nearly…
Read at source →Trying to Get Away From Gas Turbines, Data Centers Place Their Hopes on Small Modular Nuclear Reactors
Data center developers and states see small modular nuclear reactors as one of the potential solutions for America’s…
Read at source →The Grid Has Eyes
Wired for Profit: Fifth in a series about Alabama Power’s influence over electric rates, renewable energy, pollution…
Read at source →Super PAC Targeting Conservatives Against Clean Energy Touts Fifth Republican Primary Win
Both President Donald Trump and a clean energy super PAC that backed Darline Graham, sister of the late Sen. Lindsey…
Read at source →California Dairy Farm’s New Biogas Project Makes History and Raises Eyebrows
KERMAN, Calif.—One hundred degrees on a steamy Thursday afternoon and not much can be seen along the dust-blown avenue…
Read at source →While Renewables Languish, Pennsylvania Pays Millions to Coal Waste Companies
WINDBER, Pa.—Standing on the rocky banks of Paint Creek in western Pennsylvania, Jim Panaro pointed out the colors of…
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