Texas Oil and Gas Regulator Doubles Down and Defies State Legislature
AUSTIN, Texas—A chair with Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian’s name on it sat empty Tuesday in the hearing room of…
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In Tampa, Community Gardeners Say They Need More Funding, Not More Information, to Feed Neighbors in Need
In the East Tampa neighborhood where Dee Morales bought her house, residents have been asking for a supermarket for 10…
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Congressional Republicans Aim to Shield Fossil Fuel Companies From Climate Lawsuits
Republicans in Congress are continuing their efforts to shield the fossil fuel industry from legal liability for its…
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Join siguimi.com →An Environmental Defender Is Murdered Every Three Days
Every three days someone is killed for defending nature. In 2025, watchdog group Global Witness documented 124 such…
Read at source →Pushback Mounts Against Trump’s Attacks on the Endangered Species Act
A Trump administration rule eviscerating widespread habitat protections for endangered species just went into effect.…
Read at source →The Dust Settled. The Health Effects of 9/11 Didn’t.
Philip Landrigan learned about the attacks on 9/11 the way much of the world did when he was chair of the Department of…
Read at source →How the End of USAID Eroded Global Environmental Goals
Before its abrupt dismantling last year, the U.S. Agency for International Development was one of the world’s largest…
Read at source →Latino Conservation Week Kicks Off at Threatened Arizona National Monument
IRONWOOD FOREST NATIONAL MONUMENT, Ariz.—Cassandra Becerra didn’t know it when she first arrived in the U.S. from…
Read at source →New England Affirms Faith in Wind Energy’s Future
Second time’s the charm? On Aug. 25, Maine’s Public Utilities Commission selected winning proposals in a years-long…
Read at source →Trump Doubles Down on Climate Denial With Plan to Repeal Power Plant Rules
On the heels of the hottest summer on record and a United Nations report warning that global temperatures are likely to…
Read at source →What’s Next for Summit’s Carbon ‘Pipeline to Nowhere’?
The Iowa Utilities Commission is moving toward hearings on the second phase of a proposed carbon dioxide pipeline,…
Read at source →Jet Fuel in the Water
Welcome to Inside Climate, a podcast from the staff of Inside Climate News. In this episode, we delve into how…
Read at source →Is Wildfire Risk Increasing in the Midwest?
On the night of July 6, a storm moved over northern Minnesota near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The…
Read at source →As Power Demand Rises, a Clean-Energy State Falls Back on Coal
Before Iowa was the nation’s most wind-powered state, it generated nearly all of its electricity with coal. Since 2000,…
Read at source →The Alabama Legislature Was on a Collision Course With Alabama Power. Then Came Spring Break.
Wired for Profit: Seventh in a series about Alabama Power’s influence over electric rates, renewable energy, pollution…
Read at source →How Alabama Power Escaped a Push for Tighter Regulation With Record Profits Intact
Wired for Profit: Sixth in a series about Alabama Power’s influence over electric rates, renewable energy, pollution…
Read at source →A Super El Niño Is Building. Florida’s Most Vulnerable Homes Aren’t Ready.
On the night of Feb. 22, 1998, tornadoes tore through Central Florida while most of the region slept. By dawn, 42…
Read at source →An Overdue Trash Bill Left This Alabama Woman in Handcuffs. She’s Not Alone.
DOUBLE SPRINGS, Ala.—As 59-year-old Pam Benton sat handcuffed to a cold bench inside the Winston County Courthouse,…
Read at source →Formal Repeal of Roadless Rule Directly Threatens Midwest Wilderness
Michigan’s Norwich Plains is a stretch of unbroken wilderness in the state’s Upper Peninsula dominated by northern…
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Maryland Under Pressure as Local Moratoriums Supercharge Opposition to Data Centers
More than 60 advocacy groups from across Maryland are urging leaders in Annapolis to put a temporary pause on new data…
Read at source →How Marmots, OnlyFans and a Meme Coin Generated Big Bucks for Wildlife Biology
From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Jenni…
Read at source →Court Rules Against Trump Order to Keep Costly Michigan Coal Plant Running
A federal appeals court has struck down the Trump administration’s use of emergency powers to require a coal-fired…
Read at source →25 Years After 9/11, the Health Toll Is Still Unfolding
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani released a trove of documents this week that shed new light on the air quality…
Read at source →The Trump Administration Wants to Fast-Track Arctic Drilling
The Trump administration is moving to accelerate oil and gas drilling across the Western Arctic with a new proposal…
Read at source →A Texas LNG Plant Pumps Out Chronic, Unpermitted Pollution, a Watchdog Finds
A gas export terminal on the Gulf Coast of Texas has routinely violated air pollution permits for years with little…
Read at source →Data Center Boom Brings Health Hazards, Former EPA Officials Warn
The artificial intelligence boom poses serious health risks while the Trump administration is dismantling crucial…
Read at source →Meet the Mechanical Engineer Running to Regulate the Texas Oil and Gas Industry
Jon Rosenthal, a Democratic state representative from Houston, is facing off against Bo French, a far-right Republican…
Read at source →Coral Reefs Can Recover But Relentless Marine Heat Waves Won’t Let Them
In 1998, unusually hot ocean temperatures stressed corals worldwide, causing them to expel the microalgae living within…
Read at source →How Grassroots Opposition to a New Asphalt Plant Was Infiltrated by an Outside Operative
CLEMMONS, N.C.—The man came out of nowhere, but he seemed to be on their side. Dozens of residents of Clemmons, a small…
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Hurricanes Routinely Threaten the Texas Coast. But Mass Evacuations Pose Risks of Their Own.
This article was originally published by Public Health Watch, a nonprofit investigative news organization. Find out…
Read at source →Florida Proposes Stronger Protections for Sloths After Dozens Died at a Tourism Attraction
Florida’s wildlife agency has proposed new rules to strengthen protections for sloths imported into the state, four…
Read at source →Chemours to Pay $455 Million for Fayetteville Works Contamination
This story is a collaboration between Inside Climate News and CityView NC, part of The Assembly Local Network. North…
Read at source →How California Is Kicking Its Natural Gas Habit
Natural gas is fading from California’s electricity mix more quickly than seemed possible just a few years ago. The…
Read at source →Pennsylvania Is Building More EV Chargers. Will Drivers Come?
As I drove 500 miles across Pennsylvania and back in a little blue Chevrolet Bolt EV, a charging station near a…
Read at source →Industry Interests Spent Big Money to Stop California From Banning PFAS Pesticides
An ambitious bill to keep toxic “forever chemicals” off California produce lost its teeth after the chemical and…
Read at source →Utahns Support Protecting National Monuments That Trump Downsized
Two-thirds of Utah voters support restoring the boundaries of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national…
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