The US Wants Minerals from South America. Its Environmental Defenders Fear What Comes Next.
When Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in South America this week, he carried a familiar message: The United…
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5 Takeaways From Our Investigation Into China’s Massive Overseas Investments
For more than a decade, the Chinese government has overseen a trillion-dollar building spree across the globe, helping…
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For Many New Yorkers, Home Is No Escape From the Heat
New York City is getting hotter, and for some residents, staying cool can be a matter of life and death. Mayor Zohran…
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Join siguimi.com →NOAA Fisheries Takes A ‘Sharp Turn Away From Science’
In July, the Trump administration relegated endangered leatherback turtles, sea lions and whales to mere collateral…
Read at source →As Hostilities Flare and Oil Prices Spike, U.S. Consumers Pay at the Pump
Hours after President Donald Trump predicted on Truth Social that oil prices would fall precipitously once the United…
Read at source →Many People Aren’t Connecting the Dots Between Climate Change and Extreme Weather
At the end of August, devastating floods and a debris flow triggered by a glacier collapse crashed through the valleys…
Read at source →The Cost of Keeping Cool: Georgia Power Customers Struggle With Summer Bills
When the power goes out during a Georgia summer, the heat builds fast. Inside a home without air conditioning, the air…
Read at source →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…
Read at source →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…
Read at source →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…
Read at source →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…
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