Super-Pollutants

North Carolina’s Iconic College Town Struggles to Redevelop a Toxic Coal Ash Mound

Chapel Hill officials envision an office park, perhaps, with trails. But some community members and lawyers say a few feet of clean fill can’t protect against chemicals linked to serious illnesses.

By Lisa Sorg

Plastics Pollution Has Become a ‘Crisis,’ Biden Administration Acknowledges

By Marianne Lavelle

Montana Is a Frontier for Deep Carbon Storage, and the Controversies Surrounding the Potential Climate Solution

By Najifa Farhat

Tribes and Environmentalists Press Arizona and Federal Officials to Stop Uranium Mining Near the Grand Canyon

By Noel Lyn Smith

Baltimore Judge Tosses Climate Case, Hands Win to Big Oil

By Aman Azhar

Following Cancer Alley Decision, States Pit Themselves Against Environmental Justice Efforts

Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth

Montana’s High Court Considers a Constitutional Right to a Stable Climate

By Nicholas Kusnetz, Najifa Farhat

Sen. Britt of Alabama Confronted on Her Ties to ‘Big Oil’

By Lee Hedgepeth

Peering Inside the Pandora’s Box of Oil and Gas Waste

By Kiley Bense

‘Not Caused by an Act of God’: In a Rare Court Action, an Oregon County Seeks to Hold Fossil Fuel Companies Accountable for Extreme Temperatures

By Victoria St. Martin

Vying for West Virginia Governor, an ‘All of the Above’ Democrat Faces Long Odds Against a Republican Fossil Fuel Booster

By James Bruggers

Governors in the West Seek Profitability for Industrial and Natural Carbon Removal Projects

By Jake Bolster

California Communities Celebrate ‘Massive’ Victory as Oil Industry Drops Unpopular Referendum

By Liza Gross

Louisville Finally Takes Stock of Abandoned Waste Dump Inside a Preserved Forest

By James Bruggers

To Save the Amazon, What if We Listened to Those Living Within It?

By Katie Surma

Texas Opens More Coastal Waters for Carbon Dioxide Injection Wells

By Dylan Baddour

Supreme Court Overturns Chevron Doctrine: What it Means for Climate Change Policy

By Marianne Lavelle

Federal Commission OKs Largest LNG Terminal in US; Local Advocates Expected to Sue

By Pam Radtke, Floodlight

NTSB Says Norfolk Southern Threatened Staff as They Investigated the East Palestine Derailment

By Kiley Bense