At COP28, the United States Will Stress an End to Fossil Emissions, Not Fuels
The Biden administration faces increasing international and domestic political pressure to endorse near-term cuts in coal, oil and natural gas.
By Marianne Lavelle
Environment & Health
“Carbon Cowboys” Chasing Emissions Offsets in the Amazon Keep Forest-Dwelling Communities in the Dark
By Sam Schramski and Cícero Pedrosa Neto
A New Law Regulating the Cosmetics Industry Expands the FDA’s Power But Fails to Ban Toxic Chemicals in Beauty Products
By Victoria St. Martin
Black Women Face Disproportionate Risks From Largely Unregulated Toxic Substances in Beauty and Personal Care Products
By Victoria St. Martin
As New York Officials Push Clean Hydrogen Project, Indigenous Nation Sees a Threat to Its Land
By Nicholas Kusnetz
Corruption and Rights Abuses Are Flourishing in Lithium Mining Across Africa, a New Report Finds
By Katie Surma
Report Charts Climate Change’s Growing Impact in the US, While Stressing Benefits of Action
By Marianne Lavelle, Katie Surma, Kiley Price, Nicholas Kusnetz
Environmental Justice a Key Theme Throughout Biden’s National Climate Assessment
By Kristoffer Tigue, Georgina Gustin, Liza Gross, Victoria St. Martin
This Week in Nairobi, Nations Gather for a Third Round of Talks on an International Plastics Treaty, Focusing on Its Scope and Ambition
By James Bruggers
Oil or Water? Midland Says Disposal Wells Could Threaten Water Supply
By Martha Pskowski
Forever Chemicals’ Toxic Legacy at Chicago’s Airports
By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times
Dominion’s Proposed Virginia Power Plant Casts Doubt on Its Commitments to Clean Energy
By Jake Bolster
A Train Derailment Spilled Toxic Chemicals in her Ohio Town. Then She Ran for Mayor
By Jessica Kutz, The 19th
Baltimore City, Maryland Department of the Environment Settle Lawsuits Over City-Operated Sewage Treatment Plants
By Aman Azhar
In the Florida Everglades, a Greenhouse Gas Emissions Hotspot
By Amy Green
How Midwest Landowners Helped to Derail One of the Biggest CO2 Pipelines Ever Proposed
By Kristoffer Tigue
Q&A: The League of Conservation Voters’ Take on House Speaker Mike Johnson’s Voting Record: ‘Appalling’
Interview by Jenni Doering, “Living on Earth”
Toxic Pesticides Are Sprayed Next to Thousands of US Schools
By Liza Gross
