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In Darrow, Louisiana, Monique Harden of the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice talks to residents about carbon capture at the Hillaryville Pavilion in June. Credit: Emily Kask for the Washington Post via Getty Images.

Q&A: The EPA Dropped a Civil Rights Probe in Louisiana After the State’s AG Countered With a Reverse Discrimination Suit

Interview by Steve Curwood, "Living on Earth"

Corporate Nature Restoration Results Murky at Best, Greenwashed at Worst

By Bob Berwyn

New Research Shows Direct Link Between Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Polar Bear Decline

By Bob Berwyn

After Decades Of Oil Drilling, Indigenous Waorani Group Fights New Industry Expansions In Ecuador

By Katie Surma

Carbon Offsets to Reduce Deforestation Are Significantly Overestimating Their Impact, a New Study Finds

By Keerti Gopal

Supporters gather at a theater next to the court house in Helena Montana to watch the court proceedings for the nation's first youth climate change trial in June 2023. Sixteen plaintiffs, ranging in age from 6 to 22, are suing the state for promoting fossil fuel energy policies that they say violate their constitutional right to a "clean and healthful environment." Credit: William Campbell/Getty Images.

Q&A: A Legal Scholar Calls the Ruling in the Montana Youth Climate Lawsuit ‘Huge’

Foes of Biden’s Climate Plan Sought a ‘New Solyndra,’ but They Have yet to Dig Up Scandal

By Marianne Lavelle

Behind the Scenes in the Senate, This Scientist Never Gave Up on Passing the Inflation Reduction Act. Now He’s Come Home to Minnesota

By Dan Gearino

A worker walks past a solar facility in Hill County, Texas in March 2023. Credit: Mark Felix/ AFP/Getty Images

Flush With the Promise of Tax Credits, Clean Energy Projects Are Booming in Texas

By Keaton Peters

Chicago Looks to Overhaul Its Zoning and Land Use Policies to Address Environmental Discrimination

By Aydali Campa

A Growing Movement Looks to End Oil Drilling in the Amazon

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Virginia state Senator Chap Petersen at work in the statehouse. Credit: Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images.

Q&A: Dominion Energy, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and Virginia’s Push Toward Renewables

By Jake Bolster

Documents Reveal New Details about Pennsylvania Governor’s Secret Working Group on Greenhouse Gas Emissions

By Kiley Bense

The One-Mile Rule: Texas’ Unwritten and Arbitrary Policy Protects Big Polluters from Citizen Complaints

By Dylan Baddour

Climate Litigation Has Exploded, but Is it Making a Difference?

By Katie Surma

Andrew Wheeler arrives for a House Appropriations Committee hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington in March 2020, when he served as President Donald Trump's administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Wheeler currently is head of Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's newly created Office of Regulatory Management. Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images.

Trump’s Former Head of the EPA Has Been a Quiet Contributor to Virginia’s Exit From RGGI

By Jake Bolster

Baltimore Won’t Expand a Program to Help Residents Clean up After Sewage Backups

By Aman Azhar

A Shipping Rule Backfires, Diverting Sulfur Emissions From the Air to the Ocean

By Lydia Larsen

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