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Photo illustration by Derek Harrison. Credits: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images; Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency; courtesy of Joby Bernstein

Climate Takes a Back Seat in High-Profile California Primary Campaigns. One Candidate Aims to Change That

By Liza Gross

Circle 6 Baptist Camp, bottom, and produced water ponds, constructed by Martin Water, top, in Lenorah on Feb. 24, 2024. The Railroad Commission approved the construction of the ponds, used to treat and recycle produced water from fracking, next to the Circle 6 Baptist Camp in the Permian Basin. Credit: Julian Mancha for The Texas Tribune/Inside Climate News

Railroad Commission Approves Toxic Waste Ponds Next to Baptist Camp

By Martha Pskowski

A sculpture with "karibuni," the word "welcome" in Swahili, at United Nations Office in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2018. Credit: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images.

Chemours and DuPont Knew About Risks But Kept Making Toxic PFAS Chemicals, UN Human Rights Advisors Conclude

By James Bruggers

A gas drilling rig explores the Marcellus Shale outside the town of Waynesburg, Pa. Credit: Mladen Antonov/AFP via Getty Images

New Demands to Measure Emissions Raise Cautious Hopes in Pennsylvania Among Environmental Sleuths Who Monitor Fracking Sites

By Jake Bolster

About a dozen vintage Scout sport utility vehicles stood at the entrance to the Feb. 15 groundbreaking at the Blythewood, S.C. site where Volkswagen is investing $2 billion to resurrect the brand as an electric vehicle. Credit: Scout Motors

South Carolina Welcomes Multibillion Dollar Electric Vehicle Projects, Even Though Many Echo Trump’s Harsh EV Critiques

By Marianne Lavelle

A boat transporting recycling waste sails on the Upper New York Bay between Staten Island and Manhattan on Dec 29, 2023. Credit: Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images

Environmental Groups Eye a Potential Win with New York Packaging Bill

By James Bruggers

Fossil Free Divest NY, in coordination with community members, rally outside the office of the New York State Comptroller in New York City on May 14, 2018. Credit: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images

New York State Restricts Investments in ExxonMobil, But Falls Short of Divestment

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Engineers conduct experimental studies on Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) at CEA Cadarache in Saint-Paul-lès-Durance, France on Nov. 23, 2023. Credit: Nicolas Tucat/AFP via Getty Images

Virginia Utilities Seek Unbridled Rate Adjustments for Unproven Small Modular Nuclear Reactors in Two New Bills

By Jake Bolster

After they were removed from the building, Sunrise Movement members continued to demonstrate outside President Joe Biden’s campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Del. on Feb. 12. Credit: Adah Crandall

‘Lead or Lose!’ Young People Arrested at Biden’s Campaign Headquarters Call for Climate Action and a Ceasefire

By Keerti Gopal

The Harris Cattle Ranch feedlot is the largest producer of beef in California. While the number of cattle drops around the country, the cattle in large dairies and feedlots continue to grow. Credit: George Rose/Getty Images

As the Number of American Farms and Farmers Declines, Agriculture Secretary Urges Climate Action to Reverse the Trend

By Georgina Gustin

A member of the Indigenous Baduy tribe works at his field on Indonesia's Java island. Anthropologist Gonzalo Oviedo says Indigenous communities in Southeast Asia “tend to recognize many more varieties of plant subspecies.” Credit: Bay Ismoyo/AFP via Getty Images

Q&A: To Save The Planet, Traditional Indigenous Knowledge Is Indispensable

By Katie Surma

Bales of plastic bottles at a recycling center in San Jose, Calif. Credit: Aric Crabb/Digital First Media/Bay Area News via Getty Images

A Battle Over Plastic Recycling Claims Heats Up in California Over ‘Truth in Labeling’ Law

By James Bruggers

The sun shines on St. George, Utah on Jan. 25. Washington County's population has quadrupled since 1990, and projections say it could double again by 2050. Credit: David Condos/KUER

How One of the Nation’s Fastest Growing Counties Plans to Find Water in the Desert

By David Condos, KUER

An air source heat pump repairman from Valiant replaces a Wilo pump inside an air source heat pump unit at a house in Folkestone, United Kingdom on Dec. 23, 2021. Credit: Andrew Aitchison/In pictures via Getty Images

Why a State-Led Coalition to Install More Heat Pumps Is a Big Deal for Climate Change

By Kristoffer Tigue

Signs warning of health risks are posted outside the gates of an abandoned uranium mine in the community of Red Water Pond Road, N.M. Credit: The Washington Post via Getty Images

New Online Dashboard Identifies Threats Posed by Uranium Mines and Mills in New Mexico

By Noel Lyn Smith

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro prepares to speak before U.S. President Joe Biden takes the stage during a campaign event at Montgomery County Community College on Jan. 5 in Blue Bell, Pa. Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

In His First Year as Governor, Josh Shapiro Forged Alliances With the Natural Gas Industry, Angering Environmentalists Who Once Supported Him

By Kiley Bense

Cryptocurrency Companies Must Now Report Their Energy Use to the Government

By Kristoffer Tigue

Adam Ortiz (center), EPA's Region 3 administrator, flanked by Democratic Rep. Jennifer McClellan of Virginia’s 4th district and members of the nonprofit Virginia Community Voice visited a vacant elementary school building in South Richmond, which the community group has proposed to turn into a community space. Credit: Aman Azhar/Inside Climate News

A Year Before Biden’s First Term Ends, Environmental Regulators Rush to Aid Disinvested Communities

By Aman Azhar

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