Super-Pollutants

A Pro-Dominion Grassroots Group Has Financial Ties—to Dominion

Supporters of the Virginia Energy Reliability Alliance were out in force at an air permit hearing last month for the utility’s controversial natural gas “peaker” plant in Chesterfield County. Dominion Energy, Virginia’s largest utility, says it’s been “transparent” with regard to its support for the group.

By Charles Paullin

Gulf South Residents and Green Groups Sue Trump and EPA Over Toxic Air Pollution Exemptions

By Keerti Gopal

Climate-Warming Methane Emissions from the World’s Biggest Livestock Companies Are Bigger Than From Major Oil and Gas Companies

By Georgina Gustin

New England Says Goodbye to Coal as Merrimack Station Powers Down

By Ryan Krugman

China Helped Indonesia Build One of the World’s Biggest, Youngest Coal Fleets. It’s Still Growing.

Story by Nicholas Kusnetz, data analysis by Peter Aldhous

Gas Plant That’s Part of PJM’s Fast-Tracked Process Is Getting Pushback in Virginia 

By Charles Paullin

Pennsylvania Community Groups Urge Officials to Restrict Data Center Development

By Jon Hurdle

Federal Actions Make New York’s Energy Future More Uncertain

By Lauren Dalban

Coal Miners and Advocates Plead With Trump to Enforce Black Lung Rule

By Aidan Hughes

A Short-Lived Win in a Never-Ending Fight Over Forever Chemicals

By Lisa Sorg

Growing ‘Continuous Corn’ Drives Emissions of a Powerful Greenhouse Gas. It Doesn’t Have To.

By Anika Jane Beamer

EPA Drops Planned Delay in Compliance With Fenceline Monitoring at Coke Plants

By Jon Hurdle

Scientists Find Evidence that a Pennsylvania Town’s Water Was Contaminated by Fracking

By Kiley Bense

Exxon Steps Back From Texas Gulf Coast Plastics Plant

By Dylan Baddour

Detroit Is the Nation’s Most Challenging City for People with Asthma, a New Report Suggests

By K.R. Callaway

Eighteen Months After a Fatal Explosion, Alabama Rolls Back Its Commitment to Monitor Explosive Gases Above Coal Mines

By Lee Hedgepeth

In Its New Carbon Plan, Duke Energy Gambles on Coal as a Shorter-Term Fix for Powering Data Centers

By Lisa Sorg

California Sanctions Stark Disparities in Pesticide Exposure During Pregnancy

By Liza Gross

Appeal Could Make It Easier for Companies to Spread Drilling Fluids on Pennsylvania Roadways

By Kyle Bagenstose