Super-Pollutants

A Massive, Chinese-Backed Port in Peru Could Push the Amazon Rainforest Over the Edge

The ultra-sophisticated port north of Lima will revolutionize global trade, but it’s already sparking destructive new routes through the world’s most climate-critical ecosystem.

By Georgina Gustin

Peeling Back the Curtain on Big Plastic’s False Solutions 

By Liza Gross

County Planning Commission in Virginia Delays Vote Again on Proposed Gas Plant That Aims to Link to PJM Grid

By Charles Paullin

A Rare Recusal by Texas Oil and Gas Regulator Up for Re-election

By Martha Pskowski

Maine Was First To Ban Spreading PFAS-Contaminated Sludge on Farmland. Now Sludge Is Filling up Landfills.

By Sydney Cromwell

Growing Tensions with Air Regulator Lead Top California Environmental Justice Advisor to Resign

By Blanca Begert

International Effort to Curb Emissions of a Climate Super Pollutant Falls Short, UN Report Reveals

By Phil McKenna

California Is Finally Updating Its Methane Landfill Rule

By Liza Gross

Gas Pipeline Proposals in Virginia Multiply Through the South—and Worry Community Activists

By Charles Paullin

As Seas Rise, So Do the Risks From Toxic Sites

By Liza Gross

Congress Axes Biden-Era Protections That Shielded Alaskan Wetlands From Drilling

By Carl David Goette-Luciak

Bill McKibben on the State-Led Efforts to Make Big Oil Pay Up

By Carrie Klein

As COP30 Unfolds in the Amazon, Brazil Is Drilling for Oil Near the Great Amazon Reef System

By Teresa Tomassoni

A Landmark Court Ruling Looms Over U.S. Absence at COP30

By Dana Drugmand

Pitted Against Waste

By Martha Pskowski, Lise Olsen

Pennsylvania to Leave RGGI as Part of an Overdue Budget Deal

By Jon Hurdle

ConocoPhillips Wants to Explore for Oil in an Arctic Wilderness

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Data Centers’ Use of Diesel Generators for Backup Power Is Commonplace—and Problematic

By Arcelia Martin

An Oil Company Running Into Rough Waters off the California Coast Is Looking to Trump for Help

By Blanca Begert