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Super-Pollutants

North Carolina Vows to Hold Chemours Accountable for Contamination ‘No Matter How Long It Takes’

The international chemical manufacturer is partly responsible for PFAS pollution that spans at least 10 counties.

By Lisa Sorg

Reid Wilson, secretary of the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality, speaks at a press conference announcing a settlement with Chemours over its forever chemicals pollution on Sept. 10 in Cumberland County. Credit: Matthew Wonderly/CityView
People attend the opening ceremony of COP31 on Monday in Antalya, Turkey. Credit: Chris McGrath/Getty Images

Why the World Is Still Running on Fossil Fuels After 30 Years of Climate Talks

By Bob Berwyn

Sen. Alan Armstrong (R-Okla.) departs his ceremonial swearing-in at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on March 24. Credit: Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images

A US Senator’s Push to Fast-Track Pipelines Would Benefit His Former Company

By Nicholas Kusnetz, Lauren Dalban

A substation in Yinchuan, China. Credit: Yuan Hongyan/VCG via Getty Images

Global Campaign Seeks to Curb Emissions of World’s Most Potent Greenhouse Gas

By Phil McKenna

Residents attend a July town hall in Fairfax, Iowa, hosted by grassroots group Save Morgan Valley. Credit: Anika Jane Beamer/Inside Climate News

As Data Centers Move In, Iowa Residents Fight Plans for a New Gas Plant

By Anika Jane Beamer

Methane containment materials cover a manure lagoon near at a CAFO near Unionville, Mo. Credit: KC McGinnis/The Washington Post via Getty Images

EPA Pulls the Plug on Regulating Air Pollution From Giant Livestock and Poultry Operations

By Georgina Gustin

Beef cattle at a ranch in Sonoita, Ariz. Credit: Rebecca Noble/Bloomberg via Getty Images

‘Bookkeeping Trick’ and Fuzzy Math Conceal the Climate Impacts of Beef, Researchers Say

By Georgina Gustin

The central square of a Sarayaku village in the Amazon rainforest of Ecuador. Credit: Rodrigo Buendia/AFP via Getty Images

The Amazonian Community That Beat Big Oil Is Sharing Its Secrets

By Katie Surma

An oil wastewater pond and storage tanks at a site in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. Credit: Ted Auch/FracTracker Alliance

Pennsylvania Opens a New Loophole for Oil and Gas Wastewater Disposal

By Rebecca Egan McCarthy

U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons with the Thunderbirds squadron sit at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on July 3. Credit: Tylan Alicea/U.S. Air Force

Lawmakers and Regulators Press Air Force Over Continuing Pollution From Joint Base Andrews Fuel Spill

By Aman Azhar

The Valero refinery in Houston. Credit: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images

In Texas’ 9th Congressional District, Candidates Spar Over Fossil Fuels

By Lauren Nutall

Logging equipment moves through a forest in central Maine. Credit: Preston Keres/USDA Forest Service

Maine Looks to Its Forests to Reach Climate Goals

By Nicole Williams

The Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s Los Angeles Refinery in Carson, Calif. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Climate Is on the Ballot, Even if It’s Not in Candidates’ Campaign Messages

By Marianne Lavelle

In 2018, thawing manure ran off of neighboring fields where it had been spread, polluting the stream on Gordon Garrison’s property in Estherville, Iowa.

Amid Iowa’s Water Crisis, Factory Farms Get a Pass on Environmental Permitting

Story by Anika Jane Beamer, photos by Zach Spindler-Krage

Maintenance workers clean substation equipment at in the Yanqing district of Beijing. Credit: CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images

A Potent Climate Super-Pollutant Is Surging in Beijing

By Phil McKenna

People shelter from the sun under umbrellas in Warsaw’s Old Town as Poland experienced record heat on June 28. Credit: Wojtek Radwanski/AFP via Getty Images

Limiting Global Warming to 1.5 Degrees Celsius Is No Longer Feasible, UN Report Finds

By Lauren Dalban

Sharon Wilson records methane emissions in the Permian Basin on Dec. 4, 2025. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

After a Decade of Efforts to Regulate Methane, the Trump Administration Promises New Rules

By Dylan Baddour

A boat works to collect oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico on April 28, 2010, near New Orleans. Credit: Chris Graythen/Getty Images

Deep-Sea Species Struggle to Recover After Deepwater Horizon Spill

By Bob Berwyn

The Thompson Callaway Spears #1 well, located on the vacant lots enclosed by black metal fencing, stands next to homes inside the Preserve at Medina subdivision in southwest San Antonio. Credit: Sam Owens/San Antonio Express-News

Abandoned Oil Well Spreads Toxic Fumes, Dread Across San Antonio Subdivision

By Martha Pskowski

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