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Pennsylvania Publishes Long-Awaited Study on Radioactivity in Landfill Runoff

The state concluded there is “no current cause for concern.” Experts worried about the long-term impacts of fracking waste say more research is required.

By Kiley Bense

The Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill dominates the horizon in Belle Vernon, Pa. Credit: Scott Goldsmith/Inside Climate News
Deborah Linn lives near the construction site of a new McBride waste facility for oil and gas disposal in Elysian Fields, Texas. Credit: Shelby Tauber

Pitted Against Waste

By Martha Pskowski, Lise Olsen

A Canada goose swims in Lake Michigan next to the Chicago Area Confined Disposal Facility in Chicago’s Southeast Side. Credit: Christiana Freitag/Inside Climate News

A Toxic Landfill Was on the Brink of Expanding. Residents Fought Back and Won

By Christiana Freitag

Val Verde and Castaic residents call for the Chiquita Canyon Landfill to be closed during a protest in Castaic, Calif., on Feb. 22, 2024. Credit: Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

The Smoldering, Noxious Waste Dump Next Door

By Liza Gross

Recycling and garbage bags line the curb in Brooklyn, New York City. Credit: Lauren Dalban/Inside Climate News

New York City Has a Trash Problem. A Packaging Reduction Bill Could Help

By Lauren Dalban

A truck unloads waste at the Bantar Gebang landfill in Bekasi, on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia. Credit: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images

‘Deep Change Theory’ Could Pull Us Out of a Global Climate and Pollution Crisis, Scientists Say

By Bob Berwyn

Arieann Harrison talks with longtime Hunters Point resident Antoine Mahan about his concern that truck traffic to and from the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard may be worsening air quality along Innes Avenue, where he lives. Credit: Audrey Mei Yi Brown/San Francisco Public Press

Toxic Waste Cleanups Take Longer in Marginalized San Francisco Communities

By Audrey Mei Yi Brown, San Francisco Public Press

Pollution From a Pennsylvania Landfill Caused Problems for Decades. Fracking Waste Made It Worse

By Kiley Bense

Normally phosphogypsum is disposed of in stacks such as this one in Riverview, Fla. Credit: Sarah Gledhill/Center for Biological Diversity

Plan to Build a Road With Radioactive Waste in Florida Prompts Legal Challenge Against the EPA

By Amy Green

Advocates rallied for the Green Amendment at New York State Capitol in Albany two weeks before the Rochester appeals court decision. Credit: Green Amendments For The Generations

A New York Appellate Court Rejects a Broad Application of the State’s Green Amendment

By Peter Mantius

Workers move chemical drums in 1979 to protect a small stream from contamination at the "Valley of the Drums" in Bullitt County, Kentucky. Credit: The Courier-Journal File Photo

Louisville Finally Takes Stock of Abandoned Waste Dump Inside a Preserved Forest

By James Bruggers

Is Fungus Fabric Really Taking Off? Vegan Leather Could Help Reduce Waste, But May Be Struggling to Scale

By Kiley Price

A car drives along a flooded East Bay Street as Charleston, S.C. endured flooding due to the combination of an offshore storm system and an unusually high king tide on Nov. 5, 2021. Credit: Kit MacAvoy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Heavy Rain and Rising Sea Levels Are Sending Sewage Into Some Charleston Streets and Ponds

By Daniel Shailer

Mobile city workers shovel pounds of Mardi Gras beads into the back of a truck. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

During Mardi Gras, Tons of Fun Comes With Tons of Toxic Beads

By Lee Hedgepeth

An unlined coal ash pond in western Jefferson County, Alabama. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

EPA and Alabama Power to Start Settlement Negotiations Over Coal Ash Storage near Mobile

By Lee Hedgepeth

Trucks line up on a residential street one block from the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. The residual waste was transported from Ohio to Texas. Credit: Rebecca Kiger for The Washington Post via Getty Images

EPA Paused Waste Shipments From Ohio Train Derailment After Texas Uproar

By Dylan Baddour

Aerial view of a complementation power station combining agriculture and photovoltaic power generation on Nov. 5, 2021 in Yuanqu County, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province of China. Credit: Yan Xin/VCG via Getty Images

Why the Feared Wave of Solar Panel Waste May Be Smaller and Arrive Later Than We Expected

By Dan Gearino

A rendering shows what Veridian at County Park in Ann Arbor, Michigan will look like. Credit: Developed & Designed by THRIVE Collaborative & Union Studio; Visualizations by McLennan Design

Warming Trends: New Rules for California Waste, Declining Koala Bears and Designs Meant to Help the Planet

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Workers sort recycling material at the Waste Management Material Recovery Facility in Elkridge, Maryland, June 28, 2018. Credit: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

Biden’s Infrastructure Bill Includes Money for Recycling, But the Debate Over Plastics Rages On

By James Bruggers

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