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Fracking Company to Pay for Public Water System in Rural Pennsylvania Town

Settlement of criminal charges may resolve water contamination after more than a decade.

By Jon Hurdle

$A fracking operation takes place on leased farm land near Dimock, Pennsylvania, where dairy farms used to dominate. Credit: Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images.$

Egyptian-Lebanese artist Bahia Shehab stands inside her installation "Heaven and Hell in the Anthropocene," which raises awareness about climate issues on display at the COP27 climate summit in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, on November 14, 2022. Credit: Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images.

The Art at COP27 Offered Opportunities to Move Beyond ‘Empty Words’

By Kiley Bense

Activists demand climate action and "loss and damage" reparations on the seventh day of the COP27 UN Climate Change Conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. Credit: Dominika Zarzycka/NurPhoto via Getty Images.

At COP27, an 11th-Hour Deal Comes Together as the US Reverses Course on ‘Loss and Damage’

By Bob Berwyn and Zoha Tunio

Lawyers Press International Court to Investigate a ‘Network’ Committing Crimes Against Humanity in Brazil’s Amazon

By Katie Surma

Mil Milhas na Amazônia, para Mudar a Maneira como o Mundo Funciona

By Katie Surma

A man walks through a flooded street the morning after the remnants of Hurricane Ida drenched the New York City and New Jersey area on Sept. 2, 2021 in Hoboken, New Jersey. Credit: Gary Hershorn/Getty Images

New Jersey Joins Other States in Suing Fossil Fuel Industry, Claiming Links to Climate Change

By Jon Hurdle

A Thousand Miles in the Amazon, to Change the Way the World Works

By Katie Surma

In Pivotal Climate Case, UN Panel Says Australia Violated Islanders’ Human Rights

By Katie Surma

Defiant Dakota Access Pipeline water protectors faced-off with various law enforcement agencies on the day the camp was slated to be raided. Credit: Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images

New Federal Anti-SLAPP Legislation Would Protect Activists and Whistleblowers From Abusive Lawsuits

By Alleen Brown

Chilean Voters Reject a New Constitution That Would Have Provided Groundbreaking Protections for the Rights of Nature

By Katie Surma

Judge Upholds $14 Million Fine in Long-running Citizen Suit Against Exxon in Texas

By Dylan Baddour

Kayakers paddle down a portion of Interstate 676 In September 2021 after Hurricane Ida inundated Philadelphia. Credit: Branden Eastwood/AFP via Getty Images.

With COP27 Approaching, Cities Like Philadelphia Are ‘Powerful Tools’ for Climate Adaptation

By Kiley Bense

Private homes surround Sunoco's gas liquids pipeline along a right-of-way Oct. 5, 2017 in Marchwood, Pennsylvania. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

A Pipeline Giant Pleads ‘No Contest’ to Environmental Crimes in Pennsylvania After Homeowners Complained of Tainted Water

By Jon Hurdle

A Teenage Floridian Has Spent Half His Life Involved in Climate Litigation. He’s Not Giving Up

By Amy Green

The International Criminal Court Turns 20 in Turbulent Times. Should ‘Ecocide’ Be Added to its List of Crimes?

By Katie Surma

Two Lakes, Two Streams and a Marsh Filed a Lawsuit in Florida to Stop a Developer From Filling in Wetlands. A Judge Just Threw it Out of Court

By Katie Surma

Baltimore’s ‘Catastrophic Failures’ at Wastewater Treatment Have Triggered a State Takeover, a Federal Lawsuit and Citizen Outrage

By Aman Azhar

Fifty Years After the UN’s Stockholm Environment Conference, Leaders Struggle to Realize its Vision of ‘a Healthy Planet’

By Katie Surma

In the Philippines, a Landmark Finding Moves Fossil Fuel Companies’ Climate Liability into the Realm of Human Rights

By Nicholas Kusnetz

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