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The Tennessee Valley Authority Produced a Booklet Downplaying Coal Ash Risks. Top Researchers Call it ‘Dishonest.’ 

TVA employees distributed the 35-page booklet at a public hearing about corrective action plans for coal ash ponds at the Cumberland Fossil Plant in Tennessee. 

By Dennis Pillion

 Aerial view of the Tennessee Valley Authority's Cumberland Fossil Plant in Cumberland City, Tenn. White emissions billow from stacks at the plant.
A parched desert.

The Planet Is Overheating, But You Might Not Know It From the News

Kate Yoder, Grist
Utility lines with ice stretch over a snowy scene with a plowed road.

A Winter Storm Fueled by Global Warming Tests U.S. Disaster Response

By Kiley Bense, Bob Berwyn, Keerti Gopal, Lee Hedgepeth, Lisa Sorg
Demonstrators attend a Stand Up for Science rally to highlight the critical role of science in public health, environmental stewardship and education at the Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco on March 7. Credit: Gabrielle Lurie/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images

The Year in Climate: Attacks on Science, the Start of Trump’s Second Term and Surging Electricity Demand Foreshadow a Future Filled with Uncertainty

By Dan Gearino, ICN Staff
Air pollution pours from the Olin Mathieson Chemical Plant in Lake Charles, Louisiana, in 1972, before many federal regulations of such emissions were implemented. Credit: HUM Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

EPA’s ‘Comeback’ a Sham Fueled by Trump’s Authoritarian Power Grab, Critics Charge

By Liza Gross
Demonstrators gather to protest against federal cuts to scientific research outside the headquarters of NOAA on March 3 in Silver Spring, Md. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Despite the Trump Administration’s Best Efforts to Suppress It, Climate Science Is Alive and Well Online

By Bob Berwyn
President Donald Trump speaks during the 80th session of the U.N. General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters on Sept. 23 in New York City. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Unpacking Trump’s ‘Con Job’ Comments About Climate Change to the UN

By Jenni Doering and Aynsley O’Neill

Disinformation on Steroids: Climate Science Takes It on the Chin

ICN Sunday Morning
Pamela McElwee speaks during the 11th session of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Plenary in December 2024 in Windhoek, Namibia. Credit: Kiara Worth/Earth Negotiations Bulletin

An Energy Department Climate Change Report ‘Completely Ignored’ Adaptation, Rutgers Professor Says

By Anna Mattson
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright walks outside of the White House on Aug. 19 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Top US Energy Official Lobbies for Fossil Fuels in Europe

By Bob Berwyn
The Maryland Office of People’s Counsel first filed a complaint against Washington Gas in 2021. Credit: Stuart Cahill/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images

Maryland Advocates Call for Penalties on Washington Gas After Ruling on False Environmental Claims

By Aman Azhar
Brandon Jones (center), president of the American Geophysics Union, speaks about how the global science community can withstand political attacks on science during the European Geosciences Union annual conference on May 2. Credit: Bob Berwyn/Inside Climate News

World’s Researchers Say They Will Resist Attacks on Science and Support Beleaguered U.S. Colleagues

By Bob Berwyn
Rabbi Jennie Rosenn, founder and CEO of Dayenu, speaks at a Jewish climate action event in New York City on Sept. 12, 2021. Credit: Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Green New Deal Network

Faith Leaders Push Back After EPA Head Disparages Climate Action as ‘Religion’

By James Bruggers

Climate Change Is the Backdrop to Our Lives, But It’s Missing in Movies

By Kiley Price
Chris Wright testifies before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources during a hearing on his nomination to be Secretary of Energy on Jan. 15 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Ting Shen/AFP via Getty Images

Trump’s New Energy Secretary Called Germany’s Energy Transition ‘Unreliable.’ But He Missed All the Nuance

By Dan Gearino
NASA and NOAA satellites provide detailed and real-time scientific evidence that human activities are changing the climate in dangerous ways, and the information is freely presented to the public via several popular websites. Credit: Artist's rendering/NOAA

Watchdog Groups Anticipate ‘an All-Out War on Science and Scientists’ by the Trump Administration

By Bob Berwyn
A firefighter sprays water on a house to protect it from the Eaton Fire in the Altadena neighborhood on Jan. 8, 2025 in Pasadena, Calif. Credit: Nick Ut/Getty Images

Misinformation Spreads Like Wildfire Online While LA Neighborhoods Burn

By Wyatt Myskow, Martha Pskowski

Social Media Is a Growing Vehicle for Climate Misinformation

By Kiley Price

Climate Change Makes Vaccines More Important—While Also Undercutting Them

By Kiley Price

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