Regulation

California Biofuel Refinery Workers Say Understaffing and Fatigue Threaten Their Safety and the Community

After a catastrophic fire at a Bay Area renewable fuel refinery nearly killed a worker, his union colleagues fought for stronger protections. Now they’re locked out.

By Liza Gross

To Block Renewable Energy Projects, Texas Republicans Have Weaponized Conservation Concerns

By Arcelia Martin

EPA Violated Key Soot Standard in Clean Air Act, Court Rules

By Avril Silva

Will Congress Ban ‘Mud Dumping’ in Mobile Bay?

By Dennis Pillion

After Months of Debate, Virginia Fails to Pass Data Center Clean Energy Requirements

By Charles Paullin

Tribes and Environmental Groups Push Back on Trump Rule to Diminish Habitat Protections for Endangered Species

By Kiley Price

A Shark-Feeding Ban Exposes a Deeper Fight Over Florida’s Changing Seas

By Kate Waxman

Will Trump’s Handoff of Grizzly Management to States Lead to More Dead Bears?

By Steven Rodas

Fracking Ban in the Delaware River Basin Survives a Republican Challenge (For Now)

By Jon Hurdle

Bay Program Delays Decision on Tribes’ Place in Chesapeake Agreement

By Aman Azhar

New York Becomes First State in the Nation to Pause New Hyperscale Data Centers

By Amy Green, Ajani Stella, Dan Gearino

Trump Again Shrinks Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments, This Time by Much More

By Wyatt Myskow

Trump EPA Moves to Approve Alabama Coal Ash Program Rejected by Biden Administration

By Dennis Pillion

Virginia’s Governor Weighs in on Pivotal Case About Data Center Transmission Costs

By Charles Paullin

Corpus Christi Residents and Businesses Subsidized Industrial Water Bills for Years, Officials Say

By Neena Satija, Dylan Baddour

Colorado Voters Will Decide Whether a ‘Right to Natural Gas’ is Added to the State Constitution

By Maya McDaniel

Arizona Regulators Are Raising Contaminant Limits for a Uranium Mine With an Arsenic Problem

By Wyatt Myskow, Maya McDaniel

Maryland County Adopts a Two-year Moratorium on Data Center Development

By Aman Azhar

Montana County Seeks Pause on AI Data Centers After Property Owner Withdraws Support

By Mosabber Hossain