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Climate Migrants Lack a Clear Path to Asylum in the US

People displaced by climate change must show they face violence or persecution in their home countries to enter the U.S. legally. Advocates say it’s time to recognize climate as cause enough.

By Aydali Campa

Immigrants from Colombia, who are family members seeking asylum, wait beneath an improvised tent for U.S. Border Patrol agents to arrive to be processed after they crossed the border from Mexico on May 19, 2022 in Yuma, Arizona. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images
A horizontal gas drilling Rig explores the Marcellus Shale outside the town of Waynesburg, Pennsylvania on April 13, 2012. Credit: Mladen Antonov/AFP via Getty Images

In Pennsylvania’s Primary Election, Little Enthusiasm for the Northeast’s Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

By Marianne Lavelle

Workers change pipes at Consol Energy Horizontal Gas Drilling Rig exploring the Marcellus Shale outside the town of Waynesburg, Pennsylvania on April 13, 2012. Credit: Mladen Antonov/AFP via Getty Images

In Pennsylvania’s Hotly Contested 17th Congressional District, Climate Change Takes a Backseat to Jobs and Economic Development

By Kiley Bense

A gas flare in a Total oil refining plant is seen near Port Arthur, Texas on Aug. 28, 2020. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Activists Laud Biden’s New Environmental Justice Appointee, But Concerns Linger Over Equity and Funding

By Kristoffer Tigue

American Electric Power's Mountaineer coal power plant opened a carbon capture unit (center right), alongside the plant's cooling tower and stacks in 2009. The project later died. Credit: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

Proponents Say Storing Captured Carbon Underground Is Safe, But States Are Transferring Long-Term Liability for Such Projects to the Public

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Piles of coal ash are dumped next to coal ash pond in Dumfries, Virginia, on Jan. 7, 2016. which is filled with roughly 150 million gallon of contaminated water. Credit: Astrid Riecken For The Washington Post via Getty Images

Two US Electrical Grid Operators Claim That New Rules For Coal Ash Could Make Electricity Supplies Less Reliable

By James Bruggers

The new Cheniere LNG export terminal is across the water, in Louisiana, from the neighborhood of Sabine Pass in Port Arthur, Texas. Credit: James Bruggers

Should EPA Back-Off Pollution Controls to Help LNG Exports Replace Russian Gas in Germany?

By James Bruggers

The company that blasted the sides of this Floyd County, Kentucky, mountain went bankrupt and left behind mining violations including steep cliffs. The property’s owner, Tracy Neece, is waiting on state regulators to find a way to get it reclaimed. In the background, other former surface mines, largely barren of trees, are visible. Credit: Alton Strupp/The Courier Journal

The Decline of Kentucky’s Coal Industry Has Produced Hundreds of Safety and Environmental Violations at Strip Mines

By James Bruggers

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A Biomass Power Plant in Rural North Carolina Reignites Concerns Over Clean Energy and Environmental Justice

By Aman Azhar

Steven Kisiel opens the gate to his 20-acre property in Cochise County, Ariz. on March 1, 2022. When he bought the property over 20 years ago, he didn't expect to have to worry about running water, he said. Credit: Aydali Campa

Two Areas in Rural Arizona Might Finally Gain Protection of Their Groundwater This Year

By Aydali Campa

John Allaire checks a trap for fish or crabs on his coastal property in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, south of Lake Charles. Credit: James Bruggers

With Biden in Europe Promising to Expedite U.S. LNG Exports, Environmentalists on the Gulf Coast Say, Not So Fast

By James Bruggers

The headquarters of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seen in Washington, DC, January 28, 2021. Credit: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

SEC Proposes Landmark Rule Requiring Companies to Tell Investors of Risks Posed by Climate Change

By Georgina Gustin

A steel pipeline for natural gas liquids lies in an open-cut trench October 6, 2017 in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

FERC Says it Will Consider Greenhouse Gas Emissions and ‘Environmental Justice’ Impacts in Approving New Natural Gas Pipelines

By Zoha Tunio

An installer places a solar panel system on the roof of a home on Jan. 23, 2018 in Palmetto Bay, Florida. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

In Florida, DeSantis May End the Battle Over Rooftop Solar With a Pen Stroke

By Aman Azhar

Solar panels combined with generators provide electricity on Mona Island, Puerto Rico. Credit: David S. Holloway/Getty Images

Puerto Rico Is Struggling to Meet Its Clean Energy Goals, Despite Biden’s Support

By Kristoffer Tigue

Oil pumps and drilling equipment in an oil field in Kern County, where the majority of California's oil and gas production is centered. Credit: Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

California’s Climate Reputation Tarnished by Inaction and Oil Money

By Liza Gross

The Lavendar Pit at Copper Queen Mine is seen in Bisbee, Arizona on July 24, 2020. Credit: Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

As the US Rushes After the Minerals for the Energy Transition, a 150-Year-Old Law Allows Mining Companies Free Rein on Public Lands

By Jim Robbins

Shipping container trucks sit in traffic in Long Beach, California, at the busiest seaport complex in the nation. on November 29, 2012 in Long Beach, California. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images.

Biden Administration Stops Short of Electric Vehicle Mandates for Trucks

By Marianne Lavelle

People take part in an event to hand-deliver 100,000 public comments from Californians throughout the state calling on Gov. Newsom to reject proposals that penalize consumers for putting solar panels on their rooftops outside the California State Capitol Museum in Sacramento, California, on Dec. 8, 2021. Credit: Aníbal Martel/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Environmental Groups Are United In California Rooftop Solar Fight, with One Notable Exception

By Dan Gearino, Anne Marshall-Chalmers

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