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A bank of coal is seen in front of the Naughton coal-fired power plant in Kemmerer, Wyo. Credit: Natalie Behring/Getty Images

House Republicans Push New Coal Bills, but Critics Say the Industry’s Decline Can’t Be Reversed

By Carl David Goette-Luciak

Sandy Bahr (center), the Sierra Club’s Grand Canyon chapter director, speaks during a protest on Thursday over Arizona Power Service’s recent decision to walk back its clean energy goals. Credit: Wyatt Myskow/Inside Climate News

Arizonans Protest State’s Largest Utility Abandoning Clean Energy Commitments

By Wyatt Myskow

The Three Rivers Waterkeeper found tiny “nurdles” in the water and banks of Raccoon Creek in western Pennsylvania. Credit: Three Rivers Waterkeeper

Pennsylvania Plastics Pollution Settlement Could Set a National Precedent for Control of Pellets

By Jon Hurdle

The coal-fired John E. Amos Power Plant in West Virginia. Credit: Joseph Sohm/Visions of America via Getty Images

Coal Is Rising Along with Solar in the U.S. Power System, While Gas Loses a Step

By Dan Gearino

A landscape in Zambia 12 weeks after Sino-Metals spilled toxic waste laced with heavy metals including lead, arsenic and uranium. Credit: Katie Surma/Inside Climate News

Zambia Ordered a Mining Company to Pay Villagers After a Toxic Waste Spill. The Firm Made Them Sign Away Their Rights First

By Katie Surma

Local residents work to prevent a wildfire from reaching nearby houses on Aug. 19 in Vilela Seca, Portugal. Credit: Pedro Pascual Garcia/Anadolu via Getty Images

Fossil-Fueled Climate Heating Set the Stage for Devastating Fires in Spain and Portugal This Summer

By Bob Berwyn

U.S. Steel’s mill in Gary, Ind. Credit: Mira Oberman/AFP via Getty Images

Residents Living in the Shadow of the Steel Industry Ask the EPA to Reconsider Delay of Hazardous Air Pollution Rule

By Kiley Bense

A blackened pipe with a large gout of flame swirling out of the top.

Trump Says America’s Oil Industry Is Cleaner Than Other Countries’. New Data Shows Massive Emissions From Texas Wells

By Martha Pskowski, Inside Climate News, and Mark Olalde, ProPublica

The Department of Energy’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. Credit: J. David Ake/Getty Images

Dozens of Scientists Call DOE Climate Report ‘Fundamentally Incorrect’

By Jake Bolster

A street floods in Plainfield, N.J., as Gov. Phil Murphy declares a state of emergency during heavy rainfall on July 15. Credit: Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images

With New Jersey Still Reeling From Summer Storms, Fossil Fuel Interests Fight ‘Climate Superfund’ Bill

By Jon Hurdle

Samuel Corona (right) and Katia Balba give a “toxic tour” at Steelworkers Park in Chicago with their organization, Alliance of the Southeast, on July 17. Credit: Fern Alling/Inside Clean Energy

Despite HUD Mandate Withdrawal, the Push for Clean Air Moves Forward in Chicago

By Fern Alling

The headquarters for BlackRock in New York City. Credit: Gary Hershorn/Getty Images

Texas Suit Alleging Anti-Coal ‘Cartel’ of Top Wall Street Firms Could Reshape ESG—and Wall Street Itself

By Deep Vakil

The Des Moines River flows through downtown Ottumwa, Iowa. Credit: Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images

The Battle Over Polluted Water Beneath an Iowa Coal Ash Landfill

By Anika Jane Beamer

Hydrocarbon storage tanks—like this one in the backyard of a home in Arvin, Calif., and next to a playground—pose a disproportionate health risk when they leak. In addition to the climate super-pollutant methane, they emit a cocktail of toxic gases, including the carcinogen benzene. Credit: Liza Gross/Inside Climate News

New Tool Maps the Health Impacts of Toxic Air Pollutants Released With Methane in Super-Emitter Events

By Liza Gross

Jingjing Zhang meets with community members in Kalusale, Zambia. Credit: Katie Surma/Inside Climate News

The Woman Holding Chinese Mining Giants Accountable

By Katie Surma

U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works is seen following an explosion at the Pennsylvania plant on Aug. 11. Credit: Rebecca Droke/AFP via Getty Images

Amid Ongoing Pollution From Steel Plants, Trump EPA Urged to Drop Delay in Fenceline Monitoring Requirements

By Jon Hurdle

First responders rescue people from flooding in their homes on Aug. 10 after 13 inches of rain fell overnight in Wauwatosa, Wis. Credit: Andy Manis/Getty Images

15 Children in Wisconsin File the Latest Youth Lawsuit Citing Climate Dangers

By Dana Drugmand

The Shell plant in Beaver County, Pa., produces polyethylene, a type of single-use plastic, using ethane. Credit: Mark Dixon/CC BY 2.0

Pennsylvania Lured Shell to the State With a $1.65 Billion Tax Break. Now the Company Wants to Sell Its Plant

By Kiley Bense

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