Super-Pollutants

There’s a ‘Lake’ of Oil Under LA’s Soon-to-Close Refinery. Who’s Going to Clean It Up?

By Aaron Cantú, Capital & Main

Navigating the Troubled Waters of Newtown Creek Means an Environmental Cleanup in Brooklyn and Queens That Will Cost At Least $3.3 Billion

By Jordan Gass-Pooré

Commenters Decry Proposed Repeal of Endangerment Finding in First Day of Public Hearings

By Aidan Hughes

A Toxic Landfill Was on the Brink of Expanding. Residents Fought Back and Won

By Christiana Freitag

The Smoldering, Noxious Waste Dump Next Door

By Liza Gross

From Landfills and Recycling Programs to Desks in Offices, Toxic Chemicals in Plastics Poison Workers

By Liza Gross

‘It Didn’t Have to Be This Way’: After Another Explosion at Clairton Coke Works, Advocates Call for Accountability

By Kiley Bense

Delaying Even More Coal, Gas Plant Closures Could Cost Ratepayers Billions

By Carrie Klein

New York Already Denied Permits to These Gas Pipelines. Under Trump, They Could Get Greenlit

By Deep Vakil

Temperatures and Carbon Emissions Continue to Rise

By Dylan Baddour

Dominion Changes Its Answer—Admitting There Was No Independent Review–On Key Application For Natural Gas Plant

By Charles Paullin

Can Colorado Recycle Toxic Water from Oil and Gas Drilling Without Increasing Emissions?

Story by Jake Bolster, photos by Lee Pruitt

An Environmental Justice Test Case for Trump’s EPA: A Creek That Smells Like Death

By Lisa Sorg

Will Endangerment Finding Repeal Trigger New State Actions on Climate?

By Marianne Lavelle

A Week of Gulf South Solidarity in New York City

By Ryan Krugman

Coal Company Sues UK After Environmentalists Win Major Climate Case in British Court

By Katie Surma

The Slow-Moving Fight to Clean New Jersey’s Most Contaminated River

By Anna Mattson

‘Where’s the Money Going?’: Why Brazilian Towns Awash With Royalties From Oil Are Still Among the Poorest

By Rafael Oliveira, Agência Pública and the Guardian