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Carbon monoxide and non-methane volatile organic compounds are named as major sources of indirect contributions to global warming in a new paper. Credit: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

The Climate Change Culprits Not Addressed by Global Policy

By Nina Sablan

A newly constructed coal-fired power plant is seen on Aug. 6, 2025, in Bijie, China. Credit: Tao Liang/Xinhua via Getty Images

Despite Record Renewable Growth, China Is Still Betting on Coal

By Andrew Liu

A pit in the parking lot of the First Baptist Church in Grandfalls, Texas, where the Railroad Commission plugged a wellbore that was previously gushing thousands of gallons of wastewater a minute. Credit: Martha Pskowski/Inside Climate News

An Old Well Gushed Waste, Not Oil, in a Small West Texas Town

By Martha Pskowski

Downstream of Brenntag’s Durham plant, where toxic chemicals was detected in the sediment of a creek that flows through Burton Park. Credit: Lisa Sorg/Inside Climate News

North Carolina Sues Chemical Company for Polluting a Nearby Creek

By Lisa Sorg

Diane Wilson (right), Sharon Lavigne (left) and Nancy Bui display pictures of Vietnamese activists jailed for demanding reparations over the Formosa Plastics’ 2016 chemical spill disaster on May 28 in Taipei. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

Why an Activist From Texas Crossed the World to Confront Asia’s Biggest Petrochemical Company

Story and photos by Dylan Baddour

A worker walks past molten steel at a factory in Huai'an, China, on July 22, 2025. Credit: CN-STR/AFP via Getty Images

Driven by Steel Production, China’s Belt and Road Construction Carries a Heavy Climate Cost

By Phil McKenna

Firefighters are barely visible as smoke from the Bain Fire fills the air on May 19 in Jurupa Valley, Calif. Credit: Gina Ferazzia/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Wildfires Are Reversing Years of US Air Quality Gains, Study Finds

By Avril Silva

The coal-fired Stanton Energy Center in Orlando, Fla. Credit: Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Trump Administration Emergency Order to Keep Florida Coal Plant Running

By Amy Green

An aerial view of the Brookhaven landfill in New York. Credit: Steve Pfost/Newsday RM via Getty Images

Troubled by Spreading Landfill Pollution, a Long Island Community Demands Action

By Lauren Dalban

A pile of coal is seen at the Longview power plant in Maidsville, W.Va. Credit: Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Trump Funds Two New Coal Plants and Extends Another Dozen, Citing ‘Energy Dominance’

By Steven Rodas

Duke Energy’s coal-fired Roxboro plant sits on the shores of Hyco Lake in Person County. Credit: Lisa Sorg/Inside Climate News

Trump Administration Doubles Down on Coal Power in North Carolina

By Lisa Sorg

A view of factories, sorting facilities and recycling plants along the Calumet River in Chicago’s Southeast Side. Credit: Jamie Kelter Davis/The Washington Post via Getty Images

In a Years-Long Fight, the Illinois Environmental Justice Movement Gets a Win

By Keerti Gopal

Eva Lighthiser, lead plaintiff in Lighthiser v. Trump, stands at the U.S. Capitol in July 2025. Credit: Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images

Appeals Court Affirms Dismissal of Youth Climate Case Against Trump

By Dana Drugmand

A gas turbine is delivered to Duke Energy’s natural gas-fired power plant in Lincoln County, North Carolina, in 2019. Credit: Duke Energy

A New N.C. Ratepayer Bill Puts the Brakes on Data Centers, but Incentivizes Fossil Fuels

By Lisa Sorg

An aerial view of Alligator Alcatraz in Ochopee, Fla. Credit: Alon Skuy/Getty Images

Alligator Alcatraz Emissions Threaten Human Health, Violate Clean Air Act, Lawsuit Claims

By Amy Green

Workers strike at the JBS Beef Production Facility in Greeley, Colo., on March 16. Credit: Brice Tucker/MediaNews Group/Greeley Tribune via Getty Images

Greenpeace Plans to Sue JBS for Its Climate Impacts, Seeks Details About Major Plans in Nigeria

By Georgina Gustin

A GKN Aerospace chemical tank became pressurized and threatened to explode in Orange County, California, ahead of Memorial Day weekend. Credit: Steven Rodas/Inside Climate News

Air Monitors Used in California Tank Crisis Were Inadequate in the Past, Leaving Returning Residents Uneasy

By Steven Rodas

President Donald Trump is joined by grocery store owners and supermarket corporation executives as he announces regulatory rollbacks on chemical refrigerants at the White House on May 21. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

EPA Rollbacks Could Raise AC, Refrigeration Costs Despite Promise of Lower Prices

By Phil McKenna

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