As the fossil fuel industry and its political allies ramp up attempts to shut down climate liability initiatives in the United States, large carbon-emitting companies are facing mounting legal claims in Europe from individuals on the frontlines of the worsening climate crisis. Two new climate liability actions have been announced recently against major fossil fuel […]| Inside Climate News
After contorting under boulders for puffin chicks, chasing skittish tern chicks in the weeds and sitting as stone-silent sentinels in bird blinds to observe feeding and behavior, the five-person research crew on Seal Island relaxed in their work cabin in the orange and purple sunset glow. Their conversation on a mid-July evening wafted into waves […]| Inside Climate News
BAIROIL, Wyo.—The remote dirt road through dusty fields of sagebrush that John Cash drove along in June seemed to pass little of economic value. But his car was, in fact, rattling towards the top-producing uranium mine in Wyoming. In 2022, the Lost Creek Mine became the first of several such sites across the West to […]| Inside Climate News
A company with connections to the cryptocurrency industry is considering drilling for natural gas near the Deep River north of Sanford in Lee County, North Carolina. If approved, the project would be the first commercial well drilled into the Triassic Basin, a natural gas repository underlying North Carolina and other Eastern Seaboard states. Deep River […]| Inside Climate News
The judge in Lighthiser v. Trump described climate change as a “children’s health emergency,” but found that the young plaintiffs lacked standing and the court did not have the authority to grant the relief they requested.| Inside Climate News
The utility’s environmental justice analysis lacks community health data, according to attorneys representing affected residents.| Inside Climate News
Kayaking on the river reveals signs of life that earlier had been stamped out. The city’s first open-water swim in nearly a century is planned there this month.| Inside Climate News
Along the Delaware River, the communities of Chester and Eddystone are facing the possibility of a new $7 billion liquified gas facility that will export Pennsylvania’s plentiful fracked gas.| Inside Climate News
Republican attorneys general accuse three of the world’s biggest asset managers of conspiring to depress U.S. coal output. It’s a first-of-its-kind and closely watched test of whether corporate alliances on climate efforts violate antitrust laws.| Inside Climate News
Find out how to see if you’re at risk and how to replicate our work.| Inside Climate News
The president has pledged to combat transnational drug organizations. Yet these groups make vast sums from environmental crimes, and his administration has gutted personnel and programs that targeted them, a new report shows.| Inside Climate News
A coalition of environmental groups is embroiled in a year-long fight with an Alliant Energy subsidiary over its discharge of groundwater possibly contaminated with coal combustion residuals.| Inside Climate News
A new report from the American Lung Association notes a drastic decline in air quality and raises health alarms. Climate change and Trump administration actions, experts warn, will worsen the trend.| Inside Climate News
