Accountability
As Amazon eliminates plastic packaging abroad, it’s using even more in the US
A new report finds Amazon has reduced plastic packaging the most in countries with stringent regulations.
Read MoreLandfills bake the planet even more than we realized
Aerial monitoring finds they emit methane at levels at least 40 percent higher than previously reported to the EPA.
Read MoreA loophole in the EPA’s new sterilizer rule leaves warehouse workers vulnerable
“They’re going to declare victory on this one and move on.”
Read MoreA Superfund for climate change? States consider a new way to make Big Oil pay.
Vermont joins three others in trying to make the fossil fuel industry finance climate action.
Read MoreApple uses software to control how phones get fixed. Lawmakers are pushing back.
New right-to-repair laws take aim at “parts pairing,” a practice that undermines independent repair shops and creates e-waste.
Read MoreThe big question behind Biden’s liquefied natural gas pause
The Biden administration will weigh the climate impacts of exporting LNG before approving new terminals. It won’t be easy.
Read More‘Control the narrative’: How an Alabama utility wields influence by financing news
A Floodlight investigation found Alabama Power runs a news service and its foundation bought a Black newspaper. Neither publishes critical stories about the utility.
Read More1 year after the toxic train derailment, is East Palestine safe? Depends on whom you ask.
“We are truly the canaries in the coal mine.”
Read MoreA warming planet is creating a booming, and dangerous, disaster-restoration industry
Fueled by immigrant labor, the loosely regulated industry exposes workers to lethal toxins that are making them sick long after the cleanup.
Read MoreRemember Sharpiegate? The White House has a plan to prevent future shenanigans.
Federal task force launches strategy to restore the public’s trust in science.
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