Amid tension over a looming government shutdown, minority leader Chuck Schumer heads an effort to tie presidential policies to lost jobs and soaring utility bills. By Marianne Lavelle With U.S. households paying 10 percent more per kilowatt hour for electricity than they did at the start of this year, SenateContinue Reading
Tangier Island in Virginia — one of the last inhabited islands in the Chesapeake Bay — is under threat from rising sea levels and climate change. (Image credit: Jim Watson)Continue Reading
We asked heads of state how they’re steering their countries as America retreats.Continue Reading
We asked heads of state how they’re steering their countries as America retreats.Continue Reading
Members of the European Parliament flew 5,000 miles to Florida this summer to meet with the head of a U.S. climate denial group, DeSmog can reveal. Freedom Party of Austria’s Harald Vilimsky and Alternative for Germany (AfD) MEP Markus Buchheit, vocal critics of EU climate policy in their respective far-rightContinue Reading
The U.S. meat industry has engaged in intrusive surveillance of animal rights groups, including monitoring relationships between activists and tracking employees of leading charities. The industry-funded Animal Agriculture Alliance (AAA) shared information with livestock companies about the romantic partners and even biological ties of those in animal rights organisations. DocumentsContinue Reading
Natural gas was pitched as a stopgap between fossil fuels and renewables. Instead, it has derailed Pennsylvania’s energy transition. By Kiley Bense, Dan Gearino Second in a series about rising electricity prices in Pennsylvania. Read the first story here.Continue Reading
Idaho’s newest wildlife crossing didn’t need to be built. It already existed near Coeur d’Alene. The post For wildlife, a new bridge to nowhere appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
A Texas company is trying to restart a controversial oil operation off Santa Barbara County’s coast. It now faces criminal charges alleging it violated environmental laws.Continue Reading
More than a century after its discovery, a mysterious fossil from South Wales has finally been confirmed as belonging to a new species of predatory dinosaur. Using cutting-edge digital scanning, researchers reconstructed the long-lost jawbone, revealing unique features that warranted a new name: Newtonsaurus., Read MoreContinue Reading
DeSmog has won two awards for its work exposing the role of the advertising and public relations industry in delaying climate action at the 2025 Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards. Investigative reporter TJ Jordan was named an Emerging Journalist of the Year for coverage including his story revealing how aContinue Reading
Extreme heat is breaking records around the world, with wildfires and poor air quality compounding the crisis, according to a report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released Thursday. Continue Reading
It was the first open-river swim there in nearly a century, the result of decades of work addressing pollution. By Leigh Giangreco More than 250 swimmers jumped into the Chicago River on Sunday morning, marking the first open-river swim in the once-polluted urban waterway in nearly a century.Continue Reading