ProPublica - Environment
The Department of Energy Promised This Tribal Nation a $32 Million Solar Grant. It's Nearly Impossible to Access.
10 hours ago
EPA Scientists Said They Were Pressured to Downplay Harms From Chemicals. A Watchdog Found They Were Retaliated Against.2 days ago
Oregon's Largest Natural Gas Company Said It Was Going Green. It Sells as Much Fossil Fuel as Before.7 days ago
These Household Brands Want to Redefine What Counts as "Recyclable"11 days ago
Biden EPA Rejects Plastics Industry's Fuzzy Math That Misleads Customers About Recycled Content22 days ago
The Federal Government Just Acknowledged the Harm Its Dams Have Caused Tribes. Here's What It Left Out.2 months ago
EPA Proposes Ban on Pesticide Widely Used on Fruits and Vegetables4 months ago
Nike Shareholders Want to Force Actions on Environmental and Worker Protections. They Face Long Odds.14 days ago
When Is "Recyclable" Not Really Recyclable? When the Plastics Industry Gets to Define What the Word Means.1 month ago
As Millions of Acres Burn, Firefighters Say the U.S. Forest Service Has Left Them With Critical Shortages1 month ago
After Nike Leaders Promised Climate Action, Their Corporate Jets Kept Flying — and Polluting1 month ago
Washington State Solar Project Paused Amid Concern About Native Cultural Sites1 month ago
How a Green Tech Startup With No Climate Experience Secured Millions of Dollars in Government Contracts1 month ago
Oklahoma's Oil Industry Touts a Voluntary Fund to Clean Up Oil Wells. Major Drillers Want Their Contributions Refunded.1 month ago
Data Centers Demand a Massive Amount of Energy. Here's How Some States Are Tackling the Industry's Impact.1 month ago
Washington Is Giving Tax Breaks to Data Centers That Threaten the State's Green Energy Push1 month ago
California Isn't Enforcing Its Strongest-in-the-Nation Oil Well Cleanup Law on Its Largest Oil Company1 month ago
Nike Pledged to Shrink Its Carbon Footprint. It Just Slashed the Staff Charged With Making That Happen.22 days ago
How America's "Most Powerful Lobby" Is Stifling Efforts to Reform Oil Well Cleanup in State After State2 months ago
The Delusion of "Advanced" Plastic Recycling3 months ago
A Bottled Water Company in Michigan Is Still Extracting Millions of Gallons of Water for Free1 month ago
Nine Takeaways From Our Investigation Into 3M's Forever Chemicals3 months ago
How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe2 months ago
Plastic, Plastic Everywhere — Even at the UN's "Plastic Free" Conference4 months ago
Oil Companies Contaminated a Family Farm. The Courts and Regulators Let the Drillers Walk Away.4 months ago
Ten Years After the Flint Water Crisis, Distrust and Anger Linger4 months ago
10 Times as Much of This Toxic Pesticide Could End Up on Your Tomatoes and Celery Under a New EPA Proposal4 months ago
Oil Companies Must Set Aside More Money to Plug Wells, a New Rule Says. But It Won't Be Enough.4 months ago
The Big Burnout: Life on the Front Lines of America's Wildfires5 months ago
EPA Finalizes New Standards for Cancer-Causing Chemicals5 months ago
The EPA Has Done Nearly Everything It Can to Clean Up This Town. It Hasn't Worked.5 months ago
The Flooding Will Come "No Matter What"5 months ago
Chevron Will Pay Record Fines for Oil Spills in California5 months ago
An Oregon Bill to Cut Millions in Timber Taxes Is Dead, Despite Backing by the Industry, the Governor and a Top Lawmaker6 months ago
"It Feels Impossible to Stay": The U.S. Needs Wildland Firefighters More Than Ever, but the Federal Government Is Losing Them6 months ago
New EPA Rule to Slash Cancer-Causing Emissions From Sterilization Facilities6 months ago
Listen to the "Timber Wars Season 2: Salmon Wars" Podcast6 months ago
The Oregon Timber Industry Won Huge Tax Cuts in the 1990s. Now It May Get Another Break Thanks to a Top Lawmaker.7 months ago
Washington State Is Leaving Tribal Cultural Resources at the Mercy of Solar Developers8 months ago
In a Major Shift, Northwest Tribes — not U.S. Officials — Will Control Salmon Recovery Funds8 months ago
West Virginians Could Get Stuck Cleaning Up the Coal Industry's Messes9 months ago
The Future of the Colorado River Hinges on One Young Negotiator10 months ago
9 Times the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Miscalculated Badly at the Expense of Taxpayers, Wildlife10 months ago
The 20 Farming Families Who Use More Water From the Colorado River Than Some Western States10 months ago
The Historic Claims That Put a Few California Farming Families First in Line for Colorado River Water10 months ago
The EPA Has Found More Than a Dozen Contaminants in Drinking Water but Hasn't Set Safety Limits on Them10 months ago
This Billion-Dollar Plan to Save Salmon Depends on a Giant Fish Vacuum10 months ago
California Oil Companies Face Tougher Enforcement Under New Law11 months ago
Western States Opposed Tribes' Access to the Colorado River 70 Years Ago. History Is Repeating Itself.3 months ago
The Cleanup of Seattle's Only River Could Cost Boeing and Taxpayers $1 Billion. Talks Over Who Will Pay Most Are Secret.11 months ago
Biden Administration Commits $200 Million to Help Reintroduce Salmon in Columbia River11 months ago
A Black Community in West Virginia Sues the EPA to Spur Action on Toxic Air Pollution1 year ago
Do You Have Experience in or With the Plastics Industry? Tell Us About It.1 year ago
United Nations Seems to Boost Plastics Industry Interests, Critics Say1 year ago