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ProPublica - Environment

The Department of Energy Promised This Tribal Nation a $32 Million Solar Grant. It's Nearly Impossible to Access.

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EPA Scientists Said They Were Pressured to Downplay Harms From Chemicals. A Watchdog Found They Were Retaliated Against.

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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 Content

22 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 Vegetables

4 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 Shortages

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After Nike Leaders Promised Climate Action, Their Corporate Jets Kept Flying — and Polluting

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Washington State Solar Project Paused Amid Concern About Native Cultural Sites

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How a Green Tech Startup With No Climate Experience Secured Millions of Dollars in Government Contracts

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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 Push

1 month ago

California Isn't Enforcing Its Strongest-in-the-Nation Oil Well Cleanup Law on Its Largest Oil Company

1 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 State

2 months ago

The Delusion of "Advanced" Plastic Recycling

3 months ago

A Bottled Water Company in Michigan Is Still Extracting Millions of Gallons of Water for Free

1 month ago

Nine Takeaways From Our Investigation Into 3M's Forever Chemicals

3 months ago

How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe

2 months ago

Plastic, Plastic Everywhere — Even at the UN's "Plastic Free" Conference

4 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 Linger

4 months ago

10 Times as Much of This Toxic Pesticide Could End Up on Your Tomatoes and Celery Under a New EPA Proposal

4 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 Wildfires

5 months ago

EPA Finalizes New Standards for Cancer-Causing Chemicals

5 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 California

5 months ago

An Oregon Bill to Cut Millions in Timber Taxes Is Dead, Despite Backing by the Industry, the Governor and a Top Lawmaker

6 months ago

"It Feels Impossible to Stay": The U.S. Needs Wildland Firefighters More Than Ever, but the Federal Government Is Losing Them

6 months ago

New EPA Rule to Slash Cancer-Causing Emissions From Sterilization Facilities

6 months ago

Listen to the "Timber Wars Season 2: Salmon Wars" Podcast

6 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 Developers

8 months ago

In a Major Shift, Northwest Tribes — not U.S. Officials — Will Control Salmon Recovery Funds

8 months ago

West Virginians Could Get Stuck Cleaning Up the Coal Industry's Messes

9 months ago

The Future of the Colorado River Hinges on One Young Negotiator

10 months ago

9 Times the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Miscalculated Badly at the Expense of Taxpayers, Wildlife

10 months ago

The 20 Farming Families Who Use More Water From the Colorado River Than Some Western States

10 months ago

The Historic Claims That Put a Few California Farming Families First in Line for Colorado River Water

10 months ago

The EPA Has Found More Than a Dozen Contaminants in Drinking Water but Hasn't Set Safety Limits on Them

10 months ago

This Billion-Dollar Plan to Save Salmon Depends on a Giant Fish Vacuum

10 months ago

California Oil Companies Face Tougher Enforcement Under New Law

11 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 River

11 months ago

A Black Community in West Virginia Sues the EPA to Spur Action on Toxic Air Pollution

1 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 Say

1 year ago