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States need to keep PFAS ’forever chemicals’ out of the water. It won’t be cheap.
State officials and utilities say it’s going to be difficult and costly to meet new federal requirements for PFAS levels in drinking water.
Lawmakers hope to use this emerging climate science to charge oil companies for disasters
Scientists are working to measure how specific companies, such as Exxon Mobil or Shell, have contributed to climate change through their historic greenhouse gas emissions.
After a long slog, climate change lawsuits will finally put Big Oil on trial
There are at least 32 cases filed by state attorneys general, cities, counties and tribal nations against companies including Exxon Mobil, BP and Shell.
Federal money could supercharge state efforts to preserve nuclear power
As states seek to transition to carbon-free electricity, some leaders acknowledge their climate change goals may be out of reach if they can’t keep their nuclear plants online.
Despite setbacks, states are still counting on offshore wind
Amid some bad news about offshore wind, some states are holding fast to mandates that offshore wind make up a substantial portion of their future power supply.
Sewer rates soar as private companies buy up local water systems
Researchers say private ownership was the most significant variable in driving up utility bills — even more than aging infrastructure, water supply and local regulations.
$1B will bring more city trees. But it’ll take more than seedlings to grow urban forests.
The U.S. Forest Service last month announced $1 billion in grant awards to grow and protect urban tree cover in 385 cities and other entities.
It may have just gotten harder to protect minority communities from pollution
In recent years, some states have invested in air quality monitoring, applied extra scrutiny to permitting decisions and steered cleanup funding to minority communities that have borne the brunt of pollution for decades. Now, in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision striking down race-conscious college admissions policies, state lawmakers are facing a […]