Maine Voters Have a Chance to Oust Their Profit-Driven Utilities
Seth Berry, left, an author of the Pine Tree Power proposal and a former Democratic state representative, chats with voters at a gathering of climate activists in Winslow, Maine, in August 2023. Annie Ropeik/Inside Climate News This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Maine will vote on…
Study: Fossil Fuel Industry Is Behind a Spate of Anti-Protest Bills
Indigenous people march among thousands representing various groups that participate in the End of Fossil Fuels protest.John Lamparski / ZUMA This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Fossil fuel companies have spent millions of dollars on lobbying and campaign donations to state lawmakers who sponsored anti-protest…
Pennsylvania Frackers Used 80,000 Tons of Secret Chemicals Over Past Decade
A natural gas well being drilled near Dimock, Pennsylvania. Charles Mostoller/Zuma This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Oil and gas producers in Pennsylvania used some 160 million pounds of chemicals that they are not required by law to publicly identify in more than 5,000 gas wells…
EPA Promised to Address Environmental Racism. Then Conservatives Struck Back.
ichigan’s permitting of an asphalt plant just outside Flint was the subject of a civil-rights complaint to the US Environmental Protection Agency.Jenifer Veloso/The Center for Public Integrity This story is published in partnership with the Center for Public Integrity, a newsroom that investigates inequality. FLINT, Mich – Civil rights law offers a tool for communities…
Facing Environmental Discrimination? Read This Before Complaining to EPA.
A sign in protest of the recently built asphalt plant stands outside of St. Francis Prayer Center on Wednesday, June 6, 2023 in Flint, Michigan. Jenifer Veloso/Center for Public Integrity This story is published in partnership with the Center for Public Integrity, a newsroom that investigates inequality. Is your neighborhood choked with pollution or facing…
Sugarcane Burning Is a Plague on These Black Floridians
A sugar cane field burning near Canal Point, Florida. Friends of the Everglades This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Christine Louis-Jeune knew she was home when she saw ash falling from the sky and onto her windshield. She hadn’t been back to her central Florida hometown…