Communities have been laying the groundwork for offshore energy projects for years and counting on the jobs and energy supply.
Causes
The Well Done Foundation is remediating abandoned and orphaned fossil fuel wells that pollute water, soils and the atmosphere. But plugging a borehole can be even harder than drilling it.
In an unprecedented move, the administration has granted industrial facilities in 38 states and Puerto Rico a two-year reprieve from federal rules under the Clean Air Act.
Coal-burning power plants released more mercury last year, according to an analysis by The Times. It reverses a downward trend of emissions of a metal that interferes with brain development.
Levels of airborne ammonia, which can harm people’s ability to breathe, are increasing three times faster each year in Colorado’s Front Range where there are clusters of concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) compared to nearby urban areas without the massive livestock farms, according to a new study.
Carbon capture and sequestration, as the process is called, has been widely touted as a solution to the climate crisis, reducing CO2 emissions from power plants and industrial facilities that contribute to increasingly erratic and dangerous weather patterns.
Carbon capture and storage projects have created a unique divide among the GOP in Louisiana.
Windfall profits could lock in Trump-era political wins for the fossil fuel industry and slow clean-energy transition.
City sewer pipes may release far more methane than previously estimated, revealing an overlooked source of climate-warming emissions.
Reacting to Trump administration proposals calling for higher-paced processing, critics say protections for workers, animals and food safety are not the only concerns.
His crusade is turning fans against him.
The 28-mile conduit is part of a huge natural gas infrastructure buildout in the state that Duke Energy says is necessary to keep up with demand, especially from a coming wave of data centers.
The Trump administration is suing Vermont and New York for using novel tactics to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
Gold prices have surged in recent years, sparking a mining rush in the Amazon that accelerates deforestation and mercury contamination.
Internal federal briefing notes say Canada’s Major Projects Office operates similarly to a U.S. council designed to rapidly advance energy and mining developments.
A new study indicates that minuscule pieces of plastic — particularly ones of various colors — are contributing to heating the atmosphere.
The delays, which companies say have worsened significantly in recent weeks, are the latest step in the Trump administration’s efforts to block wind power.
How a U.S. owner’s dream of ‘clean’ coal left behind acid, arsenic and a warning for today.
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