Emissions of sulfur dioxide increased by 18% in 2025, according to an analysis of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency data by the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental advocacy group.
For decades, the Valero refinery shaped Benicia’s economy, politics and health. Now the city has become a reluctant test case of whether an oil town can reinvent itself
The work that more than a dozen local governments have undertaken over the past 15 years to combat climate change could be eliminated if legislation making its way to the floor of the Florida House gets passed into law later this year.
he Supreme Court heard arguments this week over whether Enbridge can move Michigan’s lawsuit to shut down the Line 5 oil pipeline from state to federal court, a procedural battle that could shape the future of the aging pipeline beneath the Great Lakes.
In this episode of The Great Simplification, researcher John Cook explains why simply debunking false claims can backfire and how identity, tribalism and flawed reasoning shape what science people accept.
Amid a lengthy State of the Union speech, President Trump pledged to shield Americans from higher electricity costs driven by energy-thirsty AI data centers.
