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Two people clad in blue haz-mat suits sampling water running adjacent to a coal waste pile

While renewables languish, Pennsylvania pays millions to coal waste companies

More than 20 years after passing a landmark clean energy law, the state gets more of its power from burning coal waste than from solar.
Solar panels under a cloudy sky

Solar cuts ‘at least £400 from bills in even the cloudiest British areas’

Savings grow as energy prices in Great Britain rise and cost of panel installation falls, analysis finds.

Residential neighborhood with a preponderance of rooftop solar

Virginia to cut rooftop solar costs with nation-first bulk-buy program

Teaming up to buy solar can get residents deep discounts. Virginia is the first to try a statewide campaign as utility bills rise and data centers stress the grid.

University of California Berkeley's solar car team members recharging their car at the American Solar Challenge stop July 16 2012 in Ann Arbor MI.
Credit: Susan Montgomery/BigStock Photo ID: 35018129

Aptera's solar-powered vehicle is due to go on sale. I test drove one

Heads turned wherever I went in this solar-powered electric vehicle due to go on sale later this year.
Stacks of car tires with varying tread patterns

Lower pollution, longer range: How a new type of car tire is reversing a hidden downside of EVs

Electric cars are cleaner to drive — but their tires pose a pollution problem. Better materials could help fix the issue.

The ocean with the setting sun on the horizon

When ocean temperatures increase, so does child malnutrition on land

Researchers have discovered this troubling consequence of climate change, but they still don't know why it happens.
An air conditioning unit sitting next to a brick house

Experts say air conditioning saves many lives, but worsens climate change

A new study highlights the life-saving role of air conditioning. However, scientists warn it also contributes to climate change.
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Multiple Houston-area oil and gas facilities that have violated pollution laws are seeking permit renewals

Multiple Houston-area oil and gas facilities that have violated pollution laws are seeking permit renewals

One facility has emitted cancer-causing chemicals into waterways at levels up to 520% higher than legal limits.

Regulators are underestimating health impacts from air pollution: Study

Regulators are underestimating health impacts from air pollution: Study

"The reality is, we are not exposed to one chemical at a time.”

Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro speaks with the state flag and American flag behind him.

Two years into his term, has Gov. Shapiro kept his promises to regulate Pennsylvania’s fracking industry?

A new report assesses the administration’s progress and makes new recommendations

silhouette of people holding hands by a lake at sunset

An open letter from EPA staff to the American public

“We cannot stand by and allow this to happen. We need to hold this administration accountable.”

wildfire retardants being sprayed by plane

New evidence links heavy metal pollution with wildfire retardants

“The chemical black box” that blankets wildfire-impacted areas is increasingly under scrutiny.

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