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Who gets to enjoy California’s expansive coast? Race, gender, geography and income play big roles, researchers find.
Who Gets to Enjoy California’s Coast? - Inside Climate NewsA new study found key disparities in race, gender and class despite a legal right to access beaches and other coastal areas.insideclimatenews.orgA closed-door deal could saddle Richmond County residents with tons of pollution from an Amazon data center.
Inside the Secretive Deal for a $10 Billion Data Center in Rural North Carolina - Inside Climate NewsResidents say they were left out of the decision-making process for a project that includes hundreds of polluting diesel generators.insideclimatenews.orgFederal litigation has concluded over toxic contamination at a now-closed Florida migrant detention site for children. The children were exposed to arsenic and lead, among other harms, according to documents released as part of the litigation.
Child Migrants Exposed to Toxic Contamination at Florida Detention Site - Inside Climate NewsThe contamination is detailed in documents made public as part of federal litigation over the now-closed facility. Advocates say it fits a pattern of migrant incarcerations in harmful environments.insideclimatenews.orgFor decades, the residents of Progress Village, outside of Tampa, have lived beside a radioactive phosphogypsum stack. Now there are plans to expand the waste site.
A Radioactive Waste Stack Looms Beside a Segregation-Era Community—and It’s Expanding - Inside Climate NewsProgress Village was established decades ago to provide affordable housing for Black residents near Tampa. The phosphogypsum stack, containing the toxic waste of fertilizer production, is right next d...insideclimatenews.orgWolf reintroduction in Colorado has been anything but smooth. One nonprofit founded by a wolf advocate is stepping into the fray to help ranchers.
Can New Ranching Practices Help Cattle, Cowboys and Wolves Coexist? - Inside Climate NewsA small nonprofit with an innovative approach to predator-livestock conflicts is trying to ease Colorado ranchers’ concerns about wolves.insideclimatenews.orgEurope drained 80 percent of its wetlands in the last century and is trying to turn that around. Now a new tool from researchers aims to help countries do that.
Revealing Europe’s Most Critical Wetlands - Inside Climate NewsThe new study seeks to help countries across the European Union determine the most important wetlands to restore.insideclimatenews.orgA data-center boom in Pennsylvania will likely drive more fracking. Advocates say the state should mandate more distance between natural-gas development and homes, schools, hospitals and bodies of water.
More Data Centers Will Mean More Fracking in Pennsylvania. These Advocates Want Better Protections. - Inside Climate NewsAs demand for gas rises, environmental groups say that wider buffer zones are needed around drilling sites. The industry argues that would impede production.insideclimatenews.orgA mega data center in rural Ohio hosted its first open house, with no signs of organized opposition—a notable contrast to the resistance data centers have sparked across much of the United States.
The Coming Out Party for the Country’s Largest Gas Power Plant (Serving the Largest Data Center) Was Surprisingly Quiet - Inside Climate NewsA developer hosted the first open house for a gigantic Ohio project, with no signs of organized resistance.insideclimatenews.orgCommunities of color, many already experiencing environmental stressors like pollution and drought, disproportionately bear the brunt of data centers in Washington state, new research shows.
More Than Half of Washington State’s Data Centers Are Located in Environmental Justice Areas - Inside Climate NewsWashington is home to dozens of data centers, and more are on the way. But the impacts are not shared equally, a new report finds.insideclimatenews.orgAs AI fuels a data center boom, Georgia's first proposed “pop-up” power plant has become a test case for environmental permitting and state utility law.
Georgia’s First ‘Pop-Up’ Power Plant for Data Centers Faces Scrutiny - Inside Climate NewsThe project is under investigation for allegedly beginning construction before obtaining required air permits as regulators consider whether privately operated power plants can legally serve data cent...insideclimatenews.orgMaryland is scaling back its energy-efficiency program, claiming it will provide consumers with “immediate relief” on electricity bills. Critics warn the changes could threaten long-term affordability goals.
Maryland Faces Criticism Over Scaled-Back Energy Efficiency Program and Proposed Building Code Changes - Inside Climate NewsGov. Wes Moore’s administration said cuts to the EmPOWER program will provide consumers “immediate relief” but critics warn changes to it and the state’s building codes could threaten long-term afford...insideclimatenews.orgIn Florida, pollution enforcement remains below historic averages amid widespread water quality issues.
Most Florida Waterways Fail Water Quality Standards as Enforcement Lags - Inside Climate NewsAmid record staffing cuts, a new report finds state regulators are taking fewer enforcement actions against polluters.insideclimatenews.orgChina can recycle its coming wave of retired EV batteries. The bigger challenge is keeping them away from unsafe informal operators.
China’s EV Problem: What Happens When Millions of Batteries Die? - Inside Climate NewsAcross the country, many retired electric vehicle batteries are processed by uncertified recyclers, creating environmental and worker safety risks.insideclimatenews.orgFour organizations filed a lawsuit against Oregon over its new permit for industrial livestock operations, alleging it fails to meet Clean Water Act standards and leaves groundwater and surface water vulnerable to pollution.
A New Oregon Permit for Industrial Farms Violates the Clean Water Act, Advocates Allege - Inside Climate NewsFour organizations filed a lawsuit against the state over what plaintiffs say is a failure to adequately monitor and prevent CAFOs from illegally discharging waste into ground and surface water.insideclimatenews.orgWildfires in France and Spain have forced one of the largest evacuations in Europe since World War II.
Heat, Drought, Wildfires: Climate Change Supercharges Disasters in Europe - Inside Climate NewsWestern Europe is experiencing a summer of weather extremes.insideclimatenews.orgA secretive arbitration system lets companies force big payouts over governments’ climate policies. ExxonMobil is using it to challenge an EU climate solution the company promotes. insideclimatenews.org/news/2807202...
ExxonMobil Uses Corporate Arbitration System to Challenge Climate Solution It Promotes - Inside Climate NewsThe oil giant has filed a notice of dispute under an energy treaty about the European Union’s carbon capture and storage requirements.insideclimatenews.orgTrump officials say enforcing environmental laws is still a priority at DOJ, but former attorneys say enforcement has collapsed.
DOJ’s Environmental Enforcement Has Collapsed in the Second Trump Administration, Former Attorneys Say - Inside Climate NewsThe Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division recently changed its name to the Energy and Natural Resources Division and added “unleashing American energy” to its mission.insideclimatenews.orgAs climate change fuels longer wildfire seasons, smoky skies are changing how children play, learn and socialize.
How Wildfire Smoke Is Reshaping Childhood - Inside Climate NewsSmoky summers are becoming the new normal across the American West, forcing a generation of children to grow up indoors.insideclimatenews.orgFor decades, scientists assumed that warming oceans would push fish toward the poles. New analysis shows it might instead be sending them deeper.
European Fish Are Adapting to Climate Change in Unexpected Ways - Inside Climate NewsAs waters warm and industrial fishing expands, fish populations are heading for the depths of the European continental shelf.insideclimatenews.orgAs the federal government considers expanding California’s oil production, environmental advocates and Indigenous organizations are concerned about how new leasing could impact their habitat and community.
California Marine Sanctuaries Face Threats of New Trump-Backed Offshore Oil Leases - Inside Climate NewsWith the federal government trying to jumpstart California’s oil production, environmental advocates and Indigenous organizations are concerned about what new leasing could do to their habitat and com...insideclimatenews.org