Strip Mining Linked to Kent. Flooding Deaths
The locations of the 36 drowning deaths during the catastrophic flooding in eastern Kentucky last summer are closely correlated with large-scale coal strip mines, and a local non-profit is calling on the
The locations of the 36 drowning deaths during the catastrophic flooding in eastern Kentucky last summer are closely correlated with large-scale coal strip mines, and a local non-profit is calling on the
The global energy crisis set off by Russia's war in Ukraine and European reliance on methane gas from Putin's authoritarian regime has spawned a resurgence in backyard coal mining in Poland, Bloomberg
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The Biden administration announced steps to improve buildings' energy efficiency and limit carbon emissions from concrete on Wednesday and is expected to invoke the Defense Production Act to spur battery production. The
Last summer, scientist Maria Rodriguez traveled to the Peruvian region of Madre de Dios, once the home of lush rainforests, meandering rivers and thriving wildlife. But her destination was anything but picturesque.
Climate warriors like to imagine a future where electric cars put oil companies out of business. Firms would stop injecting known carcinogens into the ground to break up the layer of hard,
In one of his last acts as president, Barack Obama finalized a rule protecting streams from surface mining operations. It is likely that, in one of his first acts as president, Donald
Elon Musk's racism, anti-semitism and volatility are pushing away potential Tesla buyers, a new report shows. Caliber, a market research firm, says the number of people who would "consider" buying a Tesla
A federal judge threw out Elon Musk's lawsuit against the Center For Countering Digital Hate, which documented the increase of racist, antisemitic, and extremist content on the website formerly known as Twitter
The board of directors of the nonprofit group that issues model building codes used across the U.S., at the behest of fossil fuel-linked industry groups, took highly unusual, last-minute action to strip
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It all started because a man named Arif Khan wanted a garden. In 2007, he had recently moved into a house in Portland, Ore., whose backyard was covered in asphalt. Some friends
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