ProPublica - Environment
Plastic, Plastic Everywhere — Even at the UN's "Plastic Free" Conference
8 days ago
Oil Companies Contaminated a Family Farm. The Courts and Regulators Let the Drillers Walk Away.12 days ago
Ten Years After the Flint Water Crisis, Distrust and Anger Linger14 days ago
10 Times as Much of This Toxic Pesticide Could End Up on Your Tomatoes and Celery Under a New EPA Proposal24 days ago
EPA Proposes Ban on Pesticide Widely Used on Fruits and Vegetables17 days ago
EPA Finalizes New Standards for Cancer-Causing Chemicals1 month ago
Chevron Will Pay Record Fines for Oil Spills in California1 month ago
Oil Companies Must Set Aside More Money to Plug Wells, a New Rule Says. But It Won't Be Enough.26 days ago
The Big Burnout: Life on the Front Lines of America's Wildfires29 days ago
The EPA Has Done Nearly Everything It Can to Clean Up This Town. It Hasn't Worked.1 month ago
The Flooding Will Come "No Matter What"1 month ago
An Oregon Bill to Cut Millions in Timber Taxes Is Dead, Despite Backing by the Industry, the Governor and a Top Lawmaker2 months ago
"It Feels Impossible to Stay": The U.S. Needs Wildland Firefighters More Than Ever, but the Federal Government Is Losing Them2 months ago
New EPA Rule to Slash Cancer-Causing Emissions From Sterilization Facilities2 months ago
Listen to the "Timber Wars Season 2: Salmon Wars" Podcast2 months ago
The Oregon Timber Industry Won Huge Tax Cuts in the 1990s. Now It May Get Another Break Thanks to a Top Lawmaker.3 months ago
Washington State Is Leaving Tribal Cultural Resources at the Mercy of Solar Developers3 months ago
In a Major Shift, Northwest Tribes — not U.S. Officials — Will Control Salmon Recovery Funds4 months ago
West Virginians Could Get Stuck Cleaning Up the Coal Industry's Messes5 months ago
The Future of the Colorado River Hinges on One Young Negotiator5 months ago
9 Times the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Miscalculated Badly at the Expense of Taxpayers, Wildlife6 months ago
The 20 Farming Families Who Use More Water From the Colorado River Than Some Western States6 months ago
The Historic Claims That Put a Few California Farming Families First in Line for Colorado River Water6 months ago
The EPA Has Found More Than a Dozen Contaminants in Drinking Water but Hasn't Set Safety Limits on Them6 months ago
This Billion-Dollar Plan to Save Salmon Depends on a Giant Fish Vacuum6 months ago
California Oil Companies Face Tougher Enforcement Under New Law7 months ago
Western States Opposed Tribes' Access to the Colorado River 70 Years Ago. History Is Repeating Itself.7 months ago
The Cleanup of Seattle's Only River Could Cost Boeing and Taxpayers $1 Billion. Talks Over Who Will Pay Most Are Secret.7 months ago
Biden Administration Commits $200 Million to Help Reintroduce Salmon in Columbia River7 months ago
A Black Community in West Virginia Sues the EPA to Spur Action on Toxic Air Pollution7 months ago
Do You Have Experience in or With the Plastics Industry? Tell Us About It.7 months ago
United Nations Seems to Boost Plastics Industry Interests, Critics Say7 months ago
The (Random) Forests for the Trees: How Our Spillover Model Works9 months ago
EPA Approved a Fuel Ingredient Even Though It Could Cause Cancer in Virtually Every Person Exposed Over a Lifetime9 months ago
In Arizona Water Ruling, the Hopi Tribe Sees Limits on Its Future10 months ago
The U.S. Banned Farmers From Using a Brain-Harming Pesticide on Food. Why Has It Slowed a Global Ban?10 months ago
The Colorado River Flooded Chemehuevi Land. Decades Later, the Tribe Still Struggles to Take Its Share of Water.10 months ago
Supreme Court Keeps Navajo Nation Waiting for Water10 months ago
Out of Balance11 months ago
How Arizona Stands Between Tribes and Their Water11 months ago
Las Vegas Needs to Save Water. It Won't Find It in Lawns.11 months ago
Climate Crisis Is on Track to Push One-Third of Humanity Out of Its Most Livable Environment11 months ago
West Virginia Governor's Coal Empire Sued by the Federal Government — Again11 months ago
The Scientist and the Bats11 months ago
It Will Cost Up to $21.5 Billion to Clean Up California's Oil Sites. The Industry Won't Make Enough Money to Pay for It.1 year ago
Colorado Law Will Require Homes to Be More Wildfire Resistant1 year ago
Controlled Burns Help Prevent Wildfires, Experts Say. But Regulations Have Made It Nearly Impossible to Do These Burns.1 year ago
The FCC Is Supposed to Protect the Environment. It Doesn't.1 year ago
How We Measured the Environmental Cost of Bankrupt Mines8 months ago
In the Game of Musical Mines, Environmental Damage Takes a Back Seat1 year ago
Blown Away: Fishermen Endangered by Offshore Wind's Political Power1 year ago
Life-Giving but Lethal: The Culprit Behind Dead Zones and the Threat to Our Water Supply1 year ago
EPA Proposes Major Air Pollution Reforms to Lower Residents' Cancer Risk Near Industrial Facilities1 month ago
Thousands of Katrina Survivors Were Freed From Debt to the State. Those Who Already Paid Are Out of Luck.1 year ago