Daily Climate

23/01/2025

New evidence links heavy metal pollution with wildfire retardants

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

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

17/01/2025

Biden finalizes long-awaited hydrogen tax credits ahead of Trump presidency.

Responses to the new rules have been mixed, and environmental advocates worry that Trump could undermine them.

Responses to the new rules have been mixed, and environmental advocates worry that Trump could undermine them.

16/01/2025

NEW STUDY: Closing coal plants in environmental justice communities first would save more lives.

"This study offers a model for balancing environmental, economic and social goals.”

“This study offers a model for balancing environmental, economic and social goals.”

20/12/2024

Harris County, which encompasses Houston, is projected to lose nearly $1 billion in revenue over the lifespan of current tax breaks, many of which are given to top polluters, according to a new report from the environmental advocacy group Texas Campaign for the Environment.

Top polluters are benefiting the most from tax breaks.

18/12/2024

LISTEN: It’s been five years since the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice program launched, and at a recent retreat gathering the leadership team reflected on what we’ve learned and what environmental issues we’re watching closely as we near 2025.

The leadership team talks about what they’ve learned — and what lies ahead.

17/12/2024

The highest levels exceed even Texas’ benzene guideline — the weakest in the nation — but aren’t being recorded by a state monitor.

That means the community’s cancer risk could be higher than previously thought.

The highest levels exceed even Texas’ benzene guideline — the weakest in the nation — but aren’t being recorded by a state monitor. That means the community’s cancer risk could be higher than previously thought.

12/12/2024

Around 13% of industrial facilities in Allegheny County’s environmental justice communities regularly violate federal clean air or clean water laws compared to just 3% of facilities in non-environmental justice areas, according to a recent study.

“If there are no financial repercussions for breaking the law, there’s no incentive … to stop breaking the law.”

06/12/2024

Environmental justice and Indigenous groups say they were largely excluded from key plastic treaty talks last week in Busan, South Korea, which took place over seven days and ended without a final text.

“We had to fight for every second we had on the floor.”

“We had to fight for every second we had on the floor.”

05/12/2024

Companies that profit from plastics are pushing forward laws to keep Americans hooked on disposable plastic products.

Here's how. ⬇️

Companies that profit from plastics are pushing forward laws to keep Americans hooked on disposable plastic products

03/12/2024

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27/11/2024

What would a Trump administration mean for the federal hydrogen energy push?

The incoming Trump administration could decrease the viability of the nascent U.S. hydrogen economy with changes in clean energy funding, trade, climate and environmental policies, according to legal and industry experts.

Legal and industry experts say there are uncertainties about the future of hydrogen hubs, a cornerstone of the Biden administration’s clean energy push.

12/11/2024

INVESTIGATION: What’s hampering federal environmental justice efforts in the hydrogen hub build-out?

EHN found communities and advocates so far give the feds a failing grade.

“Organizational change in large bureaucracies takes time.”

12/11/2024

NEW: Hydrogen hubs are a key initiative of 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and represent the first test cases of new federal environmental justice initiatives.

But communities and advocates across the country give the feds a failing grade so far.

A massive push for hydrogen energy is one of the first test cases of new federal environmental justice initiatives. Communities and advocates so far give the feds a failing grade.

06/11/2024

Donald Trump wins US presidency. What could this mean for the environment?

His first term and recent campaigns signal massive deregulation and a reshaping of agencies.

His first term and recent campaigns signal massive deregulation and a reshaping of agencies.

05/11/2024

2024 election: Two radically different visions for environment, health.

Americans’ choice will have immediate and lasting effects on our planet. Here’s how.

Americans’ choice will have immediate and lasting effects on our planet. Here’s how.

31/10/2024

Fracking took center stage on Wednesday night, when political candidates who will be on the ballot in Pennsylvania on Election Day answered questions about environmental justice from local environmental advocacy groups and community members.

Environmental justice communities near fracking want more answers — less political football.

23/10/2024

Pollution from Pennsylvania’s three remaining coal-based steelmaking plants cause an estimated 50 to 92 premature deaths each year, according to a new report.

Just three facilities near Pittsburgh cost the state $16 million in lost economic activity annually, according to a new report.

22/10/2024

Pollution is one of the top drivers of biodiversity loss. Why is no one talking about it at COP16?

“Chemicals are really at the center of this triple planetary crisis of pollution, biodiversity and climate change.”