pollution

Residents of largely minority areas in New Jersey are fighting three proposed gas-fired power plants as they wait for the state’s environmental law – signed with great fanfare nearly three years ago – to take full effect.

A whale that washed ashore in Hawaii over the weekend likely died in part because it ate large volumes of fishing traps, fishing nets, plastic bags and other marine debris, scientists said Thursday, highlighting the threat to wildlife from the millions of tons of plastic that ends up in oceans every year.

Progress has been made in the 50-plus years since Republican President Richard Nixon signed the Clean Air Act in 1970 — the six most common pollutants have declined by more than 75%. Now the act is being limited by the Supreme Court’s decision in West Virginia v. EPA, LX News climate storyteller Chase Cain explains.

Ozone is a beneficial gas in our atmosphere but when it’s highly concentrated at ground-level, it can have a harmful impact on our respiratory systems. Here’s what you need to know.

New Jersey environmental protection officials said Thursday they hope to have a law that guards communities from overbearing pollution in full effect by the end of this year.

Three companies that operate more than 600 school buses in New York City are being sued by the state attorney general’s office on allegations they repeatedly violated bus idling laws and polluted the city’s air since 2019.

NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports.

Residents of a pollution-choked neighborhood in New Jersey’s largest city said Tuesday they are tired of their community being used as a dumping ground for projects that foul their air yet exclude them from the economic benefits of industry. In an online public hearing, residents of Newark’s Ironbound section denounced a plan by a sewage treatment facility to build...

Biden officials said the new funding will allow them to retrofit about 450,000 homes and slash monthly energy bills for families.

Source Global is a climate startup that uses hydropanels to produce clean water out of the air. It’s backed by Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures.

The Securities and Exchange Commission released a proposed rule that would require companies to disclose climate risk. Here’s a look at potential impacts.

Air pollution in London has become a major talking point in recent years.

IQAir, which sells air purifiers and quality monitors, analyzed PM2.5 air pollution from more than 6,000 monitors around the world. Here are its results.

Nexii is manufacturing fire and water resilient wall panels for commercial and residential buildings with no carbon emissions.

SEC Commissioners will be meeting Monday to propose rules to enhance disclosures regarding climate-related risks. 

Around a dozen fellows from Google.org, Google’s philanthropic arm, helped to build the emissions tool on a full-time, pro bono basis for six months.

Two-car train will use fuel-cells that are roof-mounted and underfloor batteries.

President Biden’s Build Back Better Act has stalled in the Senate, and talks between the White House and some key senators have essentially stopped.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine caused European carbon credit prices to plummet sharply. They are recovering, but these factors will weigh on future demand.

Glendale has proposed to spend $260 million on new natural gas generators, angering residents and environmentalists amid the state’s clean energy transition.