"New reports say more robust and accurate accounting of livestock-based emissions should underpin the all-out effort needed to slow global warming."
"The social media personality known as Black Forager has amassed 10 million followers and says she’s seeing an uptick in interest in the practice."
"Millions of dollars of settlement money from the largest known methane leak in the United States are now available to affected residents to replace gas-powered appliances with electric ones. Organizations involved in distributing the money say it will help create safer and cleaner homes."
"A federal judge has opened an investigation into concerns that the Trump administration lied to her in the ongoing legal battle over President Trump’s desire to redevelop East Potomac Golf Links."
As the public and news media alike tally the outcomes of this week’s U.S. midterm elections, it is the costs of energy — to the economy and the environment, today and into the future — that will continue to grow to dominate global discourse. A Backgrounder Analysis looks at how environmental journalists must seek the fuller story of this vast energy beat.
"Heating oil, gas and electricity are driving campaigns across the U.S., but the elections will also determine the future of clean energy."
"In the final stretch of the 2026 midterm campaigns, the most potent climate issue in American politics arrived by delivery truck across the country.
"The Trump administration has budgeted $1.2 million for removing trees at East Potomac Golf Links, according to documents reviewed by The Washington Post, as the president seeks to redevelop the beloved D.C. course." "The National Park Service is drawing the funding from visitor entrance fees across the country."
"The plastics industry spent decades convincing consumers that throwing used products stamped with the “chasing arrows” symbol into a curbside bin meant they would be recycled. Now, amid growing awareness that many of those items never get reprocessed, the industry is championing a pair of proposals in Congress that would give misleading recycling claims the support of federal law."
"Canada is relaxing its pesticide laws just as the EU is considering tightening pesticide residue limits on food imports"
"The Trump administration loves coal plants. The rest of us are paying the price in higher electricity bills, poorer health, and worsening climate change." "A new report finds nearly half of U.S. coal plants benefit from federal handouts and pollution exemptions, harming public health, our wallets, and the climate."
