Climate Law & Liability

In the First Community Meeting Since a Fatal Home Explosion, Residents Grill Alabama Regulators, Politicians Over Coal Mining Destruction

Dozens of residents expressed fear and frustration over what they call “mining mayhem.” The regulators and politicians acknowledged for the first time that there may be a need for changes.

By Lee Hedgepeth

Nonprofit Law Center Asks EPA to Take Over Water Permitting in N.C.

By Lisa Sorg

Surging Methane Emissions Could Be a Sign of a Major Climate Shift

By Bob Berwyn

California Climate and Health Groups Urge Legislators to Pass Polluter Pays Bills

By Liza Gross

Pacific Islands Climate Risk Growing as Sea Level Rise Accelerates

By Bob Berwyn

US District Court Throws Out Federal Agency’s Assessment Allowing More Drilling for Fossil Fuels in the Gulf of Mexico

By Aman Azhar

Houston’s Plastic Waste, Waiting More Than a Year for ‘Advanced’ Recycling, Piles up at a Business Failed Three Times by Fire Marshal

By James Bruggers

Coal Baron a No-Show in Alabama Courtroom as Abandoned Plant Continues to Pollute Neighborhoods

By Dennis Pillion

The Climate Movement Rushes to Embrace Kamala Harris

Interview by Aynsley O’Neill and Steve Curwood

Apache Group is Carrying a Petition to the Supreme Court to Stop a Mine on Land Sacred to the Tribe

By Noel Lyn Smith

This Country Voted to Keep Oil in the Ground. Will It Happen?

By Katie Surma

Harris Stirs Hope for a New Chapter in Climate Action

By Marianne Lavelle

The Aspen Institute Is Calling for a Systemic Approach to Climate Education at the University Level

By Caroline Marshall Reinhart

Greenidge Sues New York State Environmental Regulators, Seeking to Continue Operating Its Dresden Power Plant

By Peter Mantius

After Partnering With the State to Monitor Itself, a Pennsylvania Gas Company Declares Its Fracking Operations ‘Safe’

By Kiley Bense

Thousands of Disaster Survivors Urge the Department of Justice to Investigate Fossil Fuel Companies for Climate Crimes

By Keerti Gopal

Alabama Coal Regulators Said They Didn’t Know Who’d Purchased a Mine Linked to a Fatal Home Explosion. It’s a Familiar Face

By Lee Hedgepeth

New York’s Green Amendment Would Be ‘Toothless’ if a Lawsuit Is Tossed Against the Seneca Meadows Landfill for Allegedly Emitting Noxious Odors

By Peter Mantius

In Pennsylvania’s Competitive Senate Race, Fracking Takes Center Stage

By Kiley Bense