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Justice Department Refers Exxon Investigation Request to FBI
Attempt by two California congressmen to prompt a federal investigation is passed to the FBI's criminal investigation unit.California Rep. Ted Lieu, along with fellow Democrat Rep. Mark DeSaulnier,...
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Rising Seas Pull Fort Lauderdale, Florida's Building Boomtown, Toward a Bust
The Venice of America is expecting its population to grow by a third, but it already can't handle the impacts of climate change.FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—Along the canals that slice through downtown Fort...
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MIT Won't Divest, but Students End Protest After Compromise
Long sit-in ends after university agrees to work with students on climate policy, but retains its fossil fuel investments.MIT students just ended their 116-day protest in support of fossil fuel...
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Anti-Eminent Domain but Pro-Pipelines: A Republican Conundrum
Sens. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio criticize Donald Trump for using eminent domain, but both—like many Republicans—support pipelines that would use it.Other Republican presidential candidates have...
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Not Just Riding the Waves, These Competitors Seek to Harness Their Energy
Finalists emerge in a Department of Energy competition spawns technologies to finally make a commercial reality out of wave energy.The Aguçadoura Wave Farm in Portugal was the world’s first commercial...
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In the Arctic, Even Climate Change's Tiniest Victims Have Big Impacts
By studying beetles, researchers find they have a domino effect on much larger species as the Arctic warms.Credit: JOEL SAGET/AFP/GettyImagesArctic climate change bugs McGill University scientist Chris...
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Did Shell's Failure to Disclose Climate Risks Break the Law?
Congressmen who have asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate Exxon now request a similar probe of Shell.Credit: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty ImagesThree members of Congress have asked the...
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At Flint Debate, Clinton and Sanders Avoid Talk of Environmental Racism
Activists bemoan a lost opportunity to connect the dots between race and environmental pollution in the Flint water crisis.Demonstrators protest over the Flint, Michigan water crisis outside of the...
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ICN’s Exxon Series Honored With Scripps Howard Award for Outstanding...
The Edward J. Meeman Award recognizes the best environmental journalism each year.The Scripps Howard Foundation has honored InsideClimate News with its award for outstanding environmental journalism in...
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Outcry Prompts Dominion to Make Coal Ash Wastewater Cleaner
Dominion Virginia Power agrees to higher standards for coal ash wastewater treatment to protect the environment and public health. Frustrated with how Virginia's environmental regulators approved a...
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The Mystery of the Global Methane Rise: Asian Agriculture or U.S. Fracking?
A new study points the finger at the growth in farming in China and India, but others believe natural gas is to blame.Rising populations in Asia, particularly India and China, has led to more farming...
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Sea Change: U.S. and Canada Announce Common Goals on Climate, Energy and the...
President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vow to cooperate to rein in greenhouse gas emissions.President Barack Obama and Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau discussed a new...
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Some Extreme Weather Now Reliably Linked to Climate Change
Scientists can now readily attribute some weather, such as intense heat waves, to the influence of a warming climate.The goal of weather attribution work is to predict events like super cyclone...
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Coal's Latest Retreat: Arch Backs Away From Huge Montana Mine
The country's second-largest coal company, while in bankruptcy, cites continuing market woes in permit suspension.Montana’s Otter Creek valley. Credit: Christopher Boyer, kestrelaerial.comThe writing...
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Obama Halts Atlantic Drilling, but Keeps Arctic and Gulf Open for Business
New rules backtrack on previous plan to drill offshore, but environmental groups wanted a similar retreat in the Arctic and Gulf of Mexico.Atlantic coastal communities voiced strong opposition to...
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Native American Tribe Gets Federal Funds to Flee Rising Seas
In a disappearing section of Louisiana coastline, the people who call Isle De Jean Charles home are moving to save their community and culture.Isle De Jean Charles has been slowly disappeared under the...
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A Tale of Two Leaks: Fixed in California, Ignored in Alabama
Eight years after a mercaptan spill in Eight Mile, its mostly black and working class residents still suffer from respiratory issues, rashes and headaches.Thelma Lett (left) and Nancy Porter (right)...
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Coal Companies Rely Heavily on Public Lands Coal
New report highlights how much of U.S. coal production comes from federally subsidized leases, and even so, coal companies struggle to stay afloat.Coal companies rely on favorable federal leases, but...
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Climate Denial's Usual Suspects Support Challenge to Clean Power Plan
By filing a friend-of-the-court brief, a group of contrarians tries to inject doubt into the argument before the U.S. Court of Appeals.Briefs are being filed to the U.S. Court of Appeals by climate...
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Merrick Garland on Environmental Protection: Why Advocates Are Reassured
The rulings of Obama's Supreme Court nominee position him squarely in the mainstream of environmental jurisprudence, a big shift from Scalia.President Obama announces Judge Merrick Garland as his...
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