Environment

The Tension Between Humans and Nature

373 stories published since 2009

The Word Nobody Wanted to Say at the UN Climate Action Summit

Oct. 1, 2019, 1:50 p.m. EDT

Inside the Trump Administration’s Chaotic Dismantling of the Federal Land Agency

by Mike Spies and J. David McSwane,

Sept. 20, 2019, 2:30 p.m. EDT

MIT Media Lab Kept Regulators in the Dark, Dumped Chemicals in Excess of Legal Limit

by Lisa Song, ProPublica, and Max Larkin, WBUR-FM,

Sept. 20, 2019, 5 a.m. EDT

If Carbon Offsets Require Forests to Stay Standing, What Happens When the Amazon Is on Fire?

by Lisa Song, ProPublica, and Paula Moura for ProPublica,

Aug. 26, 2019, 2 p.m. EDT

Proposed California Law Would Punish Companies for Failing to Limit Harm to the Planet’s Forests

by Abrahm Lustgarten,

Aug. 7, 2019, 5 a.m. EDT

When Fracking Companies Own the Gas Beneath Your Land

by Mayeta Clark,

July 11, 2019, 8 a.m. EDT

A Resolution Condemning Pipeline Challengers Passed Easily. A Pipeline Lobbyist Wrote It.

by Kate Mishkin, The Charleston Gazette-Mail,

July 11, 2019, 7:59 a.m. EDT

California Legislators Urge Caution, but Greenlight a Plan That Could Lead to the Widespread Use of Forestry Offsets

June 21, 2019, 2:11 p.m. EDT

United Nations Agency Criticizes Carbon Offsets

June 14, 2019, 12:55 p.m. EDT

Fracking Companies Lost on Trespassing, but a Court Just Gave Them a Different Win

by Ken Ward Jr., The Charleston Gazette-Mail,

June 12, 2019, 5 a.m. EDT

Court to Big Fracking Company: Trespassing Still Exists — Even For You

by Kate Mishkin and Ken Ward Jr., The Charleston Gazette-Mail,

June 6, 2019, 12:22 p.m. EDT

Una verdad (aún más) inconveniente

June 3, 2019, 11:10 a.m. EDT

These 4 Arguments Can’t Overcome the Facts About Carbon Offsets for Forest Preservation

May 31, 2019, 3:03 p.m. EDT

Uma Verdade (Ainda Mais) Inconveniente: Por que créditos de carbono para preservar florestas podem ser pior do que nada

May 24, 2019, 11 a.m. EDT

An (Even More) Inconvenient Truth: Why Carbon Credits For Forest Preservation May Be Worse Than Nothing

May 22, 2019, 8 a.m. EDT

New Jersey’s $300 Million Nuclear Power Bailout Is Facing a Court Challenge. Does It Have a Chance?

by Talia Buford,

May 16, 2019, 5:40 p.m. EDT

Nuclear Lobbying Power: N.J. Utility Customers Will Pay $300M in Subsidies

by Talia Buford,

April 18, 2019, 6:42 p.m. EDT

In a Time of Cheap Fossil Fuels, Nuclear Power Companies Are Seeking — and Getting — Big Subsidies

by Talia Buford,

April 17, 2019, 2:50 p.m. EDT

Residents Say Natural Gas Production Is Marring West Virginia. And the Legislature Isn’t Doing Anything About It.

by Kate Mishkin, The Charleston Gazette-Mail,

March 6, 2019, 11 a.m. EST

A Guide to Every Permitted Natural Gas Well in West Virginia

by Al Shaw, ProPublica, and Kate Mishkin, The Charleston Gazette-Mail,

March 6, 2019, 11 a.m. EST

New Jersey Said 10 Years Ago It Would Rank Its Most Contaminated Sites. It Never Did.

by Talia Buford,

Feb. 21, 2019, 5 a.m. EST

Large Natural Gas Producer to Pay West Virginia Plaintiffs $53.5 Million to Settle Royalty Dispute

by Kate Mishkin and Ken Ward Jr., The Charleston Gazette-Mail,

Feb. 13, 2019, 9 p.m. EST

Scientists Call for Drastic Drop in Emissions. U.S. Appears to Have Gone the Other Way.

by Abrahm Lustgarten,

Jan. 11, 2019, 5 a.m. EST

Powerless: What It Looks and Sounds Like When a Gas Driller Overruns Your Land

by Ken Ward Jr., The Charleston Gazette-Mail, Al Shaw and Mayeta Clark, ProPublica,

Dec. 20, 2018, 5 a.m. EST

California Knew the Carr Wildfire Could Happen. It Failed to Prevent it.

by Keith Schneider for ProPublica,

Dec. 18, 2018, 5 a.m. EST

He is West Virginia’s Speaker of the House — and a Lawyer for Natural Gas Companies

by Ken Ward Jr. and Kate Mishkin, The Charleston Gazette-Mail,

Dec. 5, 2018, 5 a.m. EST

A Hog Waste Agreement Lacked Teeth, and Some North Carolinians Say They’re Left to Suffer

by Talia Buford,

Nov. 23, 2018, 5 a.m. EST

Fuel to the Fire

by Abrahm Lustgarten,

Nov. 20, 2018, 5 a.m. EST

Photos: An Indonesian Village That’s Fighting for Its Life

by Ashley Gilbertson, special to ProPublica,

Nov. 20, 2018, 4:59 a.m. EST

Century-Old West Virginia Leases Yield Paltry Gas Royalties. A Suit Could Cut Others’ Payouts to a Trickle, Too.

by Ken Ward Jr., The Charleston Gazette-Mail,

Nov. 14, 2018, 5 a.m. EST

West Virginia’s Natural Gas Industry Keeps Pushing to Whittle Away Payments to Residents

by Ken Ward Jr., The Charleston Gazette-Mail,

Nov. 13, 2018, 5 a.m. EST

“Jobs Alliance” Backed by Coal Giant Loses Bid To Stop West Virginia Natural Gas Plant

by Ken Ward Jr., The Charleston Gazette-Mail,

Nov. 2, 2018, 3 p.m. EDT

Another West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Declines to Step Aside in Another Natural Gas Case

by Ken Ward Jr., The Charleston Gazette-Mail,

Oct. 10, 2018, 5 a.m. EDT

Another Court Ruling Against a West Virginia Pipeline, Then Another Effort to Change the Rules

by Ken Ward Jr. and Kate Mishkin, The Charleston Gazette-Mail,

Oct. 4, 2018, 5 a.m. EDT

“Jobs Alliance,” Funded by Trump Backer, Tries to Block Gas Plants That Would Bring Jobs to West Virginia

by Ken Ward Jr., The Charleston Gazette-Mail,

Sept. 28, 2018, 5 a.m. EDT

“A Never-Ending Commitment”: The High Cost of Preserving Vulnerable Beaches

by Lisa Song and Al Shaw,

Sept. 27, 2018, 5 a.m. EDT

Congress Passes Measure to Protect Board that Monitors Nuclear Safety

by Rebecca Moss, Santa Fe New Mexican,

Sept. 18, 2018, 10 p.m. EDT

Hurricane Florence’s Surge Is Expected to Hit Homes That Already Cost the Government Millions

by Lisa Song and Al Shaw,

Sept. 14, 2018, 7:12 p.m. EDT

Potential Insurance Bill From Hurricane Florence Could Take Toll on Wallets Far From North Carolina’s Coast

by Abrahm Lustgarten and Talia Buford,

Sept. 14, 2018, 8:30 a.m. EDT

There Was a Plan to Save This City From Flooding. But When the Rains Came, So Did Hesitance.

by Lisa Song, ProPublica, and Patrick Michels, Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting,

Sept. 6, 2018, 5 a.m. EDT

How the Army Corps’ Hesitation Nearly Destroyed a City

by Al Shaw and Lisa Song, ProPublica, and Patrick Michels, Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting,

Sept. 6, 2018, 4:59 a.m. EDT

New Mexico Senators Speak Out Over Order They Say Would Hamper Nuclear Safety Board

by Rebecca Moss, Santa Fe New Mexican,

Aug. 31, 2018, 5 a.m. EDT

Natural Gas Industry Again Beats a Tiny West Virginia County That Wanted to Control Its Destiny

by Ken Ward Jr., The Charleston Gazette-Mail,

Aug. 30, 2018, 5 a.m. EDT

Nuclear Safety Board Slams Energy Department Plan to Weaken Oversight

by Rebecca Moss, Santa Fe New Mexican,

Aug. 29, 2018, 5 a.m. EDT

How One West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Gave Natural Gas a Big Victory and Shortchanged Residents

by Ken Ward Jr., The Charleston Gazette-Mail,

Aug. 20, 2018, 2 p.m. EDT

Defense Inspector General to Investigate Military’s Toxic Open Burning

by Abrahm Lustgarten,

Aug. 14, 2018, 1:20 p.m. EDT

What Happens When a Pipeline Runs Afoul of Government Rules? Authorities Change the Rules.

by Kate Mishkin and Ken Ward Jr., The Charleston Gazette-Mail, and Beena Raghavendran, ProPublica,

Aug. 10, 2018, 3:15 p.m. EDT

How “Levee Wars” Are Making Floods Worse

by Ranjani Chakraborty, Vox, and Katie Campbell, ProPublica,

Aug. 6, 2018, 5 a.m. EDT

To See How Levees Increase Flooding, We Built Our Own

by Al Shaw, Lisa Song, Katie Campbell and Ranjani Chakraborty,

Aug. 6, 2018, 5 a.m. EDT

Flood Thy Neighbor: Who Stays Dry and Who Decides?

Lisa Song, ProPublica, Patrick Michels, Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, and Al Shaw, ProPublica,

Aug. 6, 2018, 5 a.m. EDT