Texas Quietly Moves to Formalize Acceptable Cancer Risk From Industrial Air Pollution. Public Health Officials Say it’s not Strict Enough. Without public hearings, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is proposing to adopt its 17-year-old standard that scientists and public health officials say fails to account for cumulative air pollution. By Dylan Baddour
As Alabama Judge Orders a Takeover of a Failing Water System, Frustrated Residents Demand Federal Intervention By Lee Hedgepeth
Q&A: A Reporter Joins Scientists as They Work to Stop the Killing of Cougars Interview by Aynsley O’Neill, “Living on Earth”
The Danger Upstream: In Disposing Coal Ash, One of These States is Not Like the Others By Lee Hedgepeth
Pope Francis: ‘Irresponsible’ Western Lifestyles Push the World to ‘the Breaking Point’ on Climate By James Bruggers
Apple Goes a Step Too Far in Claiming a Carbon Neutral Product, a New Report Concludes By Phil McKenna
At a ‘Climate Convergence,’ Pennsylvania Environmental Activists Urge Gov. Shapiro and State Lawmakers to Do More to Curb Emissions By Jon Hurdle
Biden Creates the American Climate Corps, 90 Years After FDR Put 3 Million to Work in National Parks Interview by Aynsley O’Neill, “Living on Earth”
A Drop in Emissions, and a Jobs Bonanza? Critics Question Benefits of a Proposed Hydrogen Hub for the Appalachian Region By Jon Hurdle
Youngstown City Council Unanimously Votes Against an ‘Untested and Dangerous’ Tire Pyrolysis Plant By James Bruggers
Biden Finds Funds to Launch an ‘American Climate Corps’ With Existing Authority Congress Has Given to Agencies By Marianne Lavelle