The state’s air monitors are often miles from its biggest polluters and residents have little way of knowing what they’re breathing. That’s no accident.

In 2018, Akron-based FirstEnergy donated $2.5 million to a Republican Governors Association-affiliated dark money group backing GOP nominee Mike DeWine in a competitive race for Ohio governor, ...

In the Navajo Nation, and for many tribes, sage is a sacred plant burned in ceremonies to promote healing, spiritual protection and connection to the land. But Meredith Benally, who is Diné and the co ...

Barbara Washington is seen in this 2019 photo outside her home in Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley.” Washington, from the nonprofit environmental advocacy group Inclusive Louisiana, and other activists ...

Thermal imagery (left) captured in late March shows one of the 10 gas-fired turbines in operation at OpenAI’s flagship data center in Abilene, Texas. (Evan Simon / Floodlight) This story is from ...

Former Florida state Rep. Joe Gibbons sat in the library of the Faith Community Church in Greensboro, North Carolina, trying to convince its pastor to quit promoting rooftop solar. With a lobbyist's ...

Diesel truck pollution from the busiest port complex in the United States has fouled the air in nearby neighborhoods in Southern California for decades. So when port officials asked for feedback on ...

Laura Beth Resnick, photographed here collecting flowers at her Maryland farm, spent $36,000 to have solar panels installed at the farm, expecting to get the same amount in grant money from the U.S.

This is a condensed story of a three-part series produced by The Xylom and co-published by Drilled, Floodlight and Deceleration News. Subscribe to The Xylom's newsletter here. On Jan. 6, 2024, nine ...

This story has been updated with additional comments from Paul Hamrick. Cornel West’s long-shot bid to become president of the United States is receiving assistance from unusual sources. West, a civil ...

This story was published in collaboration with Verite News and the Louisiana Illuminator. Republished by The Guardian, The Lens, WWNO and others. For more than two years, Louisiana State Senator John ...