Environment

The Tension Between Humans and Nature

343 stories published since 2009

How We Analyzed Data From Oregon’s Timber Industry

by Lylla Younes, ProPublica, and Tony Schick, OPB,

June 11, 2020, 8:59 a.m. EDT

The Financial Catastrophe That Coronavirus Brought to Small Towns

May 26, 2020, 11:58 a.m. EDT

How Climate Change Is Contributing to Skyrocketing Rates of Infectious Disease

by Abrahm Lustgarten,

May 7, 2020, 5 a.m. EDT

How Louisiana Lawmakers Stop Residents’ Efforts to Fight Big Oil and Gas

by Sara Sneath, The Times-Picayune | The Advocate,

Feb. 7, 2020, 2 p.m. EST

Help Us Understand Logging and Timber Practices Across Oregon

by Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting, Rob Davis, The Oregonian, with Maya Miller, ProPublica,

Jan. 15, 2020, 5 a.m. EST

How Oil Companies Avoided Environmental Accountability After 10.8 Million Gallons Spilled

by Joan Meiners, The Times-Picayune | The Advocate,

Dec. 27, 2019, 6 a.m. EST

In “Cancer Alley,” Toxic Polluters Face Little Oversight From Environmental Regulators

by Gordon Russell, The Times-Picayune | The Advocate,

Dec. 19, 2019, 1:30 p.m. EST

How an Environmental Regulator Became Known for Protecting Industry

by Gordon Russell, The Times-Picayune | The Advocate,

Dec. 19, 2019, 1:30 p.m. EST

Chemical Companies Are Building Their Plants Overseas and Shipping Them Back In. They Still Get State Tax Breaks.

by Sara Sneath, The Times-Picayune | The Advocate,

Dec. 6, 2019, 12:30 p.m. EST

Health Officials in “Cancer Alley” Will Study if Living Near a Controversial Chemical Plant Causes Cancer

by Gordon Russell, The Times-Picayune | The Advocate,

Nov. 25, 2019, 3:32 p.m. EST

What Could Happen if a $9.4 Billion Chemical Plant Comes to “Cancer Alley”

by Lylla Younes,

Nov. 18, 2019, 12 p.m. EST

Cap and Trade Is Supposed to Solve Climate Change, but Oil and Gas Company Emissions Are Up

Nov. 15, 2019, 5 a.m. EST

New EPA Rules Aim to Reduce Toxic Emissions. But Many “Cancer Alley” Chemical Plants Won’t Have to Change.

by Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune | The Advocate,

Nov. 14, 2019, 4:30 p.m. EST

Even Louisiana’s Wealthier Neighborhoods Can’t Escape Toxic Air in “Cancer Alley”

by Joan Meiners, The Times-Picayune | The Advocate,

Nov. 1, 2019, 6 a.m. EDT

Why Louisiana’s Air Quality Is Going From Bad to Worse, in 3 Charts

by Lylla Younes,

Oct. 30, 2019, 12 p.m. EDT

I’ve Investigated Industrial Pollution for 35 Years. We’re Going Backwards.

by Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune | The Advocate,

Oct. 30, 2019, 12 p.m. EDT

Welcome to “Cancer Alley,” Where Toxic Air Is About to Get Worse

by Tristan Baurick, The Times-Picayune | The Advocate, Lylla Younes, ProPublica, and Joan Meiners, The Times-Picayune | The Advocate,

Oct. 30, 2019, 12 p.m. EDT

How We Found New Chemical Plants Are Being Built in South Louisiana’s Most Polluted Areas

by Lylla Younes and Al Shaw, ProPublica, with Michael Petroni,

Oct. 30, 2019, 12 p.m. EDT

In a Notoriously Polluted Area of the Country, Massive New Chemical Plants Are Still Moving In

by Lylla Younes, Al Shaw and Claire Perlman,

Oct. 30, 2019, 12 p.m. EDT

A Taste of the Climate Apocalypse to Come

by Abrahm Lustgarten,

Oct. 22, 2019, 1:54 p.m. EDT

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

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

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

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