‘Advanced’ plastic recycling using high heat and chemicals is environmentally problematic, a new government study finds
Industry is pursuing various technologies to recycle plastic, but environmentalists say they only worsen environmental problems.
James Bruggers
‘We do have questions to answer’ about single-use plastic waste, Shell internal emails reveal
Emails between Shell communication officials were made public as part of a congressional investigation into the fossil fuel industry and climate change.
Coal powered the industrial revolution. It left behind an ‘absolutely massive’ environmental catastrophe
Scenes from the end of coal: A blasted mountaintop in Kentucky, an underground inferno in Pennsylvania, slowly dying maples in New Hampshire and a toxic pile of waste in Florida.
Appalachia’s Strip-Mined Mountains Face a Growing Climate Risk: Flooding
A new analysis of satellite imagery shows how a section of West Virginia with the most strip-mine damage from the coal industry is also the most susceptible to increased streamflow.
A Coal Ash Spill Made These Workers Sick. Now, They’re Fighting for Compensation.
Some 30 people who cleaned up the ash have died with ailments that can be linked to exposure to toxic elements of coal ash, and more than 250 are sick or dying.
8 Black Lung Indictments Allege Coal Mine Managers Lied About Health Safety
Former Kentucky miners described being pressured to cover up coal dust monitors meant to protect them. New research shows a resurgence in black lung disease.
