Environmental

Energy-producing states leading a lawsuit against three of the nation's largest investment firms alleging an "output reduction scheme" concerning their stakes in major coal companies.

The Supreme Court allowed the Biden administration's EPA to continue to enforces its regulation to attempt to curb carbon emissions from coal- and gas-fired power plants.

BlackRock wrote in a filing to the SEC that CEO Larry Fink's environmental, social, and governance policies (ESG) advocacy is a risk factor that could hurt it financially.

Bank of America appears to be walking back a pledge the company made in 2021 to not finance new coal mines, coal-powered plants or Arctic drilling.

Paper and bamboo straws can contain "forever chemicals" more often than plastic and steel straws, a new study from Europe published this week has found.

The Texas attorney general's office filed a lawsuit against Shell, seeking over $1 million and alleging a fire at a facility near Houston damaged the environment.

Waste removal workers in California wine country are whistleblowing over health concerns after a wildfire tore through a landfill uphill from Napa vineyards in 2020.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams told conservative activist Scott LoBaido to "bring me a vegan pizza" and chat about a proposal targeting businesses using coal and wood-fire ovens.

The North Carolina Senate sent a bill banning the consideration of environmental, social and governance scores in state hiring and investment decisions to the governor's desk.

Twitter users are blasting BlackRock CEO Larry Fink for his 2017 comments admitting his firm would "force behaviors" on diversity.

Across the Great Lakes, researchers are expanding their use of digital monitors to serve as an early warning system for weather and water quality.

Residents in and around East Palestine, Ohio, are suffering from various ailments following a Norfolk Southern train derailment in February. Independent engineers are conducting further water tests.

Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw testified that he's "deeply sorry" about the East Palestine, Ohio, derailment before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Thursday.

Community concerns spark changes from the Environmental Protection Agency after the toxic spill from the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, in February.

A new report from Climate Central's WeatherPower Year in Review revealed that red states surprisingly led the nation in generating wind and solar power.

An overheated bearing on a railcar was the likely cause of the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, federal officials said Thursday.

Consumer advocate and legal clerk Erin Brockovich tells those exposed to the toxic train derailment in Ohio to trust their guts on what they're seeing, smelling and feeling.

Shares of Norfolk Southern have declined approximately 6% since the Feb. 3 train derailment, but experts don't expect a long-term impact to the share price.

East Palestine mother Tracy Hager says her family and neighbors remain concerned about hazardous chemical exposures before evacuating due to the train derailment.