James Bruggers

Coalfield residents from Pennsylvania to Montana feel ignored as their homes sink and flammable gas rises from underground mining. In Alabama, U.S. regulators dragged their feet until a former top official called them out for failure to protect the public.

A climate scientist warns of “game over for climate action this decade,” and an energy lobbyist predicts Trump will bring a “two-fisted” approach to his legislative agenda.

Following an Inside Climate News investigation, inspectors from the U.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement inspected the Oak Grove Mine, the home explosion site and the house of a neighbor who fears for her family’s safety.

Delegates will meet soon in South Korea in their last scheduled gathering to get a grip on plastic pollution, with health and the environment on the line.

Donald Trump promises a new assault on climate policy and environmental regulations when he returns to the White House. Faith leaders say their beliefs compel a response.

Environmental advocates working on plastics policy expect to be on offense and defense in 2025 while closely monitoring the Trump administration’s fossil fuel and deregulatory agenda.

In Houston, a City Council Member Questions ‘Advanced’ Recycling of Plastic and a City Collaboration with ExxonMobil

“Valley So Low” covers a decade-long courtroom drama stemming from the 2008 disaster that helped nudge the EPA into adopting its first national regulations of coal ash.

Jewish and Christian faith leaders responded to Lee Zeldin’s comments with “righteous anger” and called for policies that support a more just, livable world.

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump took to the White House podium to boost one of his favorite energy sources.  “We’re ending Joe Biden’s war on beautiful clean coal once and for all,” he said, as uniformed coal miners lined up behind him. “I tell my people never use the word ‘coal’ unless you put ‘beautiful […]