Environment

Nuts and dried fruit items at a grocery store.

She tried to avoid plastic while grocery shopping for a week. Here's how it went

5:00am July 02, 2022

by Martha Bebinger

Worried about the proliferation of plastic trash in the environment and her own body, a journalist tried to shop plastic-free for 7 days. She found plastic in a lot of sneaky and surprising places.

A man wears a face mark as he fishes near docked oil drilling platforms, Friday, May 8, 2020, in Port Aransas, Texas.

A Biden administration offshore drilling proposal would allow up to 11 sales

3:02am July 02, 2022

by The Associated Press

The proposal brought immediate backlash from environmentalists who accused Biden of betraying the climate cause, while oil industry officials said it would do little to counter high energy prices.

EPA Administrator Michael Regan says the Supreme Court's ruling is a setback for the agency.

The EPA prepares for its 'counterpunch' after the Supreme Court ruling

5:11pm July 01, 2022

The Supreme Court's ruling that curbs the power of the EPA will slow its ability to respond to the climate crisis, but "does not take the EPA out of the game," according to its administrator.

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Orange dots mark the trees that were damaged in the path of the jet crash.

Shredded trees, dead dolphins and wildfires — how Russia's invasion is hurting nature

4:35pm July 01, 2022

The environmental impacts from Russia's invasion of Ukraine could be felt far longer than the war itself.

Shoppers drink juice in plastic cups at a market in New Delhi, on Wednesday. India banned some single-use or disposable plastic products Friday as part of a longer plan to phase out the ubiquitous material in the nation of nearly 1.4 billion.

India begins to ban single-use plastics including cups and straws

4:32pm July 01, 2022

by The Associated Press

Other items like water or soda bottles or snack bags aren't banned yet. But the government has set targets for manufacturers to be responsible for recycling or disposing of them after their use.

Toni Okamoto started Plant-Based on a Budget to show people how affordable plant-based eating can be.

Nonwhite Americans are eating less meat. Vegan activists of color explain why

1:08pm July 01, 2022

by Shauneen Miranda

The increase in nonwhite Americans identifying as vegetarian and eating less meat is part of the longstanding work of vegan activists of color to make plant-based eating more accessible.

The effect the Supreme Court's climate decision may have

5:26pm June 30, 2022

by Laura Benshoff

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Environment Protection Agency does not have the authority to mandate carbon emissions reductions from existing power plants.

The U.S. Supreme Court curbed the EPA's ability to fight climate change.

Supreme Court restricts the EPA's authority to mandate carbon emissions reductions

4:27pm June 30, 2022

by Nina Totenberg

The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency does not have the authority to mandate carbon emissions from existing power plants.

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In this July 27, 2018 photo, the Dave Johnson coal-fired power plant is silhouetted against the morning sun in Glenrock, Wyo.

With time ticking for climate action, Supreme Court limits ways to curb emissions

1:01pm June 30, 2022

The U.S. Supreme Court's opinion in a key environmental case, WV v. EPA, says the federal agency lacks authority to use greenhouse gas emissions caps to force fossil fuel power plants out of business.

The Three Mile Island nuclear power plant shut down in 2019. Exelon Generation blamed the closure on a lack of state subsidies. Such subsidies are growing amid concerns that such closures abet climate change.

Nuclear power is gaining support after years of decline. But old hurdles remain

10:25am June 30, 2022

by Laura Benshoff

Investment from the government and private sector are changing the trajectory of the aging U.S. nuclear fleet and spurring development of new nuclear technology.