Inside Climate News reports: Independent Testing Where Tesla’s Lithium Refinery Discharges Wastewater Found Toxic Metals. The drainage district in Texas that commissioned the test has now sent a cease-and-desist letter to Tesla’s operations. insideclimatenews.org/news/2104202...

Another @dylanbaddour scoop: Corpus Christi Projects Emergency Water Restrictions in September for Large Industrial Users and 500,000 Customers insideclimatenews.org/news/2004202...

At ‘Sloth World’ in Florida, Wild Sloths Have Died by the Dozens insideclimatenews.org/news/1604202...

A must read by Blaine Harden, from Inside Climate News: The American buffalo have joined wind turbines, electric cars and climate researchers in the cross hairs of the Trump administration. insideclimatenews.org/news/0504202...

Exclusive data analysis from Inside Climate News: EPA Hits 40-Year Lows in Staffing After Trump Targets Its Public Health Experts insideclimatenews.org/news/0603202...

Is the FBI Investigating Environmental Activists? A recent visit by an FBI agent to a climate activist hints at a broadening Trump administration effort to target political opponents. insideclimatenews.org/news/0803202...

After a Decade of Missteps, a Texas City Careens Toward a Water-Shortage Catastrophe. Officials in Corpus Christi expect a “water emergency” within months and fully run out of water next year. insideclimatenews.org/news/0803202...

CNN Films produced “RBG” for around $1 million. The promotional budget, that helped it land two Oscar nominations, totaled about $3 million. The film expanded into 432 locations, enough to rank as the year’s No. 1 political documentary. blog.simplejustice.us/2026/01/29/t...

I'm thrilled to be working with Christine Spolar again! This is a big deal for us at Inside Climate News. insideclimatenews.org/news/2201202...

Blowing past 1.5 degrees Celsius: The past three years averaged more than 1.5 degrees, the first time any three-year stretch has crossed that threshold. insideclimatenews.org/news/1301202...

A heartbreaking story of loss, and the destructive cuts of DOGE, at NOAA, by Inside Climate News' Marianne Lavelle, who, like Libby Jewitt, is a national treasure. insideclimatenews.org/news/0601202...

Alabama’s civil rights history is inescapable, even in places most people wouldn’t expect. Their electric bills, for example. insideclimatenews.org/news/2612202...

How George Wallace and Bull Connor Set the Stage for Alabama’s Sky-High Electric Rates: After his notorious stand in the schoolhouse door, Wallace needed a new target. He found it in Alabama Power. insideclimatenews.org/news/2612202...

Hundreds of Sea Turtles Are Freezing in Cape Cod insideclimatenews.org/news/1312202...

Latest Twist in Chevron’s Amazon Pollution Saga: Ecuador Ordered to Pay the Oil Company $220 Million insideclimatenews.org/news/1012202...

Must reading from @georginagustin.bsky.social at Inside Climate News: A Massive, Chinese-Backed Port in Peru Could Push the Amazon Rainforest Over the Edge insideclimatenews.org/news/0112202...

A Rare Recusal by Texas Oil and Gas Regulator Up for Re-election. The move highlighted the close relationship between state officials and the industry they regulate. insideclimatenews.org/news/2411202...

Please read this important story from Inside Climate News about China's intimidation of environmental journalists in Africa and beyond. A powerful expose by Katie Surma insideclimatenews.org/news/2311202...

As COP30 Unfolds in the Amazon, Brazil Is Drilling for Oil Near the Great Amazon Reef System. Teresa Tomassoni reports insideclimatenews.org/news/1911202...

N.C. Office of Recovery and Resiliency So Poorly Managed That State Auditor Couldn’t Determine Full Extent of Waste. The latest from Lisa Sorg insideclimatenews.org?p=102723

Bill McKibben on the State-Led Efforts to Make Big Oil Pay Up: The New Jersey Climate Superfund Act would make oil companies pay for their past greenhouse gas emissions. insideclimatenews.org/news/1911202...

Trump’s Policies Risk Texas’ New Solar and Battery Projects. Two-thirds of Texas’ future solar and storage developments are at risk of delay or cancellation due to regulatory uncertainty, a report warns. insideclimatenews.org/news/1811202...

A Landmark Court Ruling Looms Over U.S. Absence at COP30. The historic climate change advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice suggests the United States is violating international law on climate, legal experts say. insideclimatenews.org/news/1811202...

Scorching Saturdays: The Rising Heat Threat Inside Football Stadiums. Excessive heat and more frequent medical incidents in Southern college football stadiums could be a warning sign for universities across the country. insideclimatenews.org/news/1611202...

Deadly in Small Doses: New Research Shows the Lethal Effects of Ingested Plastic on Marine Animals. Fragments of rubber balloons, plastic bags and fishing line can cause fatal blockages and injuries in sea turtles, seabirds and marine mammals. insideclimatenews.org/news/1711202...

Trump Administration Moves to Weaken Federal Protections for Waterways and Wetlands. Environmental groups warn the proposal to change the definition of “waters of the United States” would eliminate crucial safeguards for “countless” bodies of water. insideclimatenews.org/news/1711202...

Ecuadorians overwhelmingly vote in favor of the Rights of Nature. Environmentalists and Indigenous organizations opposed to President Noboa’s crackdown on environmental defenders and his economic policies celebrated Sunday’s results. insideclimatenews.org/news/1711202...

What a heartbreaking photo by Teresa Tomassoni. insideclimatenews.org/news/1711202...

This is one of the most fascinating articles I've ever read. A sample, about whales: “They have grandmothers, family bonds and conversations. They mourn their dead. When you listen long enough, you realize their inner worlds might be as complex as ours.” insideclimatenews.org/news/2910202...

A national randomized controlled trial of the impact of public Montessori preschool at the end of kindergarten | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Scientists are sounding the alarm, warning that the rapid “Greenlandification” of Antarctica will have serious consequences, including an accelerated rise in sea levels and significant shifts in rainfall and drought patterns. insideclimatenews.org/news/1610202...

Shuttered Canadian Marine Park Warns It May Euthanize 30 Beluga Whales, Prompting a Global Outcry insideclimatenews.org/news/0910202...

New Map Shows $29 Billion in Climate and Environment Grants Canceled or Frozen by Trump insideclimatenews.org/news/1709202...

“Ensuring Indigenous communities have strong rights over their lands is the best way to keep forests and their health benefits intact.”https://insideclimatenews.org/news/11092025/indigenous-land-rights-can-help-deforestation/

A big, important Dominion rate case in Northern Virginia, the nation's data center epicenter. Charles Paullin reports for Inside Climate News. insideclimatenews.org/news/0409202...

Adam Met, the AJR bassist, thinks the climate movement could learn a thing or two from fan-building tactics deployed by today’s pop stars. insideclimatenews.org/news/0109202...

Is Chester, Pa., on the Delaware River just south of Philly, really the place to build a $9 billion LNG export terminal? Activists and academics say, no thanks. insideclimatenews.org/news/3008202...

Trump truncates public comment in his attempt tp rescind the "Roadless Rule." Public comment is a key part of rulemaking, and a hallmark of the original rule itself. insideclimatenews.org/news/3008202...

Still a lot of American climate scientists working for the IPCC. insideclimatenews.org/news/3008202...

Have you ever heard of the Passamaquoddy tribe in far northeastern Maine? And do you know anything about its struggle with climate change? insideclimatenews.org/news/3008202...

Two decades after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, the Trump administration is on a mission to defund the agency dedicated to disaster response and recovery. insideclimatenews.org/news/2608202...

“No country ever wants to be totally dependent on imported energy,” said Russell Gold, a former journalist reporting on energy for The Wall Street Journal. “When you’re talking about solar manufacturing, we’re building the oil and gas fields of the future.” insideclimatenews.org/news/2708202...

The Rio Grande Valley is home to ocelots and other endangered species. Now, the federal government will not have to follow the Endangered Species Act and more than two dozen other federal laws to build the border wall through a national wildlife refuge. insideclimatenews.org/news/2608202...

Let's not let the Endangered Species Act or the Clean Water Act stand in the way of the border wall in a Texas wildlife refuge. insideclimatenews.org/news/2608202...

Read this story, learn something new and incredibly important about methane. It's not just a greenhouse bomb. insideclimatenews.org/news/2608202...

When toxic mine tailings from a Chinese company poisoned the environment in Zambia, activists knew who to call: the Chinese Erin Brockovich. insideclimatenews.org/news/2408202...

A Sunday must read from Inside Climate Change: the exploits of "the Chinese Erin Brockovich.” insideclimatenews.org/news/2408202...

Pulling the rug out from under solar: "In the U.S., we have a 25 to 30 percent tax credit for solar, and within 18 months, that goes to zero.That’s not a gradual phasing out of a policy. That’ll be hard for the U.S. solar industry to adjust to." insideclimatenews.org/news/2108202...

When a new orangutan species was found near a Chinese-owned hydrodam in Indonesia, scientists and advocates launched a campaign to block the project. Then some who spoke against it lost their jobs—and, in the case of one activist, his life. insideclimatenews.org/news/1708202...

A conservationist locked eyes with an orangutan in the forests of northern Sumatra—his first encounter with the ape. “I fell in love,” he said. insideclimatenews.org/news/1708202...