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The Tennessee Valley Authority Produced a Booklet Downplaying Coal Ash Risks. Top Researchers Call it ‘Dishonest.’ 

TVA employees distributed the 35-page booklet at a public hearing about corrective action plans for coal ash ponds at the Cumberland Fossil Plant in Tennessee. 

By Dennis Pillion

New Paper Shows Surges of Concentrated Precipitation Can Lead to Dryer Landscapes

As El Niño Approaches, Scientists Predict Fierce Heatwaves, Wildfires and Floods

Aerial view of the Tennessee Valley Authority's Cumberland Fossil Plant in Cumberland City, Tenn. White emissions billow from stacks at the plant.

Politics

What Is an Energy Emergency? The Trump Administration Says It Alone Decides.

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals is hearing the first challenge to a series of orders that have blocked retirement of aging coal and oil plants. Advocates say keeping the plants running has been costly to consumers and the environment.

By Marianne Lavelle

Trump Administration Bans a Nonprofit’s Bison From Grazing on Federal Lands, but Spares Tribes

China Widens Its Clean Energy Lead

A view of the J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant in West Olive, Mich. Credit: Consumers Energy

Justice & Health

Amazon Deforestation at Eight-Year Low, Report Shows

Despite a drop in the size of deforested areas, the number of wildfires in the region increased by more than 30 percent.

By Gabriel Matias Castilho

Florida Temporarily Bans Sloth Imports After Dozens Die at Orlando Business

After a Century Powering Its Growth With Dams, Seattle Settles With Tribes That Lost Their River

A field fire burns in Pará, Brazil, within the Amazon rainforest on June 16, 2025. Credit: Ivan Pisarenko/AFP via Getty Images

Fossil Fuels

New York Plastics Law Advances Amid Debate Over ‘Chemical Recycling’

Environmentalists and some state lawmakers say the process does more harm than good. Plastics producers are pushing back.

By Lauren Dalban

Plugging Away at the Millions of Derelict Oil and Gas Wells in the US

A New Enbridge Pipeline Spurs Opposition in Central North Carolina

Environmental advocates join state legislators and health care professionals to urge the passage of the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act on Monday in Albany, N.Y. Credit: Will Waldron/Albany Times Union via Getty Images

Clean Energy

Two Years After Completion, Plant Vogtle Still Looms Over the Nuclear Debate

As states consider a new wave of reactors, the fallout of the most expensive power project in U.S. history offers a cautionary tale.

By Ryan Krugman

California’s Battery Array Is as Powerful as 12 Nuclear Power Plants. Here’s What’s on the Horizon.

As PJM Reopens Interconnection Queue, Experts Warn Damage to Maryland’s Clean Energy Plans Is Already Done

A view of Plant Vogtle’s four units in Waynesboro, Ga. Credit: Georgia Power

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