Environment

What’s behind Greenland’s black snow?

February 7, 2018 By Blake Skylar

It sounds like something out of post-apocalyptic fiction, but the dark snow falling on land ranging from the Arctic to the Himalayas is quite real. The material found in the snow is comprised of dust and...

How one coal baron set the Trump administration’s energy agenda

February 5, 2018 By Basav Sen

In a political system awash with money, it's Big Coal vs. democracy.

Trump’s assault on solar masks epic crisis in the nuclear industry

January 26, 2018 By Harvey “Sluggo” Wasserman

The nuclear power industry is rapid decline. Trump might slow that, but he can't stop it.

Six environment stories to watch in 2018

January 18, 2018 By UN Environment

The United Nations Environment Programme announces the big environmental stories for 2018.

Coal executive’s “action plan” finds success under Trump

January 11, 2018 By Michael Biesecker

In the early days of the Trump administration, Robert “Bob” Murray, the head of one of America’s largest coal companies, sent a four-page “action plan” to the White House calling for rollbacks of Obama-era environmental and...