Shortly after being elected president, Joe Biden made a sweeping promise on environmental justice: With a 2021 executive order, he vowed that a full 40 percent of the benefits of certain federal ...

In a ruling that court observers said was “really extraordinary” and achieved through “a procedural strangeness,” the Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a federal plan to reduce air pollution that ...

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This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WBEZ and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. Peggy Shepard walked into her living room on Tuesday morning when her husband ...