People and planet Clean air Topics View all Climate and energy People and planet Business and innovation Subcategories View all Clean air Food safety Fisheries and oceans Forests Clean water Chemicals and health Environmental justice Explainer October 30, 2026 Big polluters get exemptions. Your lungs don’t. Drawing on government records, a New York Times investigation reveals how the Trump administration gave the country’s worst polluters a... Explainer October 9, 2026 Trump administration’s power plant pollution repeal goes easy on big polluters... The Trump administration announced it will repeal all limits on climate pollution from power plants, without considering the impacts on... Explainer September 18, 2026 Trump administration’s “emergency” order to extend coal power plant operation... The Trump administration has kept an aging, expensive coal-fired power plant in Michigan — one of the state's biggest polluters— open past... Q&A August 13, 2026 Ask an expert: Is advanced recycling the future of plastic or just... A chemical risk expert sets the record straight on a new development in plastic recycling. Climate IQ August 6, 2026 Test your energy smarts What's going on with those high electric bills? Take our quiz and see how plugged in you are. Climate change August 5, 2026 Strange, unhealthy summer bears fingerprints of climate change What do wildfires and bacterial disease outbreaks have in common? They're both dangerous — and encouraged by a warmer climate. Climate change July 30, 2026 This American mayor stepped up to fight air pollution – yours can too With federal support for air quality programs under attack by the Trump administration, local leaders are more important than ever when it... Explainer July 22, 2026 The forgotten 15% of global warming Nearly 200 countries have agreed to regulate seven greenhouse gases under the Kyoto Protocol. But another group of climate pollutants... Q&A June 18, 2026 Ask an expert: Are alternative fuels better than fossil fuels? Can alternative fuels save us from global oil price shocks? Are low-carbon fuels inherently better than fossil fuels? We asked a scientist... 1 2 ... 14 The only climate stories you need, straight to your inbox
