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The
state now estimates
that the Birmingham
Northern Beltline
project will cost
$6.19 billion.
By
Dennis Pillion
Alabama
officials are seeking
federal permission to
fill a stretch of
wetlands and streams
to move forward on the
Birmingham Northern
Beltline, a
decades-long highway
project that critics
say is unnecessary and
will destroy huge
swaths of sensitive
forests, wetlands and
streams.
 
In
a 7-2 decision, the
Court determined that
federal law prohibits
“failure to warn”
lawsuits against
pesticide companies
for health harms not
formally recognized by
the EPA.
By
Anika Jane Beamer
A
Supreme Court ruling
issued Thursday limits
Americans’ ability to
sue pesticide makers
over alleged health
harms from their
products.
Plug-in
solar provides the
opportunity for more
people to invest in
the clean energy
transition, experts
say.
By
Dan Gearino
After
Russia invaded Ukraine
in 2022, electricity
prices shot up across
Europe and consumers
looked for ways to
save. One popular
option was plug-in
solar—inexpensive and
easy-to-install
renewable energy
systems that began to
appear in store
aisles.
Stubbornly
unrealistic
assessments of the
region’s reservoir
system turned this
year’s drought
conditions into an
emergency.
By
Dylan Baddour
This
story was produced
in partnership with
the Texas Newsroom,
the state’s network
of public radio
stations.
Damaged
wetlands and streams,
spills of drilling mud
and a federal
stop-work order have
plagued the Ridgeline
Expansion Project in
Tennessee.
By
Lisa Sorg
PITTSBORO,
N.C.— An 85-year-old
widow stood before a
panel of Enbridge Gas
representatives
perched above her on a
stage at the Chatham
County Agriculture
& Conference
Center. She had fire
in her eyes.
A
new analysis concludes
low taxes on industry
have failed to boost
the state’s economy.
The industry argues
that it’s supplied
jobs and cheap energy.
By
Jon Hurdle
Pennsylvania’s
natural gas, coal and
petrochemical
industries are taxed
too little, and they
are now declining so
cannot be expected to
rescue the state from
growing budget
deficits, according to
a new analysis of the
fossil fuel industry
and its effect on the
state’s worsening
fiscal position.
Europeans
are experiencing their
second heat wave this
summer. One climate
scientist called the
weather event a “sad
inevitability.”
By
Lauren Dalban
Europe
is in the midst of its
second big heat wave of the year, and it’s
breaking more records.
France just recorded its hottest day ever, with
temperatures exceeding
44 degrees Celsius in
some places. Around 40 people have drowned in local water bodies,
likely attempting to
escape the heat, and
thousands more are without electricity.
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