Maryland’s Renewable Energy Program: More Smoke and Mirrors Than Wind and Solar, New Report Alleges
by Inside Climate News | January 29, 2025
Instead, it has stalled the growth of Maryland’s renewable energy sector, undermined the transition to fossil-free electricity and funneled billions in public subsidies to out-of-state energy producers with significant consequences for the environment and ratepayers, according to the ...
US Forest Service Hiring Freeze Could Have Long-Term Impacts
by Inside Climate News | December 20, 2024
And it’s not just conservationists who are concerned. Federal employees have pushed back at political claims of government bloat while its employment levels have been static. “Across the board, we are seeing public land agencies being asked to do more with less,” said Chandra ...
How the Renewable Energy Boom Is Remaking the American West
by Inside Climate News | December 15, 2024
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a watchdog group focused on environmental agencies, said it is considering a lawsuit over the impact to Tule Springs. “The Bureau of Land Management’s decision sets a dangerous precedent by allowing a project to move forward that will ...
EPA Thought Industry-Funded Scientists Could Support Its Conclusion That a Long-Regulated Pesticide Is Not a Cancer Risk
by Inside Climate News | August 27, 2024
EPA’s re-classification “dangerously ignores science and downplays the risks individuals face when they are exposed to 1,3-D,” wrote the attorneys general of seven states and the District of Columbia in a 2020 letter to the Office of Pesticide Programs. Top law enforcement officers ...
PFAS Is an Almost Impossible Problem to Tackle—and It’s Probably in Your Food
by Inside Climate News | March 30, 2024
If you’ve seen the movie “Dark Waters,” you may remember the story of Virginia farmer Wilbur Tennant, whose cows mysteriously lost weight, developed tumors and died. His farm was just downstream from a landfill where Teflon manufacturer DuPont illegally dumped thousands of tons of ...