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Lead Wheel Weights Are the Deadly Car Accessory We Don’t Need or Want

Light gray metal rectangle blocks attached to the rim of a car wheel, next to the tire.

Earthjustice sued the EPA for failing to ban lead wheel weights, small metal bars that help balance tires but shed toxic lead into our air, water, and soil.

A Rare Whale Is Safe From Oil and Gas Drilling — for Now

An offshore drilling rig sits in Cook Inlet, where the Biden administration is going ahead with a an oil and gas lease sale.

A judge overturned the Biden administration’s reckless lease sale in Cook Inlet, citing threats to the rare beluga whale.

Summer Is Overheating. Here’s What We’re Doing About It.

Unhappy looking people stand in water misters outside with large hotels behind them.

Burning fossil fuels is making summer more prone to extreme weather events. Here’s how we’re tackling the climate crisis.

The Solution to a Faster Clean Energy Transition? More Power Lines.

Transmission lines and utility poles are silhouetted at sunset against a darkening sky.

We know that a 100% clean energy requires more electricity transmission lines. Now, the federal government has taken sweeping action to modernize and build out the grid.

Mainers Send a Message to Mining Industry: “Don’t Come for Katahdin”

Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument.

State regulator rejects a mining proposal from an inexperienced company that would have threatened an area of pristine water important to local tribes.

New Victory Will Bring Clearer Views and Cleaner Air to National Parks

The government is acting on plans to reduce haze pollution from burning fossil fuels near national parks in 32 states.

The Great Lakes Are Under Threat

Canoes and kayaks on the lake next to a larger bridge, holding a sign that says Evict Enbridge.

The Line 5 pipeline has already leaked over 1 million gallons of oil to date and threatens the Great Lakes. Now, the company behind it is proposing a dangerous reroute project.