Climate Accountability
All Stories
-
![Plastic bottles in two side-by-side trash tubes]()
![Plastic bottles in two side-by-side trash tubes]()
The US only recycled about 5% of plastic waste last year
A new report highlights recycling's failure to keep up with growing volumes of plastic trash.
-
![Collage: dark background with barely visible American flag and a pile of burning trash with smoke rising up and partially obscuring a silhouette of lungs]()
![Collage: dark background with barely visible American flag and a pile of burning trash with smoke rising up and partially obscuring a silhouette of lungs]()
Twice Burned
How the U.S. military’s toxic burn pits are poisoning Americans — overseas and at home
-
![Wildfire smoke obscures the sunrise near Wolf Point, Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana. Wolf Point’s community “rural capacity” score is 52/100, lower than the state median of 58.]()
![Wildfire smoke obscures the sunrise near Wolf Point, Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana. Wolf Point’s community “rural capacity” score is 52/100, lower than the state median of 58.]()
Why rural communities struggle to bring in much-needed federal grants
A new analysis suggests that over half of communities in the West lack the capacity to take advantage of infrastructure bill funding. Now what?
-
![Michal Freedhoff speaks to the House Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change of the Committee on Oct. 27, 2021.]()
![Michal Freedhoff speaks to the House Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change of the Committee on Oct. 27, 2021.]()
She’s supposed to protect Americans from toxic chemicals. First, she just has to fix Trump’s mess and decades of neglect.
Biden promised to prioritize people over polluters. His pick to deliver that, Michal Freedhoff, is facing a bare-bones budget, demoralized staff, and increasingly angry advocates.
-
![Attorney General Bonta speaks, surroundd by staff and with two garbage bags in front of him]()
![Attorney General Bonta speaks, surroundd by staff and with two garbage bags in front of him]()
California opens investigation into ‘decades-long plastics deception campaign’
The state's attorney general argues fossil fuel companies have long known recycling is a "myth."
-
![iPhone with cracked screen; top half is turning into square pixels that are floating off of the device]()
![iPhone with cracked screen; top half is turning into square pixels that are floating off of the device]()
Apple just launched its first self-repair program. Other tech companies are about to follow.
Under pressure from shareholders, Big Tech is finally making device repair easier.
-
![Cup of dirty water with collage of pipe and barrels leaking black liquid that is seeping into the ground]()
![Cup of dirty water with collage of pipe and barrels leaking black liquid that is seeping into the ground]()
New Jersey could be opening new front in war for clean water
Civil suit against legacy polluters aims to help frontline community with groundwater contamination.
-
![JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon stands with his arms cross]()
![JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon stands with his arms cross]()
Will Big Oil and major banks face another reckoning from investors this year?
A new season of shareholder climate demands has begun. Here’s what’s coming.
-
![Emergency crews search through the flattened Mayfield Consumer Products building on December 11, 2021 in Mayfield, Kentucky.]()
![Emergency crews search through the flattened Mayfield Consumer Products building on December 11, 2021 in Mayfield, Kentucky.]()
Climate change is making jobs deadlier — and OSHA can’t take the heat
The agency was chartered almost 20 years before the first Congressional hearing on climate change.
-
![Black and white picture of the front of a Dollar Tree store at night]()
![Black and white picture of the front of a Dollar Tree store at night]()
The cost of toxic products? Just $1
A new report finds your dollar store savings may come with a big health cost.
