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Nearly two years after the Environmental Protection Agency set drinking water limits for so-called forever chemicals, the synthetic compounds remain a focus for state legislators. Formally known as per- and polyfluorinated substances or PFAS, the chemicals...

For more than half a century Americans have been talking about recycling. Yet in 2024 pollution remains a top priority for state lawmakers across the country as they grapple with plastic pollution and “ forever chemical ” contamination—dual...

If advocates like Bill Gates get their way, the acronym SMR may soon become critical to fighting climate change. SMR stands for “ small modular reactor ,” a type of nuclear reactor that has about a third of the generating capacity of traditional...

Even as states are falling behind on their greenhouse gas emissions goals , that topic remains a top priority in legislatures across the country. Numerous bills have been introduced this year that would establish new renewable energy targets and mitigate...

Utility companies are so unpopular in America these days that some headline writers don’t even bother trying to be objective about them anymore. “ The simple reason most power utilities suck ” was the headline of a 2017 Vox story....