Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV)

"Spreading fracking wastewater on roads is banned. Oil and gas companies do it anyway."

"As northern snakehead and blue catfish continue to proliferate, the state is trying to get more people to eat them."

"A small West Virginia school will remain open for now after a court temporarily blocked an effort to relocate classes due to the town’s contaminated groundwater being added to a national cleanup priority list."

"In a first of its kind decision, a Maryland judge on Wednesday tossed Baltimore City’s climate suit against major oil giants on the grounds that it is not the role of the state courts to address a global issue like climate change."

"Michael, a resident of Richmond’s Southside who declined to share his last name, sat on Forest Hill Avenue waiting for a bus Tuesday just before 2 p.m., when a car thermometer recorded the temperature at 94 degrees."

"A fading coal town in Pennsylvania is struggling to replace the jobs and money that the fossil fuel industry once offered."

"In Virginia, a small conservation group is leading the fight against the powerful and secretive data center industry."