Climate Accountability
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![A group of climate protesters carry signs and portraits of Indigenous land defenders]()
![A group of climate protesters carry signs and portraits of Indigenous land defenders]()
Indigenous people defending their land face a disproportionate share of violence and threats
Corporations must be held accountable for attacks that advance their business interests, researchers say.
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![A woman wearing a blazer stands next to a water well with a farmhouse in the background]()
![A woman wearing a blazer stands next to a water well with a farmhouse in the background]()
Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ taint rural California drinking water, far from known sources
PFAS chemicals have unexpectedly turned up in well water in rural farmland, far from any industrial areas, airports, or military bases.
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![Close-up of a hand holding a Coca-Cola bottle, with a shelf of more bottles in the background.]()
![Close-up of a hand holding a Coca-Cola bottle, with a shelf of more bottles in the background.]()
After 2 years, Coca-Cola’s promise to scale up reusable packaging is dead
The pledge was born out of shareholder activism — and was withdrawn as regulators crack down on greenwashing.
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![A woman in a gray jacket and black shirt stands at a podium with a group of people]()
![A woman in a gray jacket and black shirt stands at a podium with a group of people]()
North Carolina town sues Duke Energy for climate ‘deception’
Carrboro, North Carolina accuses Duke of knowingly fueling the climate crisis for decades with harmful emissions, deception, delay and ‘greenwashing.’
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![An illustration of electrical towers and lines behind a green field]()
![An illustration of electrical towers and lines behind a green field]()
‘Net-zero’ banks raised $1 trillion for fossil fuel giants
Taken together, the projects being financed would produce almost seven times the annual emissions of the United States.
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![Workers on the banks of a creek collect trash using a large boom. In the distance are a bridge and tall city buildings.]()
![Workers on the banks of a creek collect trash using a large boom. In the distance are a bridge and tall city buildings.]()
LA County sues Pepsi and Coke over plastic pollution and false advertising
The lawsuit says the companies knew the limitations of plastics recycling but promoted it anyway.
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![A collage of black and white images of hands and electrical transmission towers]()
![A collage of black and white images of hands and electrical transmission towers]()
Utility regulators take millions from industries they oversee. What could go wrong?
A Floodlight analysis in nine of the 10 states that elect public utility commissioners found that more than a third of their contributions of $250 and up are from fossil fuel and electric utility interests — more than $13.5 million in all.
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Meatpacking plants mostly pollute low-income, communities of color, EPA data shows
Postville, Iowa, has long dealt with the fallout from Agri Star Meat and Poultry, the town’s largest employer.
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![A large blue chasing arrows recycling symbol on the floor, with two people walking on top of it.]()
![A large blue chasing arrows recycling symbol on the floor, with two people walking on top of it.]()
Experts say a proposed revamp to the recycling symbol is still deceptive — and probably illegal
Does changing the shape of the recycling symbol make it any less misleading?
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![An amazon box with plastic air packaging inside on a green and peach gradient background]()
![An amazon box with plastic air packaging inside on a green and peach gradient background]()
Amazon’s inflatable plastic pillows are officially a thing of the past
Across the globe, Prime packages will now be cushioned by paper.
