Climate Accountability
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The tragedy of North Birmingham
Industrial plants in Birmingham, Alabama, have polluted the air and land in its historic Black communities for over a century. In an epicenter of environmental injustice, officials continue to fail to right the wrongs plaguing the city’s north side.
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Oil companies say they’re going green, but their investments tell another story
A new report finds that Big Oil spent $750 million last year on climate-friendly marketing.
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Court sends 2 Gulf oil leases back to the Department of the Interior
The decision doesn’t halt oil production in the contested areas. But environmental groups are still calling it a win.
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How Kentuckians want to hold coal companies accountable for deadly flooding
"They won't have water for six months. The power lines are down."
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People doubt their actions affect climate change. Is that a bad thing?
More Americans are blaming corporations, not individuals, for the climate crisis, a new poll shows.
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A Uranium ghost town in the making
Time and again, mining company Homestake and government agencies promised to clean up waste from decades of uranium processing. It didn’t happen.
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‘Gross negligence’: popular Michigan river hit with second chemical spill in four years
The spill is yet another example of how contamination from corporate polluters can endanger entire communities.
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The problem with corporate pledges to protect abortion access and the climate
"Companies don’t do anything out of the goodness of their hearts."
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The petrochemical industry is convincing states to deregulate plastic incineration
A new report finds that bills to loosen restrictions on so-called “chemical recycling” are on the rise.
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Interior Department backtracks on public comment period for Willow project
The government told an Alaska Native village it would have more time to give feedback on an oil project. Then it reversed course.