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![A little blonde girl is on a swing in a playground]()
![A little blonde girl is on a swing in a playground]()
Poison at play: Unsafe lead levels found in half of New Orleans playgrounds
Even trace amounts of the toxic metal can cause learning problems and behavioral issues in children.
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![Environmental activists march in lower Manhattan, New York, to demand Wall Street stop funding of fossil fuel projects.]()
![Environmental activists march in lower Manhattan, New York, to demand Wall Street stop funding of fossil fuel projects.]()
It just got harder for shareholders to push companies on climate
New SEC restrictions could sideline the small shareholders who have driven high-profile climate fights in recent years.
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![Han Dasom of Team Republic of Korea is seen competing at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games.]()
![Han Dasom of Team Republic of Korea is seen competing at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games.]()
The Olympics just saw its first ‘forever chemical’ disqualifications
Waxes containing PFAS are banned at the Milan-Cortina Games. Three athletes already have been disqualified for using them.
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![cooling towers near a sign for drax power station]()
![cooling towers near a sign for drax power station]()
The UK quit coal. But is burning Louisiana’s trees any better?
How Britain's new "green energy" depends on cutting down forests in the Deep South.
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![a dead end sign near a house in a residential area with greenery]()
![a dead end sign near a house in a residential area with greenery]()
The biomass industry promised these Southern towns prosperity. So why are they still dying?
States gave Drax millions in tax breaks in the hopes of boosting jobs.
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![Aerial shot of oil and wastewater leaking from a well in New Mexico’s Permian Basin]()
![Aerial shot of oil and wastewater leaking from a well in New Mexico’s Permian Basin]()
‘A fraudulent scheme’: New Mexico sues Texas oil companies for walking away from leaking wells
New Mexico’s lawsuit accuses three Texas executives of pocketing revenue from oil and gas wells and offloading cleanup costs to the public. An investigation in 2024 by ProPublica and Capital & Main uncovered some of these business dealings.
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![A long stroke belt pump and a traditional pump jack on adjacent oil wells in the canyon country of Utah]()
![A long stroke belt pump and a traditional pump jack on adjacent oil wells in the canyon country of Utah]()
Red-state Republicans seek climate ‘liability shield’ for fossil fuel industry
If enacted, the Utah and Oklahoma measures would restrict litigation against oil companies over their role in the climate crisis.
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![A man stands on the edge of a river filled with coffee colored sludge]()
![A man stands on the edge of a river filled with coffee colored sludge]()
Louisiana town fights for relief after a billion-dollar oil disaster
Federal and state officials have sued the company behind the blast, but Roseland, Louisiana, residents say the case won’t bring relief to their town.
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![U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appears during a news conference at the Pentagon]()
![U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appears during a news conference at the Pentagon]()
The Pentagon is hoarding critical minerals that could power the clean energy transition
The Department of Defense is stockpiling cobalt, lithium, and other minerals at the expense of climate action, a new report warns.
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![A dirt road leads toward a forested hill, where the Trans-Alaska Pipeline is visible.]()
![A dirt road leads toward a forested hill, where the Trans-Alaska Pipeline is visible.]()
Alaska’s $44 billion bet on natural gas
No-bid deals, undisclosed contracts, and millions already spent: inside the wild story of the Alaska gas pipeline that will not die.
