Climate Accountability
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Is your electric utility blocking climate action?
According to a new report, the chances are high.
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Historically redlined neighborhoods have twice the number of oil and gas wells
A new study reveals the link between structural racism and pollution.
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A California water board assured the public that oil wastewater is safe for irrigation. Experts say evidence is flimsy.
Studies in Kern County, performed by oil industry consultants, cannot answer fundamental safety questions about irrigating crops with “produced water,” the board’s own panel of experts conceded.
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Texas pledged access for non-English speakers to environmental documents and meetings. The rollout has been riddled with issues.
Environmental regulators are "trying to do the bare minimum by throwing something through Google Translate,” one advocate said.
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The deadly acid refineries are reluctant to quit
Hydrofluoric acid can form a deadly cloud of gas that can travel for miles.
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Can FEMA fix its unfair flood insurance system? We’re about to find out.
Flood insurance gets a 21st Century update.
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3 years after Hurricane Michael, Black and low-income communities in Florida struggle to rebuild
The first Category 5 storm to hit the U.S. mainland since 1992 caused $18.4 billion in damages in Florida, but advocates say FEMA red tape has slowed recovery for some Panama City residents.
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Banks promised climate action. Where is it?
Not one of the top 30 financial institutions is following through on its climate pledge, a new report finds.
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There are millions of acres of ‘failing’ rangelands, data shows
54 million acres of federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management aren’t meeting the agency’s own land-health standards.
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Here’s the ‘energy transition’ needed to stave off climate catastrophe
And it’s not the one oil executives had in mind.