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![illustration of a large explosion on a beach with rocks and cliffs in the background]()
![illustration of a large explosion on a beach with rocks and cliffs in the background]()
The Air Force wants to blow up toxic military waste on a beach in Guam
A Indigenous-led community group says: See you in court.
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![collage: paint bucket pouring green paint on top of black and white oil rig with green circle in background]()
![collage: paint bucket pouring green paint on top of black and white oil rig with green circle in background]()
The massive disconnect between Big Oil’s words and actions, in data
A new study illustrates fossil fuel companies' greenwashing agenda.
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![Ships are docked along refinery facilities at the Houston Ship Channel in Texas.]()
![Ships are docked along refinery facilities at the Houston Ship Channel in Texas.]()
Congressional watchdog warns of climate threats to chemical plants
More than a third of risky U.S. chemical facilities face threats exacerbated by global warming, according to a new report.
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![Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announces the co-founding of The Climate Pledge at the National Press Club on September 19, 2019 in Washington, DC.]()
![Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announces the co-founding of The Climate Pledge at the National Press Club on September 19, 2019 in Washington, DC.]()
How Amazon is drastically undercounting its carbon footprint
A private report shows the loopholes Amazon uses to lessen its climate impact.
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![A horizontal drilling rig in Weld County, Colorado.]()
![A horizontal drilling rig in Weld County, Colorado.]()
Colorado has an abandoned oil well problem. Now it’s asking drillers to pay up.
Colorado’s new oil and gas bonding rules ask for hundreds of thousands of additional dollars — but still might not cover all potential costs.
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![Residential area adjacent to oil refinery]()
The White House excluded race from its environmental justice tool. We put it back in.
A Grist analysis shows how the ‘race-neutral’ screening tool can still prioritize communities of color.
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Who’s in charge of fixing the environment in eastern Oklahoma?
How a Supreme Court win for tribal sovereignty could have ripple effects on environmental protections across the country.
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![Side view of microphone with earth attached to end, yellow circle in background]()
PR worked for Big Oil. So can it work for climate action?
The scholar Melissa Aronczyk sees dangers in borrowing from the PR playbook.
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![Black silhouette of oil pumpjack with orange sunset in background]()
How New Mexico abandoned 1,000 oil and gas wells overnight
The state now claims it has more than 1,700 orphan well sites that will cost $290 million to clean up.
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![Residential street with palm trees, houses, and cars; oil refinery in near background]()
![Residential street with palm trees, houses, and cars; oil refinery in near background]()
Democrats’ climate hopes are riding on a new environmental justice bill
Here's what Republicans had to say about it.
