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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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![Aerial view of a mansion and trees surrounded by floodwater]()
![Aerial view of a mansion and trees surrounded by floodwater]()
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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![Comeasha Stanley, Ramari Stanley and Terrell Atkinson stand near a heavily damaged apartment after Hurricane Michael passed through the area on October 11, 2018 in Panama City, Florida. The hurricane hit the Florida Panhandle as a category 4 storm.]()
![Comeasha Stanley, Ramari Stanley and Terrell Atkinson stand near a heavily damaged apartment after Hurricane Michael passed through the area on October 11, 2018 in Panama City, Florida. The hurricane hit the Florida Panhandle as a category 4 storm.]()
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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![London skyline featuring Citi Bank building and HSBC building]()
![London skyline featuring Citi Bank building and HSBC building]()
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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![Saguaros are seen in the Hummingbird Springs Wilderness Area on Bureau of Land Management land on January 31, 2021 in Quartzsite, Arizona.]()
![Saguaros are seen in the Hummingbird Springs Wilderness Area on Bureau of Land Management land on January 31, 2021 in Quartzsite, Arizona.]()
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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![an oil pump jack in a dusty landscape against an orange sky]()
Here’s the ‘energy transition’ needed to stave off climate catastrophe
And it’s not the one oil executives had in mind.
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![High gas prices are displayed at a Shell station on March 7, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.]()
![High gas prices are displayed at a Shell station on March 7, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.]()
Shell directors sued for ‘failing to prepare company for net zero’
Environmental law organization ClientEarth brings action and urges other shareholders to join.
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![Honolulu and Waikiki Beach]()
![Honolulu and Waikiki Beach]()
Honolulu scores a win against Big Oil in climate change lawsuit
Out of over a dozen climate change cases filed nationwide, Honolulu’s lawsuit is leading the pack, attorneys say.
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![black and white photo of man in tux holding an envelope with a gold oil pump on it; red curtains in background]()
Greenwashing for Big Oil? There’s an award for that.
Advertising agencies love getting awards. But not this one.
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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.
