Climate Accountability
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Report: Texas oil and gas regulators are awash in fossil fuel money
Conflicts of interest plague the Texas Railroad Commission, a powerful agency charged with environmental protection in Lone Star oilfields.
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States, tribes, and NGOs hold polluters accountable in a ‘tidal wave’ of greenwashing lawsuits
A new complaint from the Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe adds to the list, alleging Seattle’s “green” hydropower kills fish.
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EPA might finally regulate the plastic industry’s favorite kind of ‘recycling’
A new rule could make it harder to turn plastic into oil and gas to be burned.
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Here’s how Congress could hold the EPA accountable for its ‘dereliction of duty’
Upcoming congressional hearings would interrogate the EPA's relaxation of environmental enforcement during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Study: The rich can spur climate action — or uphold the status quo
If you make six figures, it turns out, you're a climate influencer.
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Vancouver promised to be the greenest city in the world by 2020. Here’s what went wrong (and right).
Miles of new bike lanes and light rail lines just weren’t enough.
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Montana tribe finalizes historic $1.9 billion water rights settlement
It is the largest amount ever awarded in an Indigenous water rights case.
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The climate costs of keeping Line 5 open would be very high
Scientists estimate the pipeline could generate $41 billion in climate damages between 2027 and 2070.
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2020 was the deadliest year for environmental activists. Here’s why.
Pandemic lockdowns erased safety networks and left environmental defenders more vulnerable to attacks.
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Brooklyn pipeline disproportionately harms communities of color, complaint alleges
Community groups say National Grid and New York state agencies violated the Civil Rights Act.