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In a first, the Justice Department will investigate whether Alabama’s sewage crisis violates civil rights
The investigation into Alabama's wastewater crisis marks a first-of-its-kind environmental justice probe.
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![There women using red and bule saris walk on a pavement road in india. on the background, against a pale blue sky, several wind energy mills sprout from the earth.]()
![There women using red and bule saris walk on a pavement road in india. on the background, against a pale blue sky, several wind energy mills sprout from the earth.]()
Report: The renewable future is being built on exploitation, too
Fossil fuel companies have long been criticized for violating human rights. Turns out the renewable energy industry is just as bad.
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Report: Climate misinformation on Facebook viewed 1.4 million times daily
That's nearly 14 times the traffic of the site's climate science information hub.
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Banks with $130 trillion in assets pledge to fund climate action. Activists aren’t impressed.
Some activists believe financial institutions’ most recent climate promises are just more greenwashing.
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What climate denial? Oil executives play dumb at major congressional hearing.
Leaders from Exxon, Shell, Chevron, and BP evaded Democrats’ questions about their companies’ history of climate disinformation.
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Study: Indigenous tribes lost 99% of land to colonization
Settlers pushed tribes into land more at risk from climate change
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California is banking on forests to reduce emissions. What happens when they go up in smoke?
How faulty rules and wildfire could unravel California’s climate progress
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Study: Toxic fracking waste is leaking into California groundwater
The research leaves little doubt: California is facing massive groundwater contamination.
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Report: Plastic is on track to become a bigger climate problem than coal
A new report details 10 ways, from fracking to incineration, that plastic contributes to global warming.
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Michigan officials are finally doing something about a city’s toxic drinking water
The state now plans to remove all of Benton Harbor's lead pipes within 18 months.
