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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.
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A California law gave the people power to cut pollution. Why isn’t it working?
AB 617 has created a long-winded, bureaucratic process but resulted in little regulation — a design flaw that may be intentional.
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Meet the rogue birding group blocking wind energy at every turn
The American Bird Conservancy has made a habit of obstructing wind energy projects — and become a go-to source for renewable energy opponents.
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EPA will finally regulate ‘forever chemicals.’ Experts say it’s not enough.
Advocates say the agency’s PFAS plan is “woefully inadequate.”
