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![Photo of a Chevron gas station lit up at night in front of an orange, fiery sky]()
![Photo of a Chevron gas station lit up at night in front of an orange, fiery sky]()
Big Oil faces a flood of climate lawsuits — and they’re moving closer to trial
A quarter of Americans now live in cities and states taking companies to court over lying to the public.
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![a collage with squares of solar panels, a peach, power lines, and people's faces]()
![a collage with squares of solar panels, a peach, power lines, and people's faces]()
Want clean electricity? These are the overlooked elected officials who get to decide.
As the Georgia Public Service Commission writes, "Very few governmental agencies have as much impact on people's lives."
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Under pressure from activist investors, big brands agree to report and reduce plastics use
Shareholder advocacy groups have already won plastics-related concessions from companies including Disney, Hormel, and Choice Hotels.
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![Photo of Darren Woods, Exxon CEO, pointing a finger in front of a microphone]()
![Photo of Darren Woods, Exxon CEO, pointing a finger in front of a microphone]()
There’s a reason Exxon’s CEO says its emissions are your fault
Activist investors want the company to trim its biggest source of emissions. Exxon sees that as a threat.
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![Collage featuring warehouse worker carrying cardboard box off-gassing ethylene oxide]()
![Collage featuring warehouse worker carrying cardboard box off-gassing ethylene oxide]()
An invisible chemical is poisoning thousands of unsuspecting warehouse workers
Medical supply warehouses can be a significant source of cancer-causing ethylene oxide emissions. Only one state is doing anything about it.
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![CHICAGO - FEB 12: The claws of a scrap handler machine prepares to move piles of scrap metal at General Iron Industries in Chicago, Illinois on FEB 12, 2011.]()
![CHICAGO - FEB 12: The claws of a scrap handler machine prepares to move piles of scrap metal at General Iron Industries in Chicago, Illinois on FEB 12, 2011.]()
Illinois EPA must revamp its permitting process after Chicago activists file civil rights complaint
“It shouldn't have to be this hard to get these common sense rules in place.”
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![An aerial view of the University of Arizona in Tucson from Getty Images.]()
![An aerial view of the University of Arizona in Tucson from Getty Images.]()
Cash-strapped University of Arizona says climate action can wait
Activists have spent years pushing the university to divest from fossil fuels. With a $177 million deficit, that may not happen.
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![Blue box full of plastic and paper]()
![Blue box full of plastic and paper]()
Petrochemical companies have known for 40 years that plastics recycling wouldn’t work
New documents show how they promoted it anyway.
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![A yellow signpost that reads Warning Gas Pipeline Millenium Pipeline standing against a snowy field bordered by a dark forest.]()
![A yellow signpost that reads Warning Gas Pipeline Millenium Pipeline standing against a snowy field bordered by a dark forest.]()
Hidden subsidies prop up New York’s fossil fuel industry
The state wants to phase out fossil fuels. Localities have given over a billion dollars in tax breaks to help keep them around.
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Top 5 takeaways of our investigation into state trust lands
A Grist investigation reveals how 14 public universities continue to benefit from extractive industries on stolen Indigenous land.
