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![Environmental activists march through a preserved forest near Atlanta, Georgia, that is scheduled to be developed as a police training center, on March 4, 2023.]()
![Environmental activists march through a preserved forest near Atlanta, Georgia, that is scheduled to be developed as a police training center, on March 4, 2023.]()
How Georgia’s organized crime law swept up dozens of nonviolent ‘Cop City’ activists
Despite the serious charges, most of the allegations in the indictment involve nonviolent activities like distributing flyers.
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Burning Man’s climate reckoning has begun
Protesters highlighted the festival’s carbon footprint, but the biggest issue may be Burning Man’s opposition to renewable energy in its own backyard.
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![Plastic bags and trash on a beach, with cityscape in background]()
After a year and a half, negotiators finally have a draft of the global plastics treaty
Environmental groups welcomed the treaty's first draft, published on Monday.
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![digital collage of Texas State Attorney General Ken Paxton; Texas State Capitol Building; a neighborhood with refinery smokestacks in the distance, and an abstract graphic of the Texas flag]()
![digital collage of Texas State Attorney General Ken Paxton; Texas State Capitol Building; a neighborhood with refinery smokestacks in the distance, and an abstract graphic of the Texas flag]()
Ken Paxton may be impeached, but his anti-environment legacy will live on
Opponents call the embattled Texas attorney general’s tenure “a disaster for Texas’ air, water, and climate.”
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In a small French town where Houston-based LyondellBasell is a fixture, residents complain of unending pollution
Activists in both countries complain that regulators prioritize the economic well-being of polluting industries over the environment and public health.
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Why the United States undercounts climate-driven deaths
"The system of death surveillance wasn’t designed for a climate-changed world."
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Under new state law, Texas will bill electric vehicle drivers an extra $200 a year
The new registration fee is meant to make up for the state’s lost revenue from gasoline taxes that are used to pay for road construction and maintenance.
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Why the Gulf of Mexico’s first offshore wind auction wasn’t a smash hit
The region’s first-ever lease sale arrived at a time of industry turmoil, and in a place saddled with unique obstacles to offshore wind development
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![A policeman in a wide-brimmed hat stands in front of a group of protesters on a cloudy day.]()
![A policeman in a wide-brimmed hat stands in front of a group of protesters on a cloudy day.]()
‘I’m not the guilty one’: the water protector facing jail time for trying to stop a pipeline
Mylene Vialard went on trial on Monday for opposing a pipeline on Indigenous land amid warnings peaceful protest is under threat.
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‘Extreme victory’: Years of organization leads to the shuttering of a toxic polluter in south Memphis
The closure of one of the nation's most toxic medical equipment sterilization facilities will reduce residents' exposure to carcinogenic ethylene oxide.
