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How an energy giant helped law enforcement quell the Standing Rock protests
New documents show Energy Transfer spent big on police gear and worked with a cadre of spin doctors to fight an information war against protesters.
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![Country singer Dolly Parton appears in a black and white photo showing her performing in concert on a darkened stage at the Sydney Entertainment Centre.]()
![Country singer Dolly Parton appears in a black and white photo showing her performing in concert on a darkened stage at the Sydney Entertainment Centre.]()
Dolly Parton’s new song is a climate anthem — if you want it to be
The iconic singer has a long history of taking seemingly "political" positions that say less about her convictions than about our own.
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![The general view of the Baidoa displaced persons settlement in Baidoa, Somalia. Hundreds of thousands of Somalis arrived at the camp last year during a severe drought.]()
![The general view of the Baidoa displaced persons settlement in Baidoa, Somalia. Hundreds of thousands of Somalis arrived at the camp last year during a severe drought.]()
As drought grips the Horn of Africa, humanitarian aid is no match for climate change
Experts say the hunger crisis in Somalia and Ethiopia highlights an urgent need for adaptation funding.
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New York’s public housing is sinking — literally
The city is spending billions to protect Manhattan. Other boroughs, not so much.
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Rural electric co-ops to get nearly $11 billion in federal funds for clean energy grants, loans
The programs are meant to put rural electric cooperatives on equal footing with larger privately owned companies.
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![A balding man in a checkered button-down shirt speaks empatically.]()
![A balding man in a checkered button-down shirt speaks empatically.]()
Montana’s new anti-climate law may be the most aggressive in the nation
The legislation, signed into law last week, is even more restrictive than North Carolina’s infamous 2012 law that prohibited policymakers from considering sea-level rise projections.
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The laws that took down mobsters are now being turned against Big Oil
Cities in New Jersey and Puerto Rico claim oil companies are behind a conspiracy to deceive the public.
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![Smoke rises into a clear sky from the two smokestacks at the Tennessee Valley Authority's coal-powered power plant in Cumberland, Tennessee.]()
![Smoke rises into a clear sky from the two smokestacks at the Tennessee Valley Authority's coal-powered power plant in Cumberland, Tennessee.]()
Replace fossil fuels — with more fossil fuels? That’s one major utility’s plan.
The Tennessee Valley Authority — the nation's largest public utility — wants to replace two coal power plants with natural gas, raising climate and environmental justice concerns.
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El Niño could cost the global economy $3 trillion
A new study shows the weather cycle packs a heavy financial punch.
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This LA teen is suing her school district — and the USDA — to promote nondairy milk
A growing number of students nationwide are fighting the government's mandate to serve cow's milk in public schools.
