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![Workers extracting oil from fracking wells in the Permian Basin in Midland, Texas in 2018.]()
![Workers extracting oil from fracking wells in the Permian Basin in Midland, Texas in 2018.]()
The world is doubling down on fossil fuels even as global demand peaks
A new U.N. report finds a growing gap between climate goals and oil and gas production.
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Maine voters reject effort to create the first statewide public power company
A historic referendum asked voters in Maine if they wanted to replace their privately owned utilities with a publicly owned one.
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![Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and other Republican state attorneys general speak during a press conference to discuss the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol in January 2020.]()
![Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and other Republican state attorneys general speak during a press conference to discuss the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol in January 2020.]()
Louisiana’s new governor is one of the fossil fuel industry’s biggest defenders
Jeff Landry has sued the Biden administration over everything from air pollution to oil leases to flood insurance.
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![Empty lots, homes under construction and residences built after the Camp Fire line the street.]()
![Empty lots, homes under construction and residences built after the Camp Fire line the street.]()
5 years after the Camp Fire, a survivor reflects on Paradise’s recovery
After losing their home, Charles Brooks and his family chose to rebuild, and helped hundreds of others do the same.
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![A man walks across from a grocery shop at Komati Power Station in Middelburg, South Africa]()
![A man walks across from a grocery shop at Komati Power Station in Middelburg, South Africa]()
The West wants to help developing countries transition to renewables. It’s off to a rocky start.
New initiatives to speed up emerging economies' switch from coal to clean energy are promising — and popular. But early stumbles show the process won’t be easy.
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![Vintage photo of a transmission line in the Mojave desert from 1941]()
As offshore wind stumbles, Biden moves to speed up solar and geothermal in the West
New clean energy projects could power the country, but they need more transmission lines to do it.
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Pennsylvania’s fracking boom is hurting its oldest residents
“Up until 10 years ago, I was a pretty healthy bitch. And, unfortunately, I’m dying.”
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Climate data can save lives. Most countries can’t access it.
As climate-driven deaths rise, a report finds only 23 percent of countries use climate data to inform their public health strategies.
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![A woman in a baseball cap and red coveralls points to a large puddle.]()
![A woman in a baseball cap and red coveralls points to a large puddle.]()
Oil and gas companies spill millions of gallons of wastewater in Texas
Companies have spilled nearly 150 million gallons of toxic, highly saline wastewater in Texas over the last decade, an Inside Climate News analysis found.
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![Two men manage a hos aboard a fire truck as another man looks on.]()
![Two men manage a hos aboard a fire truck as another man looks on.]()
Wisconsin cleanup shifts toxic PFAS burden to Alabama Black Belt
The 'father of environmental justice' says sending fluorinated firefighting foam to a landfill in the mostly poor, Black town of Emelle perpetuates racism.
