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![Three white men in suits entering a building; in the middle is Larry Householder, former Ohio House Speaker]()
![Three white men in suits entering a building; in the middle is Larry Householder, former Ohio House Speaker]()
Ohio politicians found guilty in $60 million utilities bribery scandal
“You don't have to look far to see that the FirstEnergy scandal is part of a broader trend.”
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The fight to define ‘green hydrogen’ could determine America’s emissions future
The Treasury Department's definition will affect billions of dollars in federal subsidies for the nascent industry.
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A gas utility’s astroturf campaign threatens Oregon’s first electrification ordinance
Environmental groups say there’s nothing grassroots about Eugene Residents for Energy Choice.
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![Photo of a pot sitting above flames burning on a gas stove.]()
The hazards of gas stoves were flagged by the industry — and hidden — 50 years ago
Utilities knew about the dangers of indoor air pollution in 1972 and downplayed them, a DeSmog investigation found.
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![An aerial view of Thacker Pass in Northern Nevada.]()
Construction begins on controversial lithium mine in Nevada
Opponents say the Thacker Pass lithium project was rushed in the name of the green transition.
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![An aerial view of a snow-covered Montana town in the foothills of a mountain, with a mine scraped out in the foothills of the mountain]()
![An aerial view of a snow-covered Montana town in the foothills of a mountain, with a mine scraped out in the foothills of the mountain]()
Newly revealed records show how the EPA sided with polluters in a small Montana mining town
Documents detail how the EPA coordinated with the very companies they’re supposed to regulate by attacking researchers and smearing peer-reviewed science.
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![A view of long pipes that feed into an oil refinery in the distance]()
This “climate-friendly” fuel comes with an astronomical cancer risk
Almost half of products cleared so far under the new federal biofuels program are not in fact biofuels — and the EPA acknowledges that the plastic-based ones may present an “unreasonable risk” to human health or the environment.
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![The LOTOS Oil Refinery and a nearby gas station in Gdansk, Poland.]()
![The LOTOS Oil Refinery and a nearby gas station in Gdansk, Poland.]()
Report: World’s fossil fuel subsidies surged to $1 trillion after Ukraine invasion
European Union countries spent big to fight rising costs.
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How the ‘electrify everything’ movement went mainstream
One in five Americans now lives in an area that's trying to move buildings off fossil fuels.
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![Red road sign with symbol for gasoline and an arrow pointing left next to blue road sign with symbol of Earth and arrow pointing right]()
Why are BP, Shell, and Exxon suddenly backing off their climate promises?
As oil giants rake in record-breaking profits, they have begun tapping the breaks on much-publicized initiatives.
