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Utilities use customer dollars to pay for their lobbying. Here’s how lawmakers can stop it.

A report outlines a strategy to rein in corruption and carbon emissions from utilities.

Kate Yoder Regulation January 26, 2023

A storm-damaged gas station is reflected in a puddle after Hurricane Idalia passed over Perry, Florida on August 30, 2023.

Disaster recovery projects stall nationwide as FEMA runs out of money

The agency has paused $2.8 billion in spending as it braces for a looming government shutdown.

Jake Bittle Uncategorized September 29, 2023

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The world’s biggest carbon capture facility is being built in Texas. Will it work?

The plant will inject 500,000 tons of carbon dioxide into the ground each year – but is it just greenwashing from big oil?

Oliver Milman, The Guardian Energy September 27, 2023

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Europe’s new heat wave is going to be expensive

Both for the people and, potentially, for the planet

Chad Small Extreme Weather July 12, 2022

Sámi demonstrators protesting against an illegal wind farm on traditional reindeer grazing lands gather in front of the royal palace in Norway. A young woman holds onto the skull of a reindeer and looks off camera with a stern gaze.

Sámi demonstrators end mass protests against illegal wind farm

Norway apologizes for its human rights violations, but intends to keep project operational.

Elisabeth Rasmussen Global Indigenous Affairs Desk March 6, 2023

EVs are a climate solution with a pollution problem: Tire particles

The tiny fragments that tires release into the environment are yet another reason to reduce car use.

Paul Krantz Transportation September 25, 2023

Collage: people protesting poor air quality; a house with an air monitor in the yard; smokestacks with hand drawn smoke

Congress is spending millions on new air monitors. Will it make a difference?

The new climate bill could help reveal industrial pollution. But no law requires the government to act.

Lylla Younes Health October 20, 2022

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Billionaire’s coal mine blocked on climate grounds

A court in Australia recommended against approving a massive coal mine proposed by a company owned by billionaire Clive Palmer, arguing that the project would exacerbate climate change and jeopardize human rights.

Joseph Winters December 7, 2022

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.

Jake Bittle & Lylla Younes Elections November 7, 2023

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