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Jeff Hoops built Blackjewel into the nation’s sixth largest coal company by acquiring bankrupt mines. When it declared bankruptcy, he pivoted to other ventures, leaving polluted streams and mud-shrouded roads in his wake.
Environmental racism, corroded old pipes, and flawed regulation are at play.
And that number doesn't even account for long-term exposure.
Air quality regulators in Northern California just voted to require two petrochemical refineries to clean up their act.
Getting people to act takes more than strong words, a new study says.
Last week, President Joe Biden’s Department of Energy announced that things will soon go back to the way they were before Trump took office.
The indie rock band’s latest album, 11:11, is an exploration of modern crises that pushes its audience outward, not in.
For the third year in a row, California temporarily banned insurance companies from dropping homeowners and renters in several California counties affected by fires.
The world’s largest open-pit gold mine could destroy the tundra — and the livelihoods of those who depend on it.
