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Justice Department sues major polluter in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’
"EPA is finally treating this health crisis for what it is — an emergency."
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![A view down a prison corridor, showing bars and cell doors.]()
Study: Extreme heat is driving deaths in US prisons
New research makes clear the link between climate change and prison mortality.
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Walmart, Target, Home Depot lead pack of retailers emitting millions of pounds of CO2 through shipping
Eighteen U.S. companies’ cargo ships are causing an "onslaught of pollution,” report finds.
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![Black and white photo of carbon removal equipment with photos of trees and blue sky behind it]()
A new alliance for ‘high quality’ carbon removal highlights tensions within the industry
The group will focus on permanent removal, distancing itself from "temporary" solutions and traditional offsets.
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In Finland, Indigenous rights take a backseat. Again.
Despite harsh international criticism, Finland passes on supporting Sámi self-governance.
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![cypress tress line a narrow waterway in a beautiful nature area]()
Georgians plead with state officials to protect the Okefenokee from mining
Even if the Supreme Court rules to protect certain wetlands, the fate of certain watersheds will be up to the states.
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Indigenous youth occupy Norwegian energy office to protest illegal wind farm
“We cannot be sacrificed in the name of the green transition.”
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Why the White House’s environmental justice tool is still disappointing advocates
New changes “ended up making the program less focused on people of color than it originally was,” one advocate said.
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Can you tell if a ‘bomb train’ is coming to your town? It’s complicated.
In the wake of the Ohio train derailment, towns wonder how to avoid same fate.
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Coal plant pollution can be deadly — even hundreds of miles downwind
The coal industry may be dying in the U.S., but its health impacts are not, report finds.
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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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