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Meet the Fossil Fuel Superfans Tipped to Run Energy and Climate Under Trump
Using documents leaked to Buzzfeed, sources at Politico and beyond, here's a rundown of who's in line for a top energy and climate job in the US government.
“Not My President”: Tens of Thousands Take to Streets, Block Freeways and Rally Against Trump
“Not My President” — that was the chant at protests across the country Wednesday.
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Camera Catches Shoving Match With Group Home Worker Before Teenager’s Heart Stopped
A video shows a healthy 15 year old going into her bedroom at a for-profit AdvoServ facility. Thirty-two minutes later, she had no pulse.
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Bank Funding Pipeline Will Look Into Violations of Standing Rock Sioux’s Rights
$460 million in credit is at stake for the Dakota Access and Bakken pipeline.
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The Nasty Fallout From North Carolina’s Powerful Hog Industry
What smells more — the politics or the pigs?
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Modest Wins for Minimum Wage, Huge Gains for Marijuana Legalization Amid Shock GOP Wave
It was an otherwise bright spot for left-leaning voters, on a night punctuated by shocking Republican gains.
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Where Citizens Can Run for Office Without Big Money — and Win
Maine's unique solution for clean elections involves $5 contributions and campaigns funded entirely by taxpayers.
Today’s Election Results Could Affect Mental Health Care for Millions
Medicaid covers intensive, evidence-based community mental health services and should be expanded.
Oil and Gas Interests Spend Big to Make It Harder to Amend Colorado Constitution
In Colorado, oil and gas companies are spending millions to pass Amendment 71, making it harder to amend the constitution.
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Uncovered: Fossil Fuel Industry Has Back-Door Access to UN Climate Talks
The connections uncovered are dizzying in number and represent a conflict of interest in the climate policymaking space.