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Biblical Flooding, Crocodiles in the Arctic and Warning Signs on North America’s Highest Mountain
Dramatic signs of the impacts of human-caused climate disruption abound, even on North America's highest peak.
Duke Energy Ups Bond Demand From Nonprofits Challenging Fracked Gas Plant to $240 Million
Duke Energy is citing an obscure 1963 state law to justify a $240 million bond.
I Was Sick for a Year After an Oil Spill. Five Years Later, Pipeline Accidents Are Worsening
New laws passed in the five years since a pipeline break fouled the Yellowstone River have failed to stem oil and gas pipeline accidents.
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Bankrupt Coal Miner Peabody Energy Paid Climate Denialist to Write Greenhouse Gas Reports
Peabody Energy was revealed as a funder of a web of groups and organizations that have worked to spread doubt over human-caused climate change.
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Three Recent Wins Prove Old-Fashioned Union Power Isn’t Dead Yet
These workers can be proud of what they blocked and what they won — in two cases against the wishes of their national unions.
How a Controversial Dam Threatens Rights of Canada’s Indigenous Innu People
Across the world, many areas sacrificed for hydroelectric generation belong to indigenous or land-based peoples.
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As Temperatures Climb Across the Country, Workers Will Suffer
“Heat can kill. And it is especially tragic when someone dies of heat exposure because they're simply doing their job.”
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Monsanto, Bayer and the Push for Corporate Cannabis
Critics note that of the hundreds of millions in tax revenues that AUMA is expected to generate, not a penny will go to the California general fund.
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Senate Advances GMO Food Labeling Bill That Would Actually Weaken State Rules
The bill that passed the Senate on Wednesday was largely carried by Republican senators, though 15 Democrats also approved of the measure.
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Fate of Keystone XL Pipeline Could Be Decided in a Texas Courtroom Before NAFTA Tribunal
Texas landowner Michael Bishop continues to challenge TransCanada's right to build the southern route of the Keystone XL pipeline.