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Despite Shutdown, Trump Is Pushing Forward Plans to Drill in Arctic
With Trump, oil drilling takes priority over essential services like trash pickup in national parks.
Energy Transfer Opens Mariner East 2 Pipeline Amid Hazard Worries, Investigation
Mariner East 2 has proved to be one of Pennsylvania's most troubling pipeline projects.
Pelosi’s Actions on Climate Fall Woefully and Inexcusably Short of What We Need
Varshini Prakash, founder of the Sunrise Movement, discusses more.
Trump Administration Gifts the World Shutdown, Drilling and Coal
The government shutdown, and several other actions by the administration, could have long-lasting environmental effects.
We Already Have a Border Wall. It’s an Environmental Disaster.
The walls and fences that already exist along the border are causing environmental damage and hurting communities.
Watching the World Burn: Truthout Readers Share Their Climate Stories
Some up-close and personal accounts of how people are experiencing climate change in the US and abroad.
The EPA Has Backed Off Enforcement Under Trump. Here Are the Numbers.
The steep declines in enforcement nearly across the board show that Trump’s EPA is on a dangerous path.
Louisiana Offers Fossil Fuel Exporter Largest Local Tax Giveaway in History
Louisiana plans to collect no property tax from the $15.2 billion Driftwood liquefied natural gas export terminal.
Climate Denial Still Reigns in Louisiana Despite Scientists’ Dire Warnings
Louisiana is ground zero for the devastating impacts of climate change.
How Worried Should We Be About Declining Insect Populations?
The real story of an “insect Armageddon" is nuanced, but unsettling.