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![A woman raises a fist while sitting with other seated protesters at an outdoor event](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/09/2022_0914-water-protector-400x300.jpg)
Line 3 Protesters Win Protective Ruling Against Government Repression
Indigenous Water Protectors celebrated a court ruling against police harassment of their protest camp.
![Sen. Joe Manchin speaks to reporters in the Senate subway on September 8, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/09/2022_0913-joe-manchin-400x300.jpg)
Manchin Asks Big Oil CEOs to Help Push Through Dirty Deal as Opposition Grows
Joe Manchin is reportedly calling in oil and gas executives to build GOP support for his anti-environmental side deal.
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Corporate Involvement in Jackson’s Infrastructure Set Stage for Its Water Crisis
A $90 million contract with Siemens to overhaul Jackson, Mississippi's water system “ended up a disaster.”
![Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) speaks in front of the U.S. Capitol on July 28th, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/09/2022_09-12-aoc-presser-400x300.jpg)
Manchin’s Pipeline Deal Must Be Blocked, 77 Democrats Say in Letter
The Democrats say that handouts to Big Oil being considered by Congress “undermine the law in the name of ‘reform.’”
![A backlit protester holds a sign reading "NATIONALIZE THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY" during an outdoor protest](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/09/2022_0912-healthcare-protest-400x300.jpg)
Poll Shows 8 in 10 Americans Say They Are Concerned About Access to Health Care
A new survey shows roughly two-thirds of adults think it is the federal government's responsibility to ensure coverage.
![Millions of insured Americans could lose no-cost coverage for preventative services such as cancer screenings.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/09/GettyImages-853303872-1-400x300.jpg)
Texas Court Decision Threatens ACA Coverage of Preventive Medical Services
Millions of insured Americans could lose no-cost coverage for preventative services such as cancer screenings.
![Years of local resistance pushed South Louisiana Methanol to halt work on a stalled $2.2 billion petrochemical complex.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/09/Screenshot-2022-09-10-at-15-17-27-Gallery-1-—-Rise-St.-James-400x300.jpg)
Community Organizers Celebrate Defeat of Petrochemical Complex in “Cancer Alley”
Years of local resistance pushed South Louisiana Methanol to halt work on a stalled $2.2 billion petrochemical complex.
![Steven Donziger appears at a rally in front of the Manhattan Court House in New York City on October 1, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/09/GettyImages-1235627683-400x300.jpg)
How Chevron Polluted the Amazon and Fought Environmental Lawyer Steven Donziger
Polluters want to use me as a symbol to silence the advocacy that is needed to save the planet, says Steven Donziger.
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Appalachians Protest Manchin’s Mountain Valley Pipeline Plan
The extractive industries that create sacrifice zones to profit must be stopped, say organizers.
![A doctor consults with a Navajo Indian woman with symptoms at a COVID-19 testing center at the Navajo Nation town of Monument Valley in Arizona on May 21, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/09/2022_0909-covid-check-navajo-400x300.jpg)
Life Expectancy for Indigenous Americans Drops by 6.6 Years
An Indigenous person born today can expect to live to age 65, according to the new figures.