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Planet or Profit
Investigating systemic threats to the ecosystem from transglobal corporate profit-seeking.
NASA Study Links Methane “Hot Spot” to Oil and Gas Infrastructure Leaks
NASA researchers have definitively linked the U.S.'s largest methane hot spot to the oil and gas industry.
Dahr Jamail | Alaskans Witness Collapsing Mountains, Shattered Lives
As the GOP's platform refuses to acknowledge climate disruption, people across Alaska and the world face dramatic impacts.
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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.
Obama Administration Approved Gulf Fracking During Deepwater Horizon Disaster
Fracking technology has been used to maximize fossil-fuel production at hundreds of offshore wells in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Dahr Jamail | Mangroves in Crisis: Why One Man Works to Save the Plants That Fight Climate Disruption
A man in Washington State is working to slow climate disruption by saving mangrove forests.
Exxon Shareholders Issue Calls for Climate Accountability
Climate justice activists are now pointing out the limits of shareholder activism — and calling for a larger movement to divest from the company.
Dahr Jamail | Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Concentration Has Passed the Point of No Return
Human-caused climate disruption is causing “unprecedented” melting in the Arctic, and record wildfires and temperatures.
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In Wake of Shell’s Gulf Oil Spill, Protesters Demand a Ban on Offshore Drilling
Activists from the Gulf and Arctic regions led a march in Washington, DC, against the president's offshore drilling plan.
Dahr Jamail | Navy Allowed to Kill or Injure Nearly 12 Million Whales, Dolphins, Other Marine Mammals in Pacific
Over the next five years, the Navy is permitted to kill nearly 12 million marine mammals in the North Pacific Ocean.
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In Alabama, a Landfill Operator Sues Its Black Critics Amid Civil Rights Complaints
Alabama residents say the landfill pollutes their majority-Black neighborhood and harms their health. Now, they're being sued.