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Climate Crisis

Fossil fuel businessman with oily hands and methane flare head reaches for frozen, dark lightbulb in front of Texas state
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Environment & Health

A Year After Blackout, Texans Navigate Climate Trauma in a Failing Fossil State

Texans are struggling with climate PTSD after last week’s freeze as Big Oil maintains its grip on state politicians.
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Candice Bernd,
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February 10, 2022
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Methane emissions from waste dumping site with cows in India
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Environment & Health

Soaring Methane Levels Has Scientists Concerned Climate Feedback Loop Is Here

Atmospheric methane levels are currently higher than at any point in the last 800,000 years.
by
Jake Johnson,
Common Dreams
February 9, 2022
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A pump jack is in use in Bainville, Montana, on September 10, 2013.
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Environment & Health

Montana Plaintiffs Announce First Children’s Climate Trial in History of US

The youth plaintiffs seek to challenge the constitutionality of the state’s energy policy.
by
Jessica Corbett,
Common Dreams
February 8, 2022
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GOP Grill Fed Nominee Sarah Bloom Raskin over Climate Views
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Environment & Health

GOP Suggests Biden’s Fed Pick Shouldn’t Be Confirmed Due to Climate Views

Republicans grilled Sarah Bloom Raskin over her climate views. Jamie Raskin responds in this interview.
by
Amy Goodman,
Democracy Now!
February 4, 2022
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A masked protester holds a sign reading "SAVE OUR PLANET" during a protest outside the United Nations building
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Environment & Health

Organizers in Appalachia Are Building a Green New Deal Blueprint for Themselves

ReImagine Appalachia promotes a Green New Deal blueprint at the intersection of energy, equity and the environment.
by
C.J. Polychroniou,
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February 2, 2022
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Dark clouds of smoke and fire emerge as oil burns during a controlled fire on May 6, 2010, following the April 20 explosion on Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Environment & Health

Climate Groups Urge Biden Not to Fight Ruling Against Oil and Gas Lease Sale

The court ruling blocked a massive oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico, site of the Deepwater Horizon spill.
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Jake Johnson,
Common Dreams
February 1, 2022
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An oil drilling rig at sunset in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Environment & Health

Climate Groups Celebrate as Judge Blocks Biden’s Oil Lease Sale in Gulf

Climate groups had characterized the sale as the equivalent of “lighting the fuse of a massive carbon bomb.”
by
Jake Johnson,
Common Dreams
January 28, 2022
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Interview
Environment & Health

Tonga Remains Covered in Ash Following Volcanic Eruption

Water tanks polluted by ash and severed telecommunications are lingering aftereffects of the blast.
by
Amy Goodman,
Democracy Now!
January 24, 2022
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The oil firm, headquartered in Houston, Texas, claims its history of publicly denying the climate crisis is protected by the first amendment.
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Environment & Health

Exxon Is Using an Unusual Texas Law to Intimidate Critics of Its Climate Denial

The oil firm claims its history of publicly denying the climate crisis is protected by the first amendment.
by
Chris McGreal,
The Guardian
January 23, 2022
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Hundreds of New Yorkers meet at the state capitol to call on Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers to support the NYS Climate & Community Protection Act on June 1, 2016, in Albany, New York.
Interview
Environment & Health

Unions Have the Potential and the Responsibility to Advance a “Just Transition”

The “jobs vs. environment” myth is rendered moot in a truly just transition, which must involve collective bargaining.
by
C.J. Polychroniou,
Truthout
January 22, 2022
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