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Abbott Signs Bill Axing Construction Workers’ Water Breaks Amid Record Heat
Texas is already the worst state in the country for work-related heat deaths.

House GOP Majority Has Been Shoving Big Oil Favors Into Nearly Every Major Bill
From the debt ceiling to their latest tax plan, the GOP has been taking pot shots at the climate movement at every turn.

Fox News Guest Tells Viewers Cancer-Causing Wildfire Smoke Is Safe to Breathe
The guest, Steve Milloy, works for a nonprofit that is funded by the coal industry.

“The Climate Crisis Is Here”: Wildfire Smoke Blankets Eastern Half of US
“This is not about our grandchildren anymore,” wrote activist group Climate Defiance.

New Montana Law Bans Agencies From Considering Climate Impacts in Analyses
The bill severely undermines a major tool of the climate movement.

Manchin Vows to “Oppose Every EPA Nominee” Over Agency’s Emission Reduction Plan
The coal baron is waging a revolt against a proposal that hasn’t even been unveiled yet.

Senator Whitehouse: 275 of 315 Pages of GOP Debt Limit Bill Are Big Oil Favors
The proposal contains the entirety of Republicans’ H.R. 1, a major pro-fossil fuel package.

Biden Officials Are Backing Another “Climate Bomb” Fossil Fuel Project in Alaska
The nearly $40 billion proposal would see the construction of a pipeline and LNG facility along Alaska's south coast.

AOC, Bowman Call for Biden Administration to Reverse Willow Oil Project Approval
Climate groups have warned that the project would release a “carbon bomb.”

Republicans Parroted Oil Lobbyist Talking Points Verbatim in Energy Bill Debate
“Energy security is national security,” said the American Petroleum Institute and four House Republicans.