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Fossil Fuels
Former EPA Employees Warn of Polluted Skies Ahead Under Trump
The vast majority of voters want a strong EPA, but Trump is laying the agency to waste.
Trump’s Air Quality Rollbacks Will Cause More in the US to Face Disease, Death
The moves to slash environmental and public health protections weaken rules dealing with a range of health threats.
Private Equity Firms Tighten Stranglehold on US, Angling for Boons Under Trump
Private equity has fingers in our homes, hospitals and jobs. Resisting it is crucial to our fight for a just society.
Data on Corporate Pollution and Emissions Now Threatened Under Trump
Researchers have published data on corporate pollution and emissions since 2004. Now the data is at risk under Trump.
Insurers Are Abandoning Homeowners Over Wildfire Risk But Investing in Big Oil
The firms invested half a trillion in fossil fuels, stoking the crisis that led them to dump thousands of homeowners.
I’ve Covered Climate Disasters for Decades. Now I Live on the Front Lines.
There is only one certainty in our future: Unless we take action to reverse climate crisis, we will all be its victims.
Los Angeles Fires Underscore Activists’ Call: Make Polluters Pay for Disasters
In New York, a “Superfund” law makes fossil fuel firms pay for aid in climate disasters. Could California do the same?
Big Oil Spent $445 Million to Influence 2024 Elections
In April, President Donald Trump had requested that Big Oil spend $1 billion to help him win the 2024 election.
Group Pushing Crypto Plan Is Tied to Project 2025, Fossil Fuel Operatives
The group’s plan to stockpile cryptocurrency would accelerate climate destruction — and taxpayers would foot the bill.
Trump Is Packing His Cabinet With Crypto, Oil and Private Prison Profiteers
Trump’s policy makers will be overseeing the industries that they run and own.