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Fossil Fuels
This Man Kick-Started the First Fossil Fuel-Funded Campaigns to Attack Climate Science
Palmer's views, and those of a Trump-led administration, are contradicted outright by every major scientific academy on the planet.
Trump Is Foolish to Ignore the Flourishing Renewable Energy Sector
Real job-growth is happening in renewable energy while Trump makes hollow promises about the fossil-fuel sector.
Seattle Moves Toward Divesting From Wells Fargo to Protest the Dakota Access Pipeline
The Seattle City Council Finance Committee voted unanimously to recommend divestment.
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Mexican President Is Adding Fuel to the Fire
President Pena Nieto asks: What would you have done? as unrest spreads over gas hikes.
Trump Greenlights Dakota Access and Keystone XL Pipelines
Environmentalists, indigenous activists vow to “resist with all of their power.”
Trump’s Plan to Crush the EPA Is a Symptom of a Bigger Problem
Regulations don't kill jobs, fossil fuel barons do — when mandatory pollution controls cut into their bottom lines.
World Is “Backsliding” on Gasoline Subsidies, Study Finds
Taxes on gasoline effectively reduce CO2 emissions, yet they are lower now than they were 13 years ago, finds a new study.
Activists Document 144 Pipeline Accidents in 2016 — in Louisiana Alone
A new pipeline battle is shaping up in the United States — this time in Louisiana.
Anti-Fracking Movement Alarmed at Trump’s Focus on Fossil Fuels
For the fracking industry, good times will return when Trump is sworn in.
Beyond 2016: Five Stories to Carry With Us Into the New Year
Although 2016 often felt like a nail in humanity's coffin, there were many displays of fierce resilience.