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Indigenous and Green Groups Fighting Against Pipeline Urge 2020 Democrats to Take 'NoKXL Pledge'
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'Egregious Handout' to Corporate Polluters as Trump EPA Moves to Accelerate Pipeline Approvals With Attack on Clean Water Act
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"This attempted power grab at the expense of state-based clean water oversight is the epitome of hypocrisy."
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'We Won't Be Intimidated,' Declare Campaigners After ExxonMobil Accused of Pressuring Witnesses in New York Climate Case
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
#RejectRex Protest
"Exxon is polluting these proceedings just like it has polluted our communities...
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Shifting Subsidies to Renewable Energy Instead of Propping Up Fossil Fuel Giants Would Prompt 'Clean Energy Revolution', Study Shows
Julia Conley, staff writer
"What we are doing is using taxpayers' money to boost hurricanes, to spread...
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Roy Casey carries his dog Buddy
'Big Win' for Rhode Island in Court Battle to Make Polluters Pay for Consequences of Climate Crisis
Babies Born Near Oil and Gas Wells Are Up to 70% More Likely to Have Congenital Heart Defects, New Study Shows
One of the banners hung by the group Beyond Extreme Energy (BXE) during Saturday's protest.
Activists Demand Regulator Reject All New Energy Projects in Her Last Weeks on Job Because Planet Can't Wait
'Straight Out of Orwell': While Slashing Climate Regulations, Trump Plans Speech Touting His 'Environmental Leadership'
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg
Greta Thunberg Thanks OPEC Chief for Suggesting Climate Campaigners Pose 'Greatest Threat' to Oil Sector
The Exxon Mobil Refinery in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, seen from the top of the Louisiana State Capitol, March 5, 2017.
In Far-Reaching Plan, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee Proposes Radical Changes to Fossil Fuel Industry
'We Need to Ban Fracking': New Analysis of 1,500 Scientific Studies Details Threat to Health and Climate
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Even If All US Drilling and Fracking Halts Today, Warns New Report, 'Flood of Toxic Waste Streams' Will Grow for Decades
'Gas Is a Loser and It's Time to Move On': Report Debunks Myth That Natural Gas Can Help Fight Climate Crisis
TransCanada Can Change Its Name, Say Opponents, But Keystone XL Will Never See 'The Light of Day'
'Recipe for Disaster': Trump Guts Offshore Drilling Rules Put in Place After Deepwater Horizon Spill
Trump to Add 'Tasteless Insult to Injury' by Promoting Fossil Fuel Deregulation in Shadow of Fatal Chemical Fire

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Furious that Arctic-trashing Shell is using kid-friendly LEGO to clean up its image - reportedly selling 16 million Shell-branded toys worth $116 million - Greenpeace has begun a campaign aimed at pressuring LEGO to end the sketchy partnership. Protests at England's Legloland, and a darkly stunning new ad in which an idyllic Arctic, huskies and all, drowns in oil.
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As Finance Committee Considers Ex-Im Reauthorization, Congress Must End Fossil Fuel Financing
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