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![An old oil derrick sits on a yellowing field under a cloudy sky.]()
![An old oil derrick sits on a yellowing field under a cloudy sky.]()
Oil companies contaminated a family farm. The courts and regulators let the drillers walk away.
The oil and gas industry has reaped profits without ensuring there will be money to plug and clean up their wells. In Oklahoma, that work could cost more than $7 billion if it falls to the state.
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![People in kayaks navigate the flooded streets of downtown Montpelier, Vermont in the days after heavy rains during the month of July, 2023, caused extensive flooding throughout the state.]()
![People in kayaks navigate the flooded streets of downtown Montpelier, Vermont in the days after heavy rains during the month of July, 2023, caused extensive flooding throughout the state.]()
Vermont passed a bill making Big Oil pay. Now comes the hard part.
The state still has to figure out how much individual fossil fuel companies must pay for the impacts of climate-driven disasters.
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![red-roofed lighthouse stands in rolling blue water with white waves against blue-gray sky]()
![red-roofed lighthouse stands in rolling blue water with white waves against blue-gray sky]()
Michigan wants fossil fuel companies to pay for climate change damages
Harms include severe weather, crop failures, and economic hits from lack of ice and snow.
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![A pumpjack in an oil field, behind barbed wire fence.]()
![A pumpjack in an oil field, behind barbed wire fence.]()
Occidental Petroleum’s net-zero strategy is a ‘license to pollute,’ critics say
The company’s climate strategy could result in more emissions than it prevents.
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![Collage of person walking away from Microsoft logo, which contains an image of an oil pumpjack]()
![Collage of person walking away from Microsoft logo, which contains an image of an oil pumpjack]()
Microsoft employees spent years fighting the tech giant’s oil ties. Now, they’re speaking out.
Inside the worker-led effort to get the world's most valuable company to stop helping the oil and gas industry drill.
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![Steam rises above the cooling towers in The Dalles data center in Oregon. These plumes of water vapor create a quiet mist at dusk.]()
![Steam rises above the cooling towers in The Dalles data center in Oregon. These plumes of water vapor create a quiet mist at dusk.]()
The surging demand for data is guzzling Virginia’s water
The commonwealth is home to the data center capital of the world. Can it handle AI's thirst?
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The world’s garment workers are on the front lines of climate impacts
Fast fashion is one of the world’s most polluting industries. Its global workforce is paying the price.
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![A pumpjack in the foreground and a burning flare in the background of an oil field in Montana, with dark orange sky.]()
![A pumpjack in the foreground and a burning flare in the background of an oil field in Montana, with dark orange sky.]()
New documents show oil executives promoted natural gas as green — but knew it wasn’t
It's the first evidence of an oil company acknowledging that gas wasn't as climate-friendly as promised.
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![diagonally framed rows of white airplanes from an aerial view]()
![diagonally framed rows of white airplanes from an aerial view]()
US military bases teem with PFAS. There’s still no firm plan to clean them up.
Excessive levels of PFAS have been detected at 80 percent of active and decommissioned military bases.
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![A sign that reads Please help God clean up Flint tacked to the side of a building with bars on the windows.]()
![A sign that reads Please help God clean up Flint tacked to the side of a building with bars on the windows.]()
A decade later, Flint’s water crisis continues
The past 10 years revealed how government failures at every level could effectively kill a city, turning it into a "ghost town."
