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05 November 2017

Jerry Brown's holy war on Donald Trump

Douglas Fischer

At the Vatican, the California governor rips the president's climate policies as a 'lie within a lie.'

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Tribes revive fire practices to protect forests from modern wildfires

The Post followed cultural burning practices, an Indigenous tradition now permitted under California law and used to help protect forests from wildfires.

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Trump cuts climate-friendly Energy office jobs

The Energy Department offices impacted by Trump administration layoffs include those focused on climate-friendly energy sources amid the administration’s broader crackdown on renewables.

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Abandoned buildings on a bare arctic summer landscape

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More than 1,500 people displaced after typhoon remnants devastate Alaska villages

At least one person was killed and two were missing after weekend storm battered two Alaska Native communities.

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Teens who sued Hawai‘i say state’s climate plan for aviation doesn’t fly

Interisland flights are Hawaiʻi’s biggest transportation carbon producer, making up more than half of all emissions related to civilian travel in the state.

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Coal miners and advocates plead with Trump to enforce black lung rule

In a rally outside the U.S. Department of Labor, miners and their advocates stressed the need to limit silica exposure and protect workers from irreversible health impacts.

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UN warns of mercury contamination in Colombia's Atrato River

A United Nations letter to Colombia warns that mercury contamination from illegal gold mining in the Atrato River basin is causing a grave human rights crisis for Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities.

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Ohio to fast-track energy at former coal mines and brownfields

It’s part of a new law meant to boost power production amid rising demand — and it could help renewables grow faster while putting industrial land to use.

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