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Sister Norma Pimentel: COVID-19 has come to our migrant camp. It makes ending the MPP policy even more urgent

A makeshift ‘tent city’ in Mexico filled with about 1,500 asylum seekers records its first coronavirus case.
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How a warming planet could turn Iceland into a glacier

Human-driven warming could cause the collapse of AMOC, a powerful ocean current system, and throw Iceland into a deep freeze.
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Wyoming coal production nosedives, with more trouble ahead

Stockpiles at coal-burning utilities are flush following a mild winter and increasing competition from renewables and natural gas.
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Longtime Exxon lawyers retreat from oil company’s climate cases

Attorneys from the law firm Paul, Weiss are no longer representing the oil company in at least four lawsuits that ask the fossil fuel industry to pay for climate impacts.

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Trump team: EPA pushback fueled fed-firing rule

The regulation is designed to swiftly remove policymaking civil servants who undermine the president’s directives.
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Endangerment finding: Trump allies near 'total victory' in wiping out U.S. climate regulation

A small group of conservative activists has worked for 16 years to stop all government efforts to fight climate change. Their efforts seem poised to pay off.
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Illinois taxpayers could be on the hook for millions in cleanup costs from old oil and gas wells

A new report suggests Illinois could be on the hook for plugging and cleaning up thousands of inactive and abandoned oil and gas wells scattered across the state.

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Opinion: Artificial intelligence can spur chemical plant decarbonization

AI can help engineers navigate thousands of decisions each shift, including constant energy, emissions, and cost trade-offs.

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Multiple Houston-area oil and gas facilities that have violated pollution laws are seeking permit renewals

Multiple Houston-area oil and gas facilities that have violated pollution laws are seeking permit renewals

One facility has emitted cancer-causing chemicals into waterways at levels up to 520% higher than legal limits.

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Pennsylvania health advocates say Trump’s first 100 days in office have caused “100 harms” to local communities

Pennsylvania health advocates say Trump’s first 100 days in office have caused “100 harms” to local communities

“They're terrorizing these scientists because they want to keep them silent.”

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Regulators are underestimating health impacts from air pollution: Study

Regulators are underestimating health impacts from air pollution: Study

"The reality is, we are not exposed to one chemical at a time.”

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Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro speaks with the state flag and American flag behind him.

Two years into his term, has Gov. Shapiro kept his promises to regulate Pennsylvania’s fracking industry?

A new report assesses the administration’s progress and makes new recommendations

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An open letter from EPA staff to the American public

“We cannot stand by and allow this to happen. We need to hold this administration accountable.”

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wildfire retardants being sprayed by plane

New evidence links heavy metal pollution with wildfire retardants

“The chemical black box” that blankets wildfire-impacted areas is increasingly under scrutiny.

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