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How Europe got hooked on Russian gas despite Reagan's warnings
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How Europe got hooked on Russian gas despite Reagan's warnings

A Soviet-era pipeline, opposed by the president but supported by the oil and gas industry, set up the dependency that today helps fund the Russian assault on Ukraine.
Opinion
REAGAN environment climate opinion
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David Jenkins: Reagan recognized the threat to the ozone layer; conservatives today should respond the same way to climate change

Climate change is a much more visible and advanced threat than it was in 1988, and we could use Reagan's brand of conservative leadership in tackling that problem.

Politics
Paul Krugman: Trump and his party of pollution
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Paul Krugman: Trump and his party of pollution

Environmental destruction may be their biggest legacy.
Causes
Pendley's Reagan years: Leasing zeal spurs coal 'fire sale'
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Pendley's Reagan years: Leasing zeal spurs coal 'fire sale'

As the Reagan administration planned its first Powder River Basin coal sale, William Perry Pendley pushed for the "highest possible level of leasing." Writing for the Interior Department's energy and minerals office, he declared, "'Excess' leasing neither degrades the environment nor creates community impacts."
Politics
Embattled BLM chief goes on the offensive
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Embattled BLM chief goes on the offensive

William Perry Pendley is well-acquainted with his perception among environmentalists, conservationists and even federal government bureaucrats: onetime Reagan administration official, skilled legal foe and self-proclaimed sagebrush rebel.

ORIGINAL REPORTING
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California struggles to electrify trucks as Trump administration blocks state rules

Rare earth mining toxic pollution

The hidden cost of powering your phone might be someone else’s cancer

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Toxic mine runoff cleanup revives West Virginia waterways and extracts rare earth elements

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Scientists call on UN to adopt bold ocean policies to combat climate and biodiversity threats

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EU ocean protection plan draws fire for weak enforcement and lack of binding goals

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Wildfire smoke from Canada continues to choke U.S. cities as climate patterns worsen

CLIMATE
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China ramps up solar and wind power as clean energy output shatters global records

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Melting ice and microplastics signal deepening disruption in Antarctica’s climate system