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US news
Kentucky’s climate is suffering. Can the state slip the industry ties that prevent change?
Mitch McConnell has long resisted climate action even as the farm and coal sectors suffer, but a growing movement could bring change More
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US elections 2020
‘My friends were lied to’: will coalminers stand by Trump as jobs disappear?
The president vowed to help the industry, but it continues shrinking despite his cuts to regulations More
Pollution
Steam-based plants third biggest source of toxic wastewater
Pollutants released into water linked to cancer and other illness More
Lawsuits are pending from groups who have challenged the constitutionality of shrinking Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante Plans finalized on Thursday for two national monuments in Utah downsized by Donald Trump would ensure that lands previously off-limits to energy development will be open to mining and drilling. The move comes despite pending lawsuits from conservation, […] More
Scott Morrison is the prime minister of Australia. Over the past few months, parts of his country have gone up in flames. Hundreds of homes have been lost in widespread bushfires, and a number of Australians have lost their lives in the inferno. Apparently, the catastrophe at home did not trouble the prime minister. He spent his vacation […] More
