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Holding industries that profit from greenhouse gas emissions accountable for actions that hinder solutions to the climate crisis their products are responsible for causing. 

Why Trump’s ‘God Squad’ Is Not Like the God Squads Before It

“This idea that you can invoke a national security exemption when there is no threat to national security is not only brand new, it’s ridiculous.”

Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth

 Pat Parenteau worked to secure protections for the whooping crane when the “God Squad” first met 50 years ago. Credit: Jon G. Fuller/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

After Chemical Industry Lobbying, EPA Considers Dropping Clean Air Protections for Plastic Waste Recycling 

By James Bruggers
A plastic Starbucks cup.

Your ‘Widely Recyclable’ Starbucks Cup Is Still Trash

Joseph Winters, Grist
An ethanol plant is seen in Casselton, N.D. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Summit Sold Its Midwest Pipeline as a Carbon Solution. Now, It’ll Be Used for Fossil Fuels.

By Anika Jane Beamer
A construction crew works on Shell’s Vito platform at the Kiewit Offshore Services complex on April 6, 2022, in Ingleside, Texas. Credit: Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

Trump’s ‘God Squad’ Will Weigh Gulf Oil Drilling Against the Survival of Endangered Whales and Turtles

By Kiley Price
A look inside Google’s New Albany data center in Central Ohio. Credit: Google

Two Wildly Different Data Centers Reveal a ‘Fork in the Road’ on How to Meet Electricity Demand

By Dan Gearino
A grain bin stands in a corn field in Marne, Iowa. Credit: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

As Prices Soar, EPA Greenlights Higher Ethanol Blends in Gasoline

By Georgina Gustin
Energy Secretary Chris Wright speaks to the attendees at S&P Global’s CERAWeek in Houston on Monday. Credit: Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

White House’s ‘Drill Baby Drill’ Wartime Mandate Meets Volatile Market Reality

By Katie Surma
Sunlight glimmers on the Colorado River near Page, Ariz. on Nov. 2, 2022. Credit: Alex Hager/KUNC

Colorado River Negotiations Resume With Focus on Stopgap Measures

Scott Franz, KUNC
An aerial view of British Steel’s Scunthorpe mill on April 12, 2025, in Scunthorpe, England. Activities such as steelmaking have disrupted the Earth’s energy balance. Credit: Ryan Jenkinson/Getty Images

Report Shows Earth’s Climate is Out of Balance, as Indicators Hit New Extremes

By Bob Berwyn
The Punta Cardon oil refinery is seen in the background of a fisherman sailing his boat from a beach in Amuay, Venezuela. Credit: Jesus Vargas/picture alliance via Getty Images

Yes, Venezuela Has a Ton of Oil—But Its Biggest Opportunity Is Offshore Wind

Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth
A person pumps gas at a BP station on Tuesday in the Kensington neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

How the Iran War Reveals the Extent of Fossil Fuel Propaganda

By Lee Hedgepeth
Brian Faulknier speaks to the Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors. Credit: Charles Paullin/Inside Climate News

A Gas Plant Proposal for Rural Virginia Gets Local Land Use Approval

By Charles Paullin
The view shows the river in the foreground, with the town and mountains behind.

Trump Deal for a $33B Gas Megaplant in Ohio Faces Huge Hurdles

By Kathiann M. Kowalski, Canary Media
The Mi Vida gas plant is seen on March 18 in the Permian Basin of West Texas near Pecos. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Senator Launches Investigation Into Methane Pollution in the Permian Basin

By Phil McKenna
Oil pipelines stretch across the landscape outside Nuiqsut, Alaska, where ConocoPhillips operates the Alpine Field. Credit: Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Trump Administration Auctions Contested Arctic Lands for Oil Drilling

By Nicholas Kusnetz
A parched desert.

The Planet Is Overheating, But You Might Not Know It From the News

Kate Yoder, Grist
Simon Stiell, executive secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, speaks during the Green Growth Summit in Brussels on Monday. Credit: Michael Chia/UNFCCC

Iran War Shows That Doubling Down on Fossil Fuels Is ‘Delusional,’ UN Climate Chief Says

By Keerti Gopal
U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.) speaks during a House Judiciary Committee hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on March 4 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Heather Diehl/Getty Images

The Latest Front in the Battle Over Climate Lawsuits: Bills Wiping Out Liability

By Dana Drugmand

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