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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. 

The EPA finalized its repeal of most greenhouse gas emissions standards for coal- and natural gas-fired power plants in September. Credit: Jon Cherry/Getty Images

21 States Sue EPA to Reinstate Climate Pollution Rules for Power Plants

By Lisa Sorg

Major flooding hits Paterson, N.J., on Sept. 13. Credit: Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images

New Jersey’s Middlesex County Sues Big Oil Over Escalating Climate Impacts

By Dana Drugmand

Vessels navigate the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Bandar Abbas, Iran, on Sept. 5. Credit: Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images

As Negotiators Struggle to Advance a Plastics Treaty, Iran War Underscores the Urgency

By Liza Gross

ABC Coke is a by-product coke facility located in Jefferson County, Alabama. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

America’s Largest Producer of Foundry Coke Is Operating Under an Expired Permit. Who Is at Fault?

By Lee Hedgepeth

Dan Jørgensen, European Commissioner for Energy and Housing, and Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency, called for a temporary pause in a part of the European Union’s methane regulation related to oil and gas imports at a meeting of European energy ministers in Dublin on Tuesday. Credit: European Union

EU Weighs Delaying Methane Rules as Energy Prices Rise

By Phil McKenna

A Meta worker leads a tour of the company’s data center in Temple, Texas, on July 22. Credit: Mikala Compton/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images

Meta Announces Large Solar Purchase Agreement in Texas, But It’s Powering Some Data Centers With Gas

By Lauren Nutall

A fracking pad in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Credit: Ted Auch/FracTracker Alliance

Study of Groundwater Near Fracking Sites Finds Low Radium Levels, but Raises Concerns About Increased Salinity

By Jon Hurdle

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, in Austin Texas, May 2026. Credit: Jay Janner/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images

Alito’s Recusal From Climate Case: Too Little, Too Late?

By Marianne Lavelle

Cars move through the assembly line at a BMW manufacturing plant in Greer, S.C. Credit: Sven Hoppe/dpa via Getty Images

Trump Slashes Fuel-Economy Standards in Blow to Climate, Health, EV Market

By Dennis Pillion

An aerial view of Meta’s El Paso data center. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Texas Electric Utility Only Considered Gas to Power $10 Billion Meta Data Center

By Martha Pskowski

People fill their cars with gas at a Shell station in Birmingham, Mich. Credit: Adam J. Dewey/Anadolu via Getty Images

Court Nixes Michigan’s Novel Antitrust Case Targeting Big Oil 

By Dana Drugmand

A view of an abandoned coal mine in Waynesburg, Pa. Credit: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

Could Abandoned Mines House Pennsylvania’s Unwanted Data Centers? 

By Jessica Klein

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse attends a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on July 15 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images

Whitehouse: Call Out the Corruption Propelling the US Climate Retreat

By Marianne Lavelle

Several people are visible in the photo holding signs. One reads: "You emitted the carbon: we suffered the destruction. You caused the emissions: We lost our lives."

What Happens When Earth Passes 1.5 Degrees of Warming?

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

A child plays on a scooter in the park, with the cooling tower looming in the background.

Environmental and Public Health Groups Sue Over the Trump EPA’s Latest Attempt to Bolster Fossil Fuels

By Keerti Gopal

Texas Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian speaks at an event in Houston on March 30, 2022. Credit: Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

Texas Oil and Gas Regulator Doubles Down and Defies State Legislature

By Martha Pskowski

Bills to protect the fossil fuel industry come in as the U.S. Supreme Court is three weeks away from hearing arguments in Suncor Energy v. County Commissioners of Boulder County. Credit: Finn Gomez/Getty Images

Congressional Republicans Aim to Shield Fossil Fuel Companies From Climate Lawsuits

By Georgina Gustin

A flue-gas stack blows exhaust at a coal-fired power plant in Ghent, Ky., on Feb. 14. Credit: Jon Cherry/Getty Images

Trump Doubles Down on Climate Denial With Plan to Repeal Power Plant Rules

By Liza Gross

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