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Dozens of livestock farms with chickens and hog waste lagoons in the Carolinas were inundated by Hurricane Florence's extreme rainfall. Credit: Rick Dove/Waterkeeper Alliance

In Florence's Floodwater: Sewage, Coal Ash and Hog Waste Lagoon Spills

By James Bruggers

In 2014, nitrogen oxide emissions from the Brunner Island power plant in Pennsylvania were nearly double those of Connecticut's entire electric power industry. Credit: Marianne Lavelle/ICN

States Begged EPA to Stop Cross-State Coal Plant Pollution. Wheeler Just Refused.

By Marianne Lavelle

During Hurricane Matthew, ash leaked from at coal ash containment site at Duke Energy's retired Lee plant in North Carolina. Credit: Waterkeeper Alliance

In Hurricane Florence’s Path: Giant Toxic Coal Ash Piles

By James Bruggers

Native American protestors are confronted by security during a demonstration in 2016 against the Dakota Access oil pipeline, which they will pollute water supplies for the Standing Rock Reservation just downstream. Credit: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Im

ACLU Fears Protest Crackdowns, Surveillance Already Being Planned for Keystone XL

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Ron His Horse Is Thunder, a former chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, stands near the Dakota Access Pipeline protest camp in 2016. Credit: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images

Tribe Says Army Corps Stonewalling on Dakota Access Pipeline Report, Oil Spill Risk

By Phil McKenna

Exxon sign. Credit: Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images

New York AG: Exxon Climate Fraud Investigation Nearing End

By David Hasemyer, Nicholas Kusnetz

A pipeline company's plan to bring Canadian tar sands to the port at South Portland, Maine, included building a pair of 70-foot-high smokestacks next to the city's beloved Bug Light Park. Credit: PT Washburn/CC-BY-2.0

South Portland’s Tar Sands Ban Upheld in a 'David vs. Goliath' Pipeline Battle

By Sabrina Shankman

Credit: Paul Horn/InsideClimate News

How Energy Companies and Their Allies Are Turning the Law Against Protesters

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Protesters, including Native American tribes, began opposing the Keystone XL pipeline during the Obama administration. This Washington protest was outside then-Secretary of State John Kerry's home. Credit: Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images

Keystone XL Hit with Another Delay: Judge Orders New Environmental Review

By Nicholas Kusnetz

A horizontal gas drilling rig explores the Marcellus Shale outside the town of Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. Credit: Mladen Antonov/AFP/Getty Images

Water Use in Fracking Soars — Exceeding Rise in Fuels Produced, Study Says

By Phil McKenna

Mayking Fire Chief Tony Fugate (left) and the volunteer fire department's treasurer, Buddy Sexton, speak to residents about their station's rising electricity costs during an Aug. 2 public meeting. Credit: James Bruggers/InsideClimate News

As Appalachia's Economy Collapses, Residents Shoulder Coal’s Costs in Their Power Bills

By James Bruggers

Dairy cows, like this one in California, are major sources of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Could Dairy Cows Make Up for California's Aliso Canyon Methane Leak?

By Phil McKenna

The village of Nuiqsut, Alaska. Credit: Sabrina Shankman/InsideClimate News

Surrounded by Oil Fields, an Alaska Village Fears for Its Health

By Sabrina Shankman

Pipeline. Credit: Andrew Burton/Getty Images

7 States Urge Pipeline Regulators to Pay Attention to Climate Change

By Phil McKenna

As recently as the early `90s, it took about 10 square meters to produce a metric ton of coal, new research says. By 2015, that was up to about 30 square meters. Credit: Alan Gignoux/Courtesy Appalachian Voices

Mountaintop Mining Is Destroying More Land for Less Coal, Study Finds

By James Bruggers

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy whispers to Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo as House Speaker Paul Ryan talks at the podium. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Carbon Tax and the Art of the Deal: Time for Some Horse-Trading

By John H. Cushman Jr.

The storm surge with Superstorm Sandy flooded the traffic tunnel between Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn. Credit: Patrick Cashin/MTAThe storm surge from Superstorm Sandy in 2012 filled subway tunnels and parking garages in Lower Manhattan. As sea level rises

Judge Rejects NYC's Lawsuit Over Fossil Fuels' Impact on Climate Change

By David Hasemyer, Nicholas Kusnetz

Harold Frazier, chairman of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, supported the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's challenge to the Dakota Access pipeline. He is now pushing back on plans for Keystone XL to cross near tribal land. Credit: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images

‘We Will Be Waiting’: Tribe Says Keystone XL Construction Is Not Welcome

By Phil McKenna

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