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How Federal Giveaways to Big Coal Leave Ranchers and Taxpayers Out in the Cold

Short cuts, subsidies and tax breaks helped create 7,000 jobs in the Powder River Basin. Damage to water, air and land is part of the price borne by the public, too.

By Neela Banerjee, Robert McClure

How Federal Giveaways to Big Coal Leave Ranchers and Taxpayers Out in the Cold
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How Big Oil Lost Control of Its Climate Misinformation Machine

By Neela Banerjee

How Fossil Fuel Donors Shaped the Anti-Climate Agenda of a Powerful Congressional Committee

By David Hasemyer, Marianne Lavelle

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Industrial Strength: How the U.S. Government Hid Fracking's Risks to Drinking Water

By Neela Banerjee

Wind turbines near Convoy, Ohio. Credit: Tom Hart/CC-BY-2.0

How Fossil Fuel Allies Are Tearing Apart Ohio's Long Embrace of Clean Energy

By Brad Wieners and David Hasemyer

It Took This Coal Miner 14 Years to Secure Black Lung Benefits. How Come?

By David Hasemyer

With Bare Knuckles and Big Dollars, Exxon Fights Climate Probe to a Legal Stalemate

By David Hasemyer

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