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With Republicans Claiming the Senate and Possibly the House, Congress Expected to Reverse Course on Climate

A climate scientist warns of “game over for climate action this decade,” and an energy lobbyist predicts Trump will bring a “two-fisted” approach to his legislative agenda.

By James Bruggers

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) gives a concession speech during an Election Night party on Tuesday in Columbus, Ohio. Brown lost his re-election bid to Republican Bernie Moreno. Credit: Stephen Maturen/Getty Images
An aerial view of the idled Bluestone Coke facility in Birmingham, Ala. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Coal Baron a No-Show in Alabama Courtroom as Abandoned Plant Continues to Pollute Neighborhoods

By Dennis Pillion

Sen. Joe Manchin speaks to reporters outside the Senate Chamber on June 3 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

In West Virginia, the Senate Race Outcome May Shift Limits of US Climate Ambitions

By James Bruggers, Marianne Lavelle

In 2018, a smokestack on the site of then-ERP Coke, within the EPA's 35th Avenue Superfund site in north Birmingham, Alabama. The facility was sold in 2019 to the family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, and is now called Bluestone Coke. The facility temporarily ceased operations in 2021, but still owes the Jefferson County Health Department almost $300,000 in fines and penalties for air pollution violations. Credit: Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post via Getty Images

A Reckoning in North Birmingham as EPA Studies the ‘Cumulative Impacts’ of Pollution and Racism

By Vernon Loeb

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