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Kimmie Gordon and Dorreen Carey stand in front of a former cement plant site in Gary, Indiana, where a California company, Fulcrum BioEnergy, wants to turn trash and plastic into jet fuel. They are founding members of Gary Advocates for Responsible Development, which opposes the jet fuel plant. Credit: James Bruggers

A Gary, Indiana Plant Would Make Jet Fuel From Trash and Plastic. Residents Are Pushing Back

By James Bruggers
Refuse bags full of materials for recycling in different colored plastic bags. Credit: In Pictures Ltd./Corbis via Getty Images

A Houston Firm Says It’s Opening a Billion-Dollar Chemical Recycling Plant in a Small Pennsylvania Town. How Does It Work?

By James Bruggers
Demonstrators kiss with their protective face masks, as they hold a placard reading "down with the patriarchy, not the climate", during a demonstration called by youth for climate and several NGOs and unions for a "true" law on climate, in Nantes, western France, on March 28, 2021. Credit: Loic Venance/AFP via Getty Images

Warming Trends: A Flag for Antarctica, Lonely Hearts ‘Hot for Climate Change Activists,’ and How to Check Your Environmental Handprint

By Katelyn Weisbrod
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Warming Trends: The Top Plastic Polluter, Mother-Daughter Climate Talk and a Zero-Waste Holiday

By Katelyn Weisbrod
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Two Louisiana Activists Charged with Terrorizing a Lobbyist for the Oil and Gas Industry

By James Bruggers

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