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![A teenager in a black tee-shirt with long hair stands in a field at sunset.]()
![A teenager in a black tee-shirt with long hair stands in a field at sunset.]()
Who is ‘Held’ of Held v. State of Montana?
Early exposure to scientific rigor and climate change’s impact on ranches led Rikki Held to confer her name to the nation’s first constitutional climate change lawsuit to reach trial.
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![Emissions come from a coal-fired power plant]()
Net-zero targets are more popular than ever, but less than 5% are credible
New report finds country-level climate plans aren’t matched with reliable pledges from states and businesses.
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16 youth sue Montana in groundbreaking climate lawsuit, arguing its fossil fuel support violates their constitutional rights
Sixteen young people are suing the state of Montana, arguing that its support of fossil fuels violates their constitutional rights.
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![A cow roams on a beef cattle ranch.]()
A California bill could reveal corporate America’s climate secrets
The bill has rankled the oil and gas industry, agricultural groups, and reportedly an iconic burger chain.
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![Collage featuring 3M headquarters, PFAS chemical structure, person drinking a glass of water, hundred dollar bill, and confidential 3M document]()
![Collage featuring 3M headquarters, PFAS chemical structure, person drinking a glass of water, hundred dollar bill, and confidential 3M document]()
The landmark trial that could determine who pays to rid America’s drinking water of PFAS
3M sold "forever chemicals" for decades. Will it foot the bill to get them out of our water supply?
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![Coca-Cola bottles, with some wrapped in plastic]()
Plastic bottles harm human health at every stage of their life cycle
A new report says beverage companies like Coca-Cola must be “held accountable for the supply chain impacts of their plastics.”
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How an energy giant helped law enforcement quell the Standing Rock protests
New documents show Energy Transfer spent big on police gear and worked with a cadre of spin doctors to fight an information war against protesters.
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![Photo of cars in a highly flooded street in New Jersey.]()
The laws that took down mobsters are now being turned against Big Oil
Cities in New Jersey and Puerto Rico claim oil companies are behind a conspiracy to deceive the public.
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![A worker from the Danish firm ReSea Project collecting plastic waste in Indonesia, home to some of the world's most polluted waters.]()
![A worker from the Danish firm ReSea Project collecting plastic waste in Indonesia, home to some of the world's most polluted waters.]()
UN calls on governments to reduce, reuse, recycle — for real this time
But advocates argue the new report doesn’t focus enough on curbing plastic use.
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![Photo of dead, scorched trees in front of a mountain.]()
Study: A third of the West’s burned forests can be traced to fossil fuel companies
The research could advance court cases seeking to hold polluters accountable for climate-fueled disasters.
