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Climate Disasters Hit Homeowners Through Insurance Bills, and States Want Big Oil to Pay

After surviving a California wildfire, one family saw premiums quadruple — as states consider laws to force fossil fuel companies to pay for the soaring costs of climate catastrophes they helped create.
After surviving a California wildfire, one family saw premiums quadruple — as states consider laws to force fossil fuel companies to pay for the soaring costs of climate catastrophes they helped create.
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How the ‘Galapagos of West Africa’ was Plundered by Floating Fishmeal Factories 
'You Can’t Live Without Us': How Big Oil Pivoted from Climate-friendly Messaging to Normalise Dependence on Fossil Fuels  
Climate Deniers Expected More Resistance to Trump’s Fossil Fuel Blitz
Europe’s Waterways Under Threat from Mining Lobby

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uk/Kemi Badenoch Accepted £7,500 Retreat from Chair of Climate Denial Group
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Series: Defending Democracy from Dirty Money
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The Tory leader spent a week at the home of a major party donor.

The Tory leader spent a week at the home of a major party donor.
How A Gas Price ‘Expert’ Is Using The Iran War to Mobilize Canadians Against Climate Action
ByTaylor Noakes
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Dan McTeague cultivates a media image as a consumer advocate while running a group urging people to fight against climate policies.

Dan McTeague cultivates a media image as a consumer advocate while running a group urging people to fight against climate policies.
As War on Iran Continues, a European Climate Law Could Be at Risk
ByEmily Sanders
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Industry groups warn of “supply shocks” as energy shortages grow, but critics say targeting the EU’s methane rule would lock in polluting U.S. fossil-fuel infrastructure at a dire cost to local and global communities.

Industry groups warn of “supply shocks” as energy shortages grow, but critics say targeting the EU’s methane rule would lock in polluting U.S. fossil-fuel infrastructure at a dire cost to local and global communities.
The SNP’s Oil Executive Holyrood Candidate
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The party has put forward a senior Equinor figure to stand in Shetland.

The party has put forward a senior Equinor figure to stand in Shetland.
Series: Defending Democracy from Dirty Money
Series: Defending-UK-Democracy
As Russia Bombs Ukraine’s Power Plants, Gulf Coast LNG Companies Win Big
ByDelaney Nolan
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Record LNG exports to Europe pushing up prices for U.S. consumers even more than forecast.

Record LNG exports to Europe pushing up prices for U.S. consumers even more than forecast.
A utility worker in a hard hat, left, stands beside a transformer destroyed by a Russian drone near Odessa, Ukraine.
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Canada's Oil Industry Is Trying to Cash in on Iran War
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Canadian politicians and pundits are leveraging Trump’s war with Iran to expand fossil fuel infrastructure.
Canadian politicians and pundits are leveraging Trump’s war with Iran to expand fossil fuel infrastructure.
An ExxonMobil gas station in Hiawassee, Georgia, with a blue house in the background.
Breaking: UK Court Paves Way for Alleged Exxon Hacker-for-Hire’s Extradition to U.S.
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Israeli private eye Amit Forlit denied appeal in decision that could lead to his facing a maximum of 45 years in prison if found guilty.
Israeli private eye Amit Forlit denied appeal in decision that could lead to his facing a maximum of 45 years in prison if found guilty.
Big Oil Knew It Was Wrecking Louisiana’s Coast, Records Show
ByEmily Sanders
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Now, parish lawsuits, including one in front of the Supreme Court, could make oil giants pay to restore the state’s vanishing marshes.
Now, parish lawsuits, including one in front of the Supreme Court, could make oil giants pay to restore the state’s vanishing marshes.
Mosaic Company’s Faustina Ammonia Plant and CF Industries' Donaldsonville Complex's port in the 5th District of St. James with smoke rising from burning sugarcane fields
us/Civil Rights Case Probes Racism Behind Cancer Alley Pollution
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Federal lawsuit claiming local officials illegally pushed polluting industries into Black communities reaches new stage.
Federal lawsuit claiming local officials illegally pushed polluting industries into Black communities reaches new stage.
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uk/Kemi Badenoch Accepted £7,500 Retreat from Chair of Climate Denial Group
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Climate Disasters Hit Homeowners Through Insurance Bills, and States Want Big Oil to Pay
uk/Comment: 10 Years on from Deepwater Horizon, Coronavirus Shows Continued Need for a Just Transition Away from Big Oil
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As War on Iran Continues, a European Climate Law Could Be at Risk

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Data Centers Are Poised to Engulf a Pennsylvania Town
Q&A: Tech Billionaires’ AI Space Empire Fantasies Are ‘An Insidious Form of Climate Denial’
Science journalist Adam Becker speaks with DeSmog about how Silicon Valley tech billionaires have invented new forms of greenwashing and climate denial in their quest for ever-more fantastic technology.
AI vs. Net Zero: The UK’s Next Climate Battle
Opponents of climate action are taking advantage of the AI boom to attack the government’s clean energy goals.
The Koch Network Is Pushing Trump to Accelerate AI, Documents Show
Right-wing political group Americans for Prosperity, backed by oil and gas billionaire Charles Koch, sees data centers as part of a larger pro-fossil fuel agenda.

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