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“It took courage for Senator Cassidy to vote against Trump,” Sharon Lavigne, the founder of the faith-based grassroots organization RISE St. James, said about the Louisiana Republican after the imp...
Fossil fuel air pollution is responsible for roughly one in five deaths worldwide, a much higher death toll than previously thought, according to a new study published Tuesday. Poor air quali...
Joseph Loree's 14-year-old son Eliar drowned in 2016 while swimming at an abandoned quarry, left open by a contractor hired by a subsidiary of Tullow Oil.
Joseph Loree's 14-year-old son Eliar drowned in 2016 while swimming at an abandoned quarry, left open by a contractor hired by a subsidiary of Tullow Oil.
The disproportionate toll that COVID-19 is taking on the Black community brought environmental justice issues to the forefront during 2020. Calls for dealing with climate change and environmental j...
Community leaders long at odds with the powerful petrochemical industry in Louisiana took note when their Congressional representative, Cedric Richmond, announced November 12 that he was taking a n...
Environmental and community groups in Louisiana are elated after what they see as two back-to-back wins in their fight to protect fenceline communities from additional petrochemical industry pollut...
The majority of offshore workers in the North Sea would consider leaving the sector, a new report has found. Poor job security was cited as the most pressing reason to quit the industry, after t...
This week, the Creek Fire in California officially became the largest single wildfire in the state’s history — and the blaze remained just 32 percent contained. Already this year, more than 3.6 mil...
Six young people from Portugal have filed an unprecedented climate change lawsuit against almost all of Europe, targeting 33 European nations for failing to take adequate action on the climate cris...

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“It took courage for Senator Cassidy to vote against Trump,” Sharon Lavigne, the founder of the faith-based grassroots organization RISE St. James, said about the Louisiana Republican after the imp...
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Fossil fuel air pollution is responsible for roughly one in five deaths worldwide, a much higher death toll than previously thought, according to a new study published Tuesday. Poor air quali...
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Joseph Loree's 14-year-old son Eliar drowned in 2016 while swimming at an abandoned quarry, left open by a contractor hired by a subsidiary of Tullow Oil.

Joseph Loree's 14-year-old son Eliar drowned in 2016 while swimming at an abandoned quarry, left open by a contractor hired by a subsidiary of Tullow Oil.
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The disproportionate toll that COVID-19 is taking on the Black community brought environmental justice issues to the forefront during 2020. Calls for dealing with climate change and environmental j...
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Community leaders long at odds with the powerful petrochemical industry in Louisiana took note when their Congressional representative, Cedric Richmond, announced November 12 that he was taking a n...
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Environmental and community groups in Louisiana are elated after what they see as two back-to-back wins in their fight to protect fenceline communities from additional petrochemical industry pollut...
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The majority of offshore workers in the North Sea would consider leaving the sector, a new report has found. Poor job security was cited as the most pressing reason to quit the industry, after t...
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This week, the Creek Fire in California officially became the largest single wildfire in the state’s history — and the blaze remained just 32 percent contained. Already this year, more than 3.6 mil...
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Six young people from Portugal have filed an unprecedented climate change lawsuit against almost all of Europe, targeting 33 European nations for failing to take adequate action on the climate cris...