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Nick Cunningham

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Nick Cunningham is an independent journalist covering the oil and gas industry, climate change and international politics. He has been featured in Oilprice.com, The Fuse, YaleE360 and NACLA.

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The oil industry boasts that it fills state coffers with revenues from drilling, but a new study finds a serious gap in funding available to tackle the environmental legacy of abandoned wells.

The oil industry boasts that it fills state coffers with revenues from drilling, but a new study finds a serious gap in funding available to tackle the environmental legacy of abandoned wells.
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The oil industry receives billions in subsidies even as it cuts jobs and rewards shareholders. But Congress is considering stripping them as part of the infrastructure bill.

The oil industry receives billions in subsidies even as it cuts jobs and rewards shareholders. But Congress is considering stripping them as part of the infrastructure bill.
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A new report details the corporate influence behind a wave of local anti-democratic bills that are proliferating in state legislatures

A new report details the corporate influence behind a wave of local anti-democratic bills that are proliferating in state legislatures
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More than 40 cities have enacted bans on new gas infrastructure, but in the Pacific Northwest one company is trying a new tactic to head off climate policy.

More than 40 cities have enacted bans on new gas infrastructure, but in the Pacific Northwest one company is trying a new tactic to head off climate policy.
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House Republicans introduced a new climate agenda that promotes fossil fuels and speculative technologies, while leaving out real emissions reduction targets.

House Republicans introduced a new climate agenda that promotes fossil fuels and speculative technologies, while leaving out real emissions reduction targets.
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Fossil fuel companies, experts say, “cannot be relied upon to decarbonize at the speed and scale needed” to tackle rising global emissions.

Fossil fuel companies, experts say, “cannot be relied upon to decarbonize at the speed and scale needed” to tackle rising global emissions.
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NOAA announced the biggest annual increase in methane ever recorded.

NOAA announced the biggest annual increase in methane ever recorded.
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The White House remains silent on both of the pipeline projects, which Indigenous communities say are blatant cases of racism and injustice

The White House remains silent on both of the pipeline projects, which Indigenous communities say are blatant cases of racism and injustice
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From co-opting community groups to shifting blame to those most impacted by pollution, a new report documents fossil fuel industry practices that obscure harm to people of color

From co-opting community groups to shifting blame to those most impacted by pollution, a new report documents fossil fuel industry practices that obscure harm to people of color
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Developing new shale gas fields in Appalachia “may not end up being profitable” in the years ahead according to a new report. In addition, the associated petrochemical buildout that the region has ...