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'King of Coal' Gets One Year in Prison for Deadly Mine Disaster That Killed 29
Disgraced coal baron Don Blankenship received the maximum possible sentence Wednesday for his misdemeanor conspiracy conviction, in a criminal case spurred by the Upper Big Branch disaster that killed...
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25% of Europe Quits Coal
Europe’s coal industry continues its downward spiral as a quarter of European Union countries have now closed their doors to the dirty energy source. Belgium has become the latest country to shut down...
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The Most Powerful Oil and Gas Lobby You’ve Never Heard Of
The Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC) is far from a household name, but a new investigation published by InsideClimate News' Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Lisa Song may...
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Top Climate Denier Turns Down $20k Bet From Bill Nye
One of America’s most outspoken deniers of the link between fossil fuel burning and global warming has refused $20,000 in bets that the planet will keep getting hotter. Offering the two bets to Marc...
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Trump Picks Exxon CEO for Secretary of State Despite Close Ties to Putin
By Steve Horn ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson—who has close personal and company ties to Russia and President Vladimir Putin—is President-elect Donald Trump's top pick to become the next secretary of...
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Trump's Pick for Energy Secretary Sits on Board of Dakota Access Pipeline...
By Steve Horn Former Texas Republican Gov. Rick Perry , a board member of Energy Transfer Partners—owner of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) —has been named U.S. Secretary of Energy by...
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Waterkeeper Alliance Calls on EPA to Cut Ties With Exxon
By Steve Horn Waterkeeper Alliance , represented by Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic, submitted a 54-page petition with 358 footnotes and 448 pages containing 43 exhibits to the U.S. Environmental...
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Leaked Audio: 'Election Night Changed Everything,' Dakota Access Pipeline 'Is...
By Steve Horn Shaun King, a writer for the New York Daily News, has uploaded what appears to be a recorded audio file of Energy Transfer Partners' Chief Operating Officer saying that "election night...
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11 Cities Showing What Bold Climate Action Looks Like
By Mike Gaworecki Eleven cities from around the world were celebrated recently in Mexico City at the C40 Cities Awards for their commitment to innovation in the fight against climate change . The...
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Eyeing Trump, Obama Bans Arctic Drilling
By Steve Horn President Obama announced Tuesday what amounts to a ban of offshore drilling in huge swaths of continental shelf in both the Alaskan Arctic Ocean and Atlantic Ocean, a decision which...
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Trudeau Touts Trump's Support for Keystone XL
By Steve Horn At a speech given to the Calgary Chamber of Commerce, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he intends to work with President-elect Donald Trump to approve the northern leg of...
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12 Investigative News Stories of 2016 Exposing Corporate Greed
By Ashley Braun From fake news to phony Twitter support, 2016 was dominated by plenty of falsities surrounding climate change and energy development. DeSmog remains dedicated to uncovering this...
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Trump Pledges Allegiance to Big Oil
By Steve Horn On Jan. 24, President Donald Trump signed two executive orders calling for the approval of the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines , owned by Energy Transfer Partners and...
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Exxon, Russia Eye Oil and Gas in Disputed South China Sea
By Steve Horn President Donald Trump 's newly sworn-in Secretary of State, recently retired ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson , turned heads when he expressed support for an aggressive military stance...
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The Koch Brothers and Trump's EPA Beachhead Team
By Ben Jervey Earlier this week, staffers at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) received their first official email from the new administration . "Changes will likely come and when they...
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Trump Team Tied to Atlantic Coast Pipeline Now Being Pushed by White House
By Steve Horn and Itai Vardi On Jan. 25, President Donald Trump's team listed the Atlantic Coast pipeline among the White House's top priorities for infrastructure projects, an attempt to deliver on...
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Texas Pipeline Spills 600,000 Gallons of Oil One Week Before DAPL Is Approved
By Steve Horn On Jan. 30, 600,000 gallons (14,285 barrels) of oil spewed out of Enbridge's Seaway Pipeline in Blue Ridge, Texas, the second spill since the pipeline opened for business in mid-2016....
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Putin's Ties to the Keystone XL Pipeline
By Steve Horn and Itai Vardi Believe it or not, there's a key connection to Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin, in the fight over North America's controversial Keystone XL pipeline . One of...
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These 4 Koch-Funded Congressmen Are Behind the Bill to Abolish the EPA
By Alex Kotch Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz turned heads when he introduced a bill on Feb. 3 to "completely abolish" the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ). "Today, the American people...
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Steel Made by Russian Company Tied to Putin Used in Keystone XL and Dakota...
By Steve Horn At his Feb. 16 press conference , President Trump discussed his executive orders calling for U.S. federal agencies to grant TransCanada and Energy Transfer Partners the permits needed to...
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