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The Possibilities and Limits of Individual Climate Action

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Here at Earther, I spend a lot of my time writing about the entities that are the most responsible for the climate crisis, like energy giants and other polluting companies. I know that these companies and their friends in government have spent decades promoting the false idea that we are all responsible for global… Read more.

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Southern Company Knew About Climate Change for Decades While Funding Climate Denial, Report Finds

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One of the largest and most profitable electric utility companies in the U.S. knew about climate change for decades and yet continued to build fossil fuel facilities while funding groups that contribute to climate misinformation, a report released Wednesday has found. Read more.

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Big Oil's New Ad Campaign Is 'One of the Creepiest' It's Ever Made

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I was sitting on the couch one evening over the holidays, watching a college bowl game as one is wont to do. Football is usually my tune-out time where I can forget the world is on fire and the fossil fuel industry is hellbent on stoking the flames. Read more.

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Utilities Took Public Money, Gave CEOs Millions, and Then Turned People’s Lights Off During the Pandemic

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A new report finds that some of the country’s most powerful utilities raked in millions of dollars in taxpayer bailout funds last year—while continuing to shut off service for households across the U.S. during the pandemic. Read more.

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Texas Is Letting Shell, Exxon, and Other Oil Producers Break the Rules

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Even when policymakers set the easiest rules for fossil fuel producers to follow, it seems like many companies choose to flaunt them anyway. A new analysis from Earthworks suggests that oil and gas producers in the Permian Basin in Texas, one of the largest oilfields in the world, are routinely emitting carbon dioxide… Read more.

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Democratic Senators Assure UN Negotiators Build Back Better Is ‘Very Close’ to Passing

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GLASGOW, SCOTLAND — Several members of Congress arrived at the United Nations climate meeting in Glasgow Saturday, the night after Congress moved a little closer to the finish line of passing some kind of climate action in the form of the Build Back Better Act. Read more.