Corporate Greed Is a Root Cause of Rail Disasters Around the World
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Mar 16, 2023, 5:11 pm By GuestBy Emily Pontecorvo, Grist. This story originally appeared in Grist and is part of Covering Climate…The Fight to Define ‘Green Hydrogen’ Could Determine America’s Emissions Future
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By Emily Pontecorvo, Grist. This story originally appeared in Grist and is part of Covering Climate…Conservative MP Set to Pocket £153,600 from Fossil Fuel-Linked Firms
Mar 16, 2023, 1:00 pm By Sam Bright
Tory MP for The Wrekin, Mark Pritchard, stands to earn £153,600 in the next 12 months from three…Indigenous Group Fighting Emissions Cap Quietly Supported by Top Canadian Oil Company
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A national Indigenous group is fighting a proposed federal limit on oil and gas sector emissions by…Norfolk Southern CEO Makes Obligatory Congressional Appearance But Doesn’t Commit to Rail Safety Changes
Mar 14, 2023, 10:38 pm By Justin Mikulka
On March 9, the Senate held the first congressional hearing on rail safety following the February 3…Top U.S. Law Schools Accused of Creating a Student ‘Pipeline’ into Firms Serving Fossil Fuel Industry
Mar 9, 2023, 4:39 pm By Dana Drugmand
Elite law schools in the United States are disproportionately funneling their students into jobs…The Railroad Industry Loved Modern Brakes and Safety, Until They Didn’t
Mar 8, 2023, 10:59 pm By Justin MikulkaNational Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) chair Jennifer Homendy concluded that the East…Major Gas Utility Is Pouring Money Into Reversing an Oregon City’s Electric-only Mandate
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Oregon’s largest gas utility has funneled nearly a million dollars of cash and in-kind…Following Ohio Derailment, Concerns Arise Over Expansion of Rail and Pipeline Transport of Hazardous Material
Mar 7, 2023, 8:51 pm By Dana Drugmand
In the aftermath of last month’s toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, questions and…Liquid Gas Industry Fights to Weaken EU Climate Plans Ahead of Key Vote
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This story is part of a DeSmog series on the influence wielded by the gas lobby in Europe and was…Going ‘Net-Zero’ Will Boost Oil Sands Production, Industry Tells Canadian Government
Mar 6, 2023, 9:25 pm By Geoff Dembicki
Oil sands producers plan to spend billions of dollars on emissions-reducing technologies so that…Industry Knew About Gas Stoves’ Air Pollution Problems in Early 1970s
Mar 2, 2023, 11:39 pm By Rebecca John
At the end of December 2022, when Americans were getting ready to spend hours indoors with family…Fossil Fuel Linked Donors Gift Half a Million to Conservative Party
Mar 2, 2023, 7:06 pm By Sam Bright
The Conservative Party has received more than £632,000 in new donations from individuals and firms…French NGOs Sue BNP Paribas, Europe’s Largest Financier of Fossil Fuel Expansion
10:40pm By Dana Drugmand
French environmental organizations Notre Affaire à Tous, Friends of the Earth France, and Oxfam…Europe’s Gas Lobby Exploits Energy Security Fears in Year Since Ukraine War
Feb 24, 2023, 8:00 am By Stella Levantesi and Thomas Lewton
This story is part of a DeSmog series on the influence wielded by the gas lobby in Europe and was…Vivian Krause to ‘Oil Mafia’ Supporters: ‘The Environmentalists Have Won’
Feb 22, 2023, 6:18 pm By Taylor Noakes
Vivian Krause may well claim the title of the Canadian woman who launched a thousand op-eds. For…The Natural Gas Industry Sees Cow Manure Gas as the Key to a Net Zero Future
Feb 22, 2023, 11:00 am By Cartie Werthman
Chevron has been talking a lot about cows lately. Alongside POLITICO articles about clean energy, in…
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