Their tactics to force construction of data centers even against significant opposition from local communities have become increasingly forceful and hostile.
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After Fracking Blast in Pennsylvania, Chevron Offers Pizza
A Chevron well in the preparation stages for fracking exploded last week in Pennsylvania, causing a fire that lasted for four days.
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After $93 Billion in Profits, Big Five Oil Corps Still Battling to Keep Tax Breaks
Despite their outsized earnings, the oil companies are not only fighting to keep their tax breaks but also lobbying to lift the crude oil export ban.
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RE-Volv Introduces "Pay-It-Forward" Strategy to Fund Solar Power in Communities
Rather than offering gradual return on an initial investment, donations to the San Francisco nonprofit are continually reinvested into solar installations.
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Report Reveals Fracking Is Depleting Water Supplies in America's Driest Places
Of the nearly 40,000 oil and gas wells drilled in the U.S. since 2011, three-quarters were located in areas where water is scarce, and more than half in areas experiencing drought.
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Impunity in West Virginia As Criminal Law-Breaking Polluters Still Walk Free
Freedom Industries, which failed to show up at a Congressional hearing this week, knew about the leak of toxic chemicals but chose purposely not to report them – one of many company crimes for which managers should be behind bars.
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1st Amendment On Trial As Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act Is Challenged in Boston
The five animal rights activists represented in the lawsuit say their right to free speech is being chilled by the law.
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Doom By Dithering: Why Nobody Wants to Face the Real Costs of Living by the Water
Cheered on by the real estate and building industries, Congress has fought the reality of climate change on our coasts.
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Solar Power Industry Now Employs More U.S. Workers Than Coal and Oil Combined
Jobs in solar energy are providing more than 143,000 Americans with a paycheck, a 20% increase from 2012.
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Food Fights, States Rights – and the Demand for Health We Won’t Be Denied
Activists are forcing Monsanto, big biotech and the Grocery Manufacturers Association to go defensive – and now it’s time to win.
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Seeking Climatic Shift, U.K. Pension Investments Are Starting to Undercut Big Oil
People invest money through pensions into industries that cause climate change, often unknowingly and against their own financial interest.
