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Bucks County filed the first climate accountability lawsuit in Pennsylvania, accusing oil and gas companies of carrying out “tobacco industry-style campaigns to deceive and mislead the public.”

On July 15, 2023, Pennsylvania’s Bucks County recorded seven inches of rainfall in just 45 minutes. Within two hours, the county was deluged by the same amount of rainwater that it normally accumulates in the entire month of July. Seven people were killed in the flooding, including two small children who were visiting Pennsylvania from South Carolina with their family and were on their way to a barbecue.

A Pennsylvania County Is Suing the Fossil Fuel Industry for Damages Linked to Climate Change

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Is the Keystone XL Pipeline Back?

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A company has proposed to build a crude oil pipeline crossing the Canadian border near where the long-contested project would have entered the United States.

No project better embodies the nation’s wild swings in climate and energy policy than the Keystone XL pipeline.

Is the Keystone XL Pipeline Back?

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Meeting Climate Targets Requires Humanity to Reorient Its Relationship With Nature, New Study Says

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A team including scientists, Indigenous people and conservationists point to the ecosystem connecting Yellowstone and the Yukon as an example of a region where humans and nature are flourishing together.

Governments cannot reach their climate goals without rethinking humanity’s relationship to the Earth.

Meeting Climate Targets Requires Humanity to Reorient Its Relationship With Nature, New Study Says

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Severe Exposure to ‘Forever Chemicals’ During Pregnancy Could Lead to Childhood Asthma

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A new Swedish study focuses on very high levels of PFAS exposure in drinking water.

Exposure to “forever chemicals” during pregnancy could increase the risk of childhood asthma, according to new research from Sweden.

Severe Exposure to ‘Forever Chemicals’ During Pregnancy Could Lead to Childhood Asthma

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