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For over 2,000 years, the Indigenous people known as the Yupik have occupied St. Lawrence Island, a sliver of Alaska that rests in the Bering Sea just below the Arctic Circle and where, on a clear day, it’s said that one can see the coastline of Russia about 40 miles away.
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Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito’s seat was empty when the Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in an important case over the oil and gas industry’s responsibility for damage to the Louisiana coastline.
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Trump said the socialist government “stole” from American oil companies. Those firms have been seeking billions in compensation through a controversial arbitration system.
The true reasons for the Trump administration’s military intervention in Venezuela might be unknown, but there is little doubt that oil and money lie at the center of any resolution.
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Coal Communities Accuse Congress of Breaking Its Promise to Clean Up Abandoned Mine Lands
The House passed a bill last week that would “repurpose” $500 million meant for cleaning up environmental and safety hazards caused by decades of coal mining.
When the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act was signed into law in 2021, authorizing more than $11 billion in new funding to reclaim lands and waterways damaged by abandoned coal mines, the people who lead this work on the ground were ecstatic.
Coal Communities Accuse Congress of Breaking Its Promise to Clean Up Abandoned Mine Lands
Alito’s Recusal in Oil Case Renews Questions About Justice’s Investments
Fight Over Venezuelan Oil Highlights Shadowy International Legal System
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