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The gas export terminal would be one of Africa’s largest fossil fuel projects, in an area with an ongoing Islamist insurgency. The project has been plagued by delays and accusations of human rights violations.

In the conflict-riven northern corner of Mozambique, a huge gas export terminal is moving ahead with the backing of the United States government.

Trump Says He Supports American Oil and Gas. Why Is His Administration Financing a French-Owned Project in Mozambique?

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Alabama Governor Names Four New PSC Members, Including Its First Two Black Appointees

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Gov. Kay Ivey announced the appointments as a first step under new legislation expanding the state’s utilities regulator from three to seven seats in 2027.

The Alabama Public Service Commission has never had a Black commissioner in its 145-year history, but that’s about to change.

Alabama Governor Names Four New PSC Members, Including Its First Two Black Appointees

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‘We Just Want Clean Water’: Residents Sue a North Carolina County Over Landfill Contamination

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The lawsuit alleges the county has known since at least 2023 that the landfill is leaching PFAS, a family of forever chemicals, into drinking water.

This story was published by the Border Belt Independent in collaboration with Inside Climate News.

‘We Just Want Clean Water’: Residents Sue a North Carolina County Over Landfill Contamination

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Scientists Warn of Summer Heat Spikes as Global Warming Edges Toward 2C

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Researchers say fossil fuel burning and other human activities caused nearly all the rapid warming of the past decade.

Former federal climate experts warn that atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations hit a record high in May and that the monthly average global temperature this summer could rise as much as 3.5 degrees Fahrenheit (1.9 degrees Celsius) above the pre-industrial benchmark used to measure the heating from greenhouse gases.

Scientists Warn of Summer Heat Spikes as Global Warming Edges Toward 2C

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