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Will California’s Largest Oil Well Owner Get a Pass on Paying to Clean Up Its Mess?

A new state law mandates that oil companies put up money to plug wells before acquiring them. It could fail its first big test, putting taxpayers on the hook.

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CEO Compensation Skyrockets While Workers’ Pay Barely Keeps Up

Executive total compensation surged nearly 13% in 2023, outpacing both inflation and worker pay increases.

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James Lawson Gave Us Equal Time

The civil rights leader showed that even in Los Angeles, color drives class divisions and racial justice drives economic justice.

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In Deep Water

Around the world, lands with water and food resources are being snatched up by powerful interests. The Grab director Gabriela Cowperthwaite discusses her documentary that is both a geopolitical thriller and a call to action.

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California Program to Treat Chronic Conditions Through Healthy Diets Could End

The Legislature and governor will need to act this year if the state is to continue providing food as medicine for low-income residents.

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Hydrogen Hyped by Lobbyists and Lawmakers Across the Country, Despite Concerns

Here are the most environmentally friendly banks in the U.S. — is yours on the list?

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After Multiple Strikes, the Biden Administration Forces an Employer to Apply Again for Its Multibillion Dollar Contract

A new contract that requires “labor harmony” could be a model to empower millions who work for federal contractors nationwide.

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Migrants Detained in San Diego Are Quietly Being Moved Out of State

Dozens are relocated by ICE, cutting them off from their attorneys and, sometimes, their families.

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Pennsylvania Landowners Could Be Forced To Accept Carbon Dioxide Burial On Their Land

Environmentalists fear leaks, explosions, earthquakes and more from a carbon capture bill with bipartisan support.

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UC Student Assistants, Striking Over Response to Gaza Protests, Say It Is Time to Negotiate

The union says that following a string of wins by campus unions nationwide, the university may fear losing at the table in the current fight over use of police and sanctions to quell protests.

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The Return of Trickle-Down Economics

In Kansas, Mississippi and other states, tax cuts for the wealthy could bring devastating reductions to education, health and other vital programs.

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In Mega-Hot Arizona, Climate Is Not on the Ballot. But It Might as Well Be.

Extreme heat deaths skyrocketed 1,000% in the last decade and most see climate as a ‘serious’ threat. Do the politicians?

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In Rural Pennsylvania, Crypto Mining Offers a Lifeline for Dying Gas Wells

Emails show Diversified largely kept the state in the dark as it fired up its bitcoin mining operation.

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No Papers, No Food

A California plan to extend food aid to undocumented immigrants is shelved in the state’s latest budget revision.

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Texas Has ‘the Most Aggressive’ Well-Plugging Program in the U.S. So Why Is Its To-Do List So Long?

No state has punched more holes in its bedrock than the Lone Star State. The environmental risks are staggering, and so are the clean up costs

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A Tiny Farmworker Community is Eyed for California Hydrogen Experiment

After a decade of lobbying, SoCalGas is planning to blend hydrogen into gas lines serving a mostly Latino town in the San Joaquin Valley.

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The Pleasure and Pain of Chiles, Cultivated by Colonialism

Victor Valle connects the dots between the growth of chile consumption in North America and the devaluing of native knowledge and labor.

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The Road to a Decarbonized Future or Just Another Lifeline for Fossil Fuels?

With billions in tax credits at stake, Pennsylvania gas producer CNX wants in on the hydrogen revolution

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A Safety Net Will Not Close California’s Income Gap

Leaders need to create ways for workers to get the skills needed for higher-paying jobs.

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Is Colorado Really the Clean Energy Leader It Claims to Be?

A campaign touting the oil and gas industry’s environmental progress says its energy-producing hydrocarbons are very clean, but not all of its claims can be verified.

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Like It Or Not, a Hydrogen Ecosystem Is Coming to New Mexico

Production, distribution, power generation, carbon capture all in the works: Questions, concerns, confusion abound.

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Money Has Run Out for Fruits and Vegetables for Low-Income Californians. Elected Leaders Are Silent.

The fresh food rebate pilot program delivered on its promises, but politicians won’t pledge to put it in the budget.

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Abandoned Wells, Methane-Emission Loopholes and Underground Toxic Waste Dumps All Raise Concerns

Here are the world’s top banks financing fossil fuels — is yours on the list?

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The Florida Paradox: Voters Believe in Climate Change. They Also Believe in Trump.

As Florida reels amid climate change, Trump asks Big Oil for $1 billion and pledges to roll back Biden’s green agenda.

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Why Health Care Leaders Are Sounding an Alarm About the Danger of a Trump Presidency

A bipartisan group including six former American Medical Association presidents say access to health coverage will fall while prices rise, and Americans need to pay attention.

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