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The fight for worker safety protection heats up at the Phoenix airport

People laboring in brutal temperatures want OSHA to investigate conditions that leave them vulnerable to heat illness and exhaustion. Quelle:…

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Companies are claiming to be ‘plastic neutral.’ Is it greenwashing?

Plastic credits can help fund waste cleanup, but they can also justify making more plastic. Quelle: https://grist.org/accountability/companies-are-claiming-to-be-plastic-neutral-is-it-greenwashing/...

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Private equity profits from climate disaster clean-up – while investing in fossil fuels

A new study shows disaster restoration workers, mostly refugees and immigrants, are poorly protected as top firms "pad their pockets…

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Environmentalists sue Utah for failing to protect the shrinking Great Salt Lake

Researchers warn that the lake may disappear in five years if water loss continues at current rates. Quelle: https://grist.org/accountability/environmentalists-sue-utah-for-failing-to-protect-the-shrinking-great-salt-lake/...

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Ken Paxton may be impeached, but his anti-environment legacy will live on

Opponents call the embattled Texas attorney general’s tenure “a disaster for Texas’ air, water, and climate.” Quelle: https://grist.org/politics/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-impeachment-environment/...

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One person stopped California’s divestment from fossil fuels — again

The state's pension funds have an estimated $14.8 billion invested in fossil fuel companies. Quelle: https://grist.org/accountability/one-person-stopped-californias-divestment-from-fossil-fuels-again/...

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Why it’s more expensive for Black towns to borrow money

"This is how your sewage gets funded, this is how your water gets funded, this is how public schools and…

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SoCalGas said its natural gas was ‘renewable.’ Now, it’s paying penalties.

More than 95 percent of the gas the utility delivers to customers is derived from fossil fuels. Quelle: https://grist.org/accountability/socalgas-said-its-natural-gas-was-renewable-now-its-paying-penalties/...

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