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Utility regulators take millions from industries they oversee. What could go wrong?
Topping the influence list is Alabama, where commissioners get almost 55% of their support from fossil fuel and utility ...
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‘Weird’ newspaper shows up in North Dakota mailboxes attacking Dakota Access protests as Greenpeace trial looms
The Koch-linked paper appears in Morton County as residents are set to vote — and to hear the case brought by pipeline owner ...
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Louisiana could be out billions of dollars if controversial coastal restoration stalls
The feds threaten to withhold $2.2 billion from the massive effort to save and restore the state’s diminishing coastline if ...
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Private calls and campaign cash: Louisiana regulators’ ties to the utilities they oversee
The state is tied for dead last in renewable energy adoption. Little surprise, with so much fossil fuel money flowing to its ...
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Big utility PACs favor GOP in high-stakes 2024 races
While Republicans are the main beneficiaries, in the narrowly divided Senate, power companies hedged their bets with ...
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California calls plastics recycling tech a ‘stunt’; to Louisiana it’s economic development
The ExxonMobil refinery is seen from the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge. The company is seeking millions in tax breaks from the state to begin chemically recycling plastic. But the company was ...
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‘Renewable energy growth is truly a 50-state story now’: New report shows big jump in solar, wind, EVs
The United States produces more than three times as much power from the sun, wind and geothermal sources as it did in 2014, with growth in all 50 states, according to a new report from Environment ...