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Emily Pontecorvo is a contributing writer from Grist.org.

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Democrats block bailout for Big Oil in coronavirus stimulus package

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Even coronavirus can’t stop Trump’s environmental rollbacks

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Protest posters in the village of Harmondsworth, which was under threat of demolition because of plans for a third runway at Heathrow airport on February 27, 2020 in London, England. (Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)

U.K. court ruling: Heathrow airport expansion doesn’t fly under Paris Agreement

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Activists rally against ExxonMobil during the Global Climate March in Washington, D.C., on November 29, 2017. (Johnny Silvercloud/Flickr)

Calls for law firm to #DropExxon go national with law student boycott

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A view of the Los Angeles city skyline as heavy smog shrouds the city in California on May 31, 2015 (Getty/Mark Ralston)

Obama helped make cars more efficient, but now they spew black carbon

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A non-permeable cover tops Coal Ash Basin B along the banks of the Elizabeth River in Chesapeake, Va., Monday, June 27, 2016. A lawsuit has gone to a judge over environmentalists claim that there are leaks of arsenic and other heavy metals into a river near Dominion�s abandoned Chesapeake power plant from the coal Ash pits in violation of the Clean Water Act. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) (AP)

The plan to protect the Chesapeake is failing, and it’s Pennsylvania’s fault

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Harvard University (Darren McCollester/Newsmakers/Getty Images)

Exxon’s law firm tried to recruit Harvard students. Instead, they protested.

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A view of the Los Angeles city skyline as heavy smog shrouds the city in California on May 31, 2015 (Getty/Mark Ralston)

The climate policy milestone that was buried in the 2020 budget

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This April 21, 2010, file photo shows a large plume of smoke rising from BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Scientists created a new sponge that could clean up oil spills

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A layer of pollution can be seen hovering over Los Angeles, California (Getty/Frederic J. Brown)

Getting rid of pollution improves public health a lot faster than you’d think

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Republicans are buying rooftop solar. Will it change their politics?

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Would banning frequent flyer programs help the planet?

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