The morning after the United States and Israel began bombing Iran, Pastor John Hagee of Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas, began his globally…
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A fossil fuel giant with deep ties to Supreme Court justice Neil Gorsuch, along with other powerful pro-business groups, is explicitly pressuring…
In the years before Hurricane Helene ravaged North Carolina last week, the stateās Republican lawmakers and corporate interests continually fought climate adaptation…
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The company that chartered the cargo ship that destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore was recently sanctioned by regulators for…
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