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Aaron Regunberg

The First Wrongful Death Suit Against Big Oil Is Not Going Their Way

A judge has ruled that tort claims against the industry can proceed to trial, potentially opening the door for prosecutors to become agents of climate accountability.

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This Is the Week for Democrats to Start Saying “Climate Change” Again

The party has gone quiet on the issue. As a heat wave sends temperatures soaring past 100, they can’t remain mum any longer.

The Trump Administration Is All In for Glyphosate, MAHA Be Damned

In late April, protesters with The People vs. The Poison gathered at the U.S. Supreme Court as it heard arguments in Monstanto Co. vs. Durnell.

The Trump Administration Is All In for Glyphosate, MAHA Be Damned

The AI Battles

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Bombs and Porn Are Bad Reasons to Build More Data Centers

Is this big AI push supposed to help the U.S. kill more Iranian kids? To help school shooters kill kids at home? Or just to fill the internet with rubbish? We need better answers to this question.

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Liza Featherstone

Data Centers Are the Enemy We’ve All Been Waiting For

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Does Generative AI “Work”? That’s a Misleading Question.

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David R. Tillman

What Bernie and AOC Get Wrong About Data Centers