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2022 Was a Big Year for Climate Action in the Courts

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Editor’s Pick: Top DeSmog UK Stories of 2022

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Pennsylvania Lets Polluter Resume Drilling in Protected Zone, Outraging Residents in Fracking’s ‘Ground Zero’

By Audrey Carleton, Capital & Main On the same day that the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office reached a plea agreement with an energy company on...

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