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  Racist “Replacement” Conspiracy Is Undergirded by a Real Resource Scarcity

  The Intercept - Murtaza Hussain

  It would be folly to ignore the inequality, resource scarcity, and ecological calamity that lurk behind the Buffalo shooter’s racist conspiracy …

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  The $287 Million Pipeline No One Needed? How Spire’s Ambitions Almost Left St. Louis Without Heat

  The Intercept - Mario Ariza

  The gas company sowed panic in a bare-knuckle marketing campaign after a court ordered the shutdown of its STL pipeline. Deep into Missouri’s feverish …

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  Bottled Water Giant BlueTriton Admits Claims of Recycling and Sustainability Are “Puffery”

  The Intercept - Sharon Lerner

  BlueTriton, owner of Poland Spring and other brands of water packaged in plastic, stated in a court filing that its claims of sustainability are …

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  Russia-Ukraine War Is Another Reason to Break Free of Dirty Steel, but U.S. Companies Still Chase Profits Over Green Future

  The Intercept - Justin Mikulka

  The war in Ukraine has broken the pig iron supply chain, creating an opportunity for the U.S. to lead the transition to green steel production. In …

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  Documents Show How Polluting Industries Mobilized to Block Climate Action

  The Intercept - Amy Westervelt

  Since its inception, the IPCC itself has been the target of corporate obstructionism. Of the primary reports that the Intergovernmental Panel on …

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  Chemours Claims Toxic PFAS Chemical GenX Protects the Climate

  The Intercept - Sharon Lerner

  The DuPont spinoff claims that the transition away from fossil fuels depends on its cancer-causing PFAS chemical GenX. Chemours has offered a novel …