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Global carbon emissions. Embargoed to 0001 Wednesday December 04 File photo dated 10/01/07 of a coal fired power plant. Global carbon emissions have risen again this year - but more slowly than in the past two years, researchers have said. Issue date: Wednesday December 4, 2019. Emissions from burning fossil fuels are projected to be up 0.6% in 2019, to reach almost 37 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide, scientists from the University of East Anglia (UEA), University of Exeter and the Global Carbon Project said. See PA story ENVIRONMENT Carbon. Photo credit should read: John Giles/PA Wire URN:48771031 (Press Association via AP Images)

With Coal Plants Offline, the Air in Central and East Texas Has Cleared

After three plants shut down in late 2017, legal air pollution in Texas fell by 150,000 tons.

by Christopher Collins

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Native Texans march against the Dos Republicas Coal Partnership in Eagle Pass. Jun 10, 2016

Going Beyond Green for a Racially Diverse Environmental Movement

by Naveena Sadasivam

June 2016 Postcards, Eagle Pass, coal mine protest, Dos Republicas Jun 06, 2016

In the Name of Our Ancestors

Against the odds, indigenous activists take on an international coal mining firm.

by Hannah McBride

Representatives from the Lipan Apache Band of Texas, Pacuache Band Coahuiltecan Nation, Carrizo-Comecrudo Tribe of Texas, and both the American Indian Movements of Central Texas and Southern California participated in the march against the Dos Republicas low-grade coal mine. Apr 20, 2016

Native Groups Open New Front Against Border Coal Mine

Tribal leaders say binational coal companies are mining on sacred ancestral lands.

by Katerina Barton

Sep 30, 2014

Top TPPF Analyst: Coal Ended Slavery

by Christopher Hooks

Jun 03, 2014

Obama EPA Proposes Major Cuts to Carbon Pollution

by Forrest Wilder

Feb 15, 2013

Coal, An Obituary

by Forrest Wilder

Duke Energy's 14-megawatt Blue Wing Solar Project in San Antonio Jan 31, 2013

Solar Power Could See Explosive Growth in Texas over Coming Decades

by Forrest Wilder

A protest tree sit in East Texas. Oct 29, 2012

The Keystone XL Battle Comes to East Texas

Landowners join environmental protesters to block the Canada-to-Texas pipeline.

by Priscila Mosqueda

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