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The Hidden History Of How Big Oil Invented The American Dream

"From the family car to the dream kitchen, fossil fuel companies sold a vision of prosperity that depended on their own products. Grist dug up a century of evidence that shows how they did it."

Source: Grist, 10/23/2026

New Washington Cooling Law Protects Farm Workers - If They Know About It

"Renters in Washington State now have expanded rights to air conditioning under a state law that recently went into effect. Awareness of the law, however, has yet to reach the farmworker community, which could benefit from the new protections."

Source: Yale Climate Connections, 10/23/2026

Maryland CAFO Fund Wastes Taxpayer Dollars As Pollution Persists: Report

"Maryland is spending millions in taxpayer dollars on technology designed to protect people and water from animal manure pollution at large-scale livestock farms — but has wasted money on fruitless projects and shown little evidence that the investments are working, according to a new report."

Source: The New Lede, 10/23/2026

Court Blocks Ohio GOPers From Killing A Clean Air Law Opposed By Polluter

"A Franklin County judge overturned Ohio lawmakers’ effort to eliminate a clean air enforcement rule that’s used against polluters. She said the legislation unconstitutionally spanned multiple subjects."

Source: Signal Ohio, 10/23/2026

Brazil’s Supreme Court Suspends Permit For Major Amazon Gold Mine

"Brazil’s Supreme Court has suspended an environmental permit for a major gold mining project in the Amazon rainforest, dealing a setback to a Canadian company’s plans to develop an open-pit mine along a river already affected by one of the country’s largest hydroelectric dams."

Source: AP, 10/23/2026

W. Va. Investigates Green Groups Over ‘Deceptive’ Climate Change Advocacy

"West Virginia’s Republican attorney general has launched a broad investigation of the state’s leading environmental groups, demanding a decade of internal records involving “unfair or deceptive acts” in their fundraising and climate change advocacy."

Source: AP, 10/23/2026

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