Nicholas Kusnetz

I cover oil and gas and other issues for @InsideClimate. Formerly @Publici and @ProPublica. Also teaching journalism @BaruchCollege

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China helped build a global fleet of coal plants beyond its borders that pumps out more climate pollution than most nations. Nowhere is the lasting climate legacy clearer than in Indonesia.

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Loggers, miners and other extractive industries have been pushing into the Amazon territories of Indigenous people living in voluntary isolation. This week, Peru could take a major step to protect these vulnerable groups.

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Chinese-built hydroelectric dams have taken an enormous environmental toll. Here's the story of one project that is threatening to drive an orangutan species to extinction, and of the people who have fought to block it.

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A shadowy corner of international law is threatening climate action, many political leaders and advocates say. It also could bankrupt one of the poorest countries in Latin America.

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House Republicans gutted tax credits for renewable energy and electric vehicles last month. The Senate is poised to mostly keep those changes and add billions in new tax breaks for fossil fuels, too.

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The Trump administration has been canceling FEMA grants and trying to make it harder for states to get disaster relief. Congressional Democrats warn the changes tell local governments: “You’re on your own.”

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A plan by Bolivia and a U.S. company to sell “carbon securities” could unleash a wave of carbon offsets. Will the idea help fight climate change or just drive greenwashing?

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Last week, we learned that the petrochemical industry asked the EPA for a blanket, two-year waiver from hazardous air pollution limits. Yesterday, I spoke to some people in fenceline communities to hear what that would mean for them.

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As Republicans in Congress look for revenue to pay for huge tax cuts, advocates have a modest proposal: Start with oil industry tax breaks.

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While the Trump administration works to slash the federal workforce and cancel grants and funding, Congress is acting quickly to rollback climate regulations. Two big ones are on the schedule this week.

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Texas is aggressively pushing to deploy the next generation of atomic energy that would power big industrial operations. https://t.co/5wpwLP1TPj

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Sound familiar? This began eight years ago, when Energy Transfer filed a federal lawsuit, which I wrote about at the time. That case was dismissed, prompting the one that's only now reaching trial in state court.

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A long-running lawsuit from the developer of the Dakota Access Pipeline against Greenpeace is going to trial. Some legal experts say it could have grave impacts on environmental and social movements.

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New York’s congestion pricing is meant to ease traffic and improve air quality. But it could make conditions worse in the South Bronx, one of the city’s poorest areas.

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My latest story with @Katie_Surma on a shadowy legal system that allows corporations to sue governments and seek huge awards. In this story, we delve into the little-known role of financial firms that bankroll cases.

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Wall Street firms have made hundreds of millions of dollars investing in lawsuits against governments. Now, they're eyeing an increase in cases as nations phase out fossil fuels.

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The oil industry has published its energy proposals for the Trump administration, looking to remove limits on drilling and roll back efforts to shift toward electric vehicles.

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Meanwhile, oil and gas companies pay millions to help get politicians elected in the United States. Including, as @psskow writes, the very people who regulate them in Texas.

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For the first time, American oil companies are disclosing tens of billions of dollars in payments to governments around the world. The information could help deter or detect corruption, advocates say.

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