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Green Groups Fume as Trump Gives Big Oil 'Another Free Pass to Exploit' the Arctic

Just over a week after a leading US Senate Democrat described President Donald Trump's relationship with fossil fuel giants as "old-fashioned corruption , by a thuggish government and a desperate industry," his administration on Thursday announced yet another giveaway to climate polluters who want to exploit the Arctic. The US Department of the Interior…

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