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NPS Censoring of History at Independence National Historical Park

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PHILADELPHIA — This week, the National Park Service removed an exhibit from Independence National Historical Park examining the legacy of slavery at the site. The interpretive display, located at the President’s House Site at the park, depicted individuals who had been enslaved by George Washington, along with a timeline detailing the history … [continued]

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A Year of Oversight & Accountability: Sierra Club FOIAs Have Uncovered Oil & Gas Handouts, Canceled Grants, Opposition to Whitewashing of History, & More

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Washington, DC — Today, the Sierra Club is highlighting the transparency generated by the organization’s Environmental Law Program in the first year of Donald Trump’s second term in office. Sierra Club lawyers launched a robust Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) accountability effort one year ago, at the start of the second … [continued]

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From Optimistic Models To Empty Pipelines: The Intellectual History Of Germany’s Hydrogen Backbone

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Germany’s hydrogen backbone now exists as steel in the ground and pressurized pipe, but the more important infrastructure was laid long before any trench was dug. That infrastructure was intellectual. A long sequence of studies, models, and policy-facing analyses created the impression that large scale hydrogen for energy use was … [continued]

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