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Workers and communities shouldn’t foot the bill for Big Oil’s mess

States Newsroom · October 15, 2026

More than 70,000 people were evacuated as wildfires engulfed Spokane, reducing entire neighborhoods to ash. Hundreds lost their homes. Damage is expected to exceed $1 billion, the most expensive wildfires in Washington’s history. And while some point out that arson started the fire, it’s clear that the damage wouldn’t…

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Workers and communities shouldn’t foot the bill for Big Oil’s mess

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