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Pennsylvania Opens a New Loophole for Oil and Gas Wastewater Disposal

The state issued a permit that would allow companies to reclassify oil and gas wells and sell toxic wastewater as a separate product.

By Rebecca McCarthy

An oil wastewater pond and storage tanks at a site in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. Credit: Ted Auch/FracTracker Alliance
People participate in a protest against Williams Cos. pipeline development in New York City on Aug. 15, 2025. Credit: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images

As Trump Backs a Gas Pipeline, New York’s Climate Priorities Face a Test

By Lauren Dalban

The Valero refinery in Houston. Credit: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images

In Texas’ 9th Congressional District, Candidates Spar Over Fossil Fuels

By Lauren Nutall

The Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s Los Angeles Refinery in Carson, Calif. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Climate Is on the Ballot, Even if It’s Not in Candidates’ Campaign Messages

By Marianne Lavelle

Solar panels are seen on a farm in Westby, Wis. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

The High-Stakes Governors’ Races That Could Reshape America’s Energy Future

By Dan Gearino

Fenn Church, center, is flanked by supporters at the gate of his property in Shelby County, Alabama. Photo credit: Lee Hedgepeth/ Inside Climate News

A Homeowner’s Last Stand Against Alabama Power

By Lee Hedgepeth

The developer of Project Marvel, a proposed massive hyperscale data center, has requested the rezoning of additional agricultural land in southwest Bessemer, Ala. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Alabama’s New Data Center Rules Still Leave Customers in the Dark, Critics Say

By Dennis Pillion

A commercial fishing boat enters the harbor at Valdez, Alaska, with a view of the Chugach mountain range.

A Warming Climate Is All Over Alaska’s Senate Race. The Candidates Hardly Mention It.

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Passengers walk past a heat-warning display at the main train station in Berlin, Germany's capital, on July 30, 2026 / Getty Images

Fossil-Fueled Warming Drives Surge in European Heat Deaths

By Bob Berwyn

Sharon Wilson records methane emissions in the Permian Basin on Dec. 4, 2025. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

After a Decade of Efforts to Regulate Methane, the Trump Administration Promises New Rules

By Dylan Baddour

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro delivers a keynote speech during the AI Horizons Summit on Sept. 17 in Pittsburgh. Credit: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images

With a Trifecta, Pennsylvania Democrats Would Pass Energy Reforms and Rein in Data Centers

By Ben Seal

The Thompson Callaway Spears #1 well, located on the vacant lots enclosed by black metal fencing, stands next to homes inside the Preserve at Medina subdivision in southwest San Antonio. Credit: Sam Owens/San Antonio Express-News

Abandoned Oil Well Spreads Toxic Fumes, Dread Across San Antonio Subdivision

By Martha Pskowski

As mayor of Corpus Christi, Joe McComb championed plans to build a desalination plant. But later city leaders called the project off. "We laid a golden egg in their lap," McComb said. "They took off in an inexplicable direction.” Credit: Jon Shapley/Inside Climate News

How a Bid to Beat Drought Drove Corpus Christi to the Brink of Disaster

By Dylan Baddour, Neena Satija

Refineries operate at the Port of Martinez in California on April 22. Credit: Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images

Northern California Community Wants Stronger Oversight of Dangerous Refineries Nearby

By Liza Gross

An aerial view of the Dalton Highway and a portion of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System crossing over the frozen Atigun River in North Slope Borough, Alaska. Credit: Lance King/Getty Images

Looking for Oil in Alaska, No Environmental Strings Attached

By Anika Jane Beamer

The construction of a crude oil pipeline in Marysville, Mich. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Michigan Spill Prompts Federal Probe of Energy Transfer Pipelines’ Safety

By Marianne Lavelle

The construction site of a natural gas well sits in the background of a farm in Washington County, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 6, 2024. Credit: Rebecca Droke/AFP via Getty Images

In Harrisburg, Advocates Rally for Tougher Rules on Fracking

By Marie Cusick

ExxonMobil's oil refinery in Baytown, Texas. Credit: Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

New Documents Add to Evidence in Climate Deception Case Against ExxonMobil

By Nicholas Kusnetz

People protest in front of the Supreme Court during arguments in the Suncor v. Boulder case on Monday in Washington, D.C. Credit: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

Supreme Court Weighs Landmark Climate Deception Case Against Oil Companies

By Nicholas Kusnetz

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