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A fisherman casts a net into the sea as an oil tanker is seen anchored in the background on Dec. 18, 2025, in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela. Credit: Jesus Vargas/Getty Images

Oil Industry Will Eye Venezuela Warily, Experts Say

By Marianne Lavelle, Georgina Gustin

Debra Ramirez said oil refining operations by petrochemical plants have systematically dismantled her Lake Charles, Louisiana, community.

Venezuelan Oil Brought to the U.S. Would Be Refined in Black Gulf Communities

Adam Mahoney, Capital B

An aerial view shows multiple barges on the water.

The Loosely Regulated Petrochemical Barge Industry Is Commandeering a Texas River

By Salina Arredondo, Public Health Watch

Plant Barry’s toxic coal ash lagoon is more than a mile across at some points and is surrounded by the Mobile River, located just feet from its edge. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

How Alabama Power Has Left the ‘American Amazon’ at Risk

By Lee Hedgepeth

Demonstrators attend a Stand Up for Science rally to highlight the critical role of science in public health, environmental stewardship and education at the Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco on March 7. Credit: Gabrielle Lurie/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images

The Year in Climate: Attacks on Science, the Start of Trump’s Second Term and Surging Electricity Demand Foreshadow a Future Filled with Uncertainty

By Dan Gearino, ICN Staff

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks at a Ford Pro Accelerate event on Sept. 3 in Detroit. Credit: Bill Pugliano/Getty Images

As the Whitmer Administration Enters Its Final Year, Environmental Advocates Lament Wasted Opportunities

By Tom Perkins

New Jersey environmental activists protest in August against Transco’s 32,000-horsepower compressor station proposed for Somerset County’s Franklin Township, New Jersey, part of the Northeast Supply Enhancement pipeline. Courtesy Charlie Kratovil.

Will New Jersey’s Environmental Regulators Approve Transco’s NESE Pipeline After Rejecting it Twice?

By Raeanne Raccagno

Yvonne Sorovacu (right), Hannah Hohman (center) and Jay Beal monitor a creek for signs of contamination from the Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill in Belle Vernon, Pa. Credit: Scott Goldsmith

The ‘Toxic Cocktail’ Brewing in Pennsylvania’s Waterways

Story by Kiley Bense, photos by Scott Goldsmith

A truck for Noble Environmental, the parent company of Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill in Belle Vernon, Pa., drives down a road on a rainy day. Credit: Scott Goldsmith/Inside Climate News

Twenty Years Into Fracking, Pennsylvania Has Yet to Reckon With Its Radioactive Waste

By Kiley Bense, Peter Aldhous

Diane Wilson outside the Formosa Plastics plant in Point Comfort, Texas, in November 2021. Credit: Mark Felix/AFP ia Getty Images

Diane Wilson Takes on Another Plastics Plant in Texas

By Dylan Baddour

Peru LNG plant.

U.S. Company Releasing Unauthorized Emissions From Peru LNG Terminal

By Maria Alejandra Gonzales and Wil Crisp, Convoca

A view of the Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill in Belle Vernon, visible from a strip mall parking lot. Credit: Scott Goldsmith/Inside Climate News

Tracking Oil and Gas Waste in Pennsylvania Is Still a ‘Logistical Mess’

By Kiley Bense, Peter Aldhous

Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) speaks during a news conference in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center on Oct. 22. Credit: Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

SPEED Act Passes in House Despite Changes That Threaten Clean Power Projects

By Aidan Hughes, Carl David Goette-Luciak

In Washngton state, power lines carry electricity near Diablo Dam and the North Cascades National Park. The Trump administration says there is an emergency in the Pacific Northwest because of a shortage of electricity. Credit: David McNew/Newsmakers

Trump’s Energy Secretary Orders a Washington State Coal Plant to Remain Open

By Blaine Harden

An LNG tanker unloads liquefied natural gas from the U.S. at a terminal near Athens, Greece, on Dec. 1. Credit: Nicolas Koutsokostas/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Gas Exports Are Driving Up Americans’ Energy Bills, Report Says

By Kiley Bense

Rural Michigan residents rally this month against the $7 billion Stargate data center planned on southeast Michigan farm land in Saline. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Michigan Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Repeal Data Center Tax Incentives

By Tom Perkins

The construction of a data center in Loudoun County, Virginia. Credit: Charles Paullin/Inside Climate News

Virginia Regulators Weigh Expanded Use of Data Center’s Polluting Generators 

By Charles Paullin

The sun sets behind wind turbines and rows of solar panels at a renewable energy farm in Qingyang, China. Credit: Chen Kun/VCG via Getty Images

One Big, Shining Beacon for Climate Hope

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

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