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A view of the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery after a massive fire triggered several large explosions at the complex in South Philadelphia on June 21, 2019. Credit: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images

Five Years After Philadelphia Refinery’s Closure, Pollution Concerns Persist

By Jon Hurdle

Diane Wilson stands outside her home in Seadrift, Texas. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

A Shrimper’s Crusade Pays Big Dividends on a Remote Stretch of Texas Coastline

By Dylan Baddour

A view of homes along the Emory River near Kingston, Tennessee, following the TVA coal ash disaster in December 2008. Credit: Courtesy of Appalachian Voices/Dot Griffith with flight by Southwings

They Fell Sick After Cleaning Up a TVA Toxic Disaster. A New Book Details Their Legal Battle

By James Bruggers

In Oak Grove, Alabama, the home of W.M. Griffice was destroyed in March by an explosion his attorneys allege was caused by methane leaking from a longwall coal mine beneath the property. Photo Courtesy of the Alabama Fire Marshal's Office.

Failure of State: For Decades, Alabama’s Mining Regulator Has Left Citizens Unprotected

By Lee Hedgepeth

A house with its lights on is in the background. In the foreground: "GEO" spray painted in purple on the sidewalk leading up to it.

How an Unlikely Coalition of Climate Activists and a Gas Utility Are Weaning a Boston Suburb Off Fossil Fuels

By Phil McKenna

Emissions billow from two stacks at the power plant in the background while cows graze on grass in the foreground

Biden Sets Higher U.S. Goal Under the Climate Pact That Trump Aims to Abandon

By Marianne Lavelle, Phil McKenna

People make their way through heavy rain as streets begin to flood on June 12 in Miami Beach. The plaintiffs are all residents of the jurisdiction that the complaint points out is uniquely vulnerable to hotter temperatures, rising seas and more damaging storms. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

A Florida Commission Keeps Approving Utility Plans With Lots of Fossil Fuels. Now Young Adults Are Suing

By Amy Green

A marker for the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline is seen in Park Rapids, Minn. The pipeline runs from Alberta, Canada to Superior, Wisconsin. Credit: Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty Images

An Enbridge Oil Spill in Wisconsin Is Eroding Trust as the Fight Over Line 5 Continues

By Kristoffer Tigue

Emma Ireland and Charles Philip Laurie from Just Stop Oil pose with their supporters outside of the Royal Courts of Justice in London before their hearing on Oct. 22. Credit: Keerti Gopal/Inside Climate News

Shell Wins Injunctions Against UK Gas Station Protesters Amid Growing Threats to Activism

By Keerti Gopal

Bobby Jones stands in front of Duke Energy's STAR facility in Goldsboro, N.C. Jones co-founded the Down East Coal Ash Environmental and Social Justice Coalition, which advocates for people in eastern North Carolina burdened by pollution. Credit: Lisa Sorg/Inside Climate News

As the Clock Ticks to Act on the Climate Crisis, N.C. Activists Target a ‘Carbon Plan’

By Lisa Sorg

‘Amazon of the Seas’ Threatened by Oil and Gas Developments

By Teresa Tomassoni

A view of the ExxonMobil Baton Rouge oil refinery in Louisiana. Credit: Barry Lewis/InPictures via Getty Images

Why Big Oil Is Urging Trump Not to Pull Out of the Paris Accord

Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth

A view of the ExxonMobil Baytown refinery in Baytown, Texas. Credit: Mark Felix for The Washington Post via Getty Images

Federal Appeals Court Upholds $14.25 Million Fine Against Exxon for Pollution in Texas

By Kayla Guo, The Texas Tribune

Letitia Plummer, at-large Houston City Council member, speaks during an election forum in Houston on Sept. 21, 2023. Credit: Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

In Houston, a City Council Member Questions ‘Advanced’ Recycling of Plastic and a City Collaboration with ExxonMobil

By James Bruggers

Steam rises from Alabama Power’s James H. Miller Jr. coal plant in West Jefferson, Ala. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Fight Over Alabama Electricity Fuel Costs Heads to Court

By Dennis Pillion

Oil wells and pump jacks sit idle at the California Resources Corporation facility in Huntington Beach. Credit: Citizen of the Planet//Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

As a Major California Oil Producer Eyes Carbon Storage, Thousands of Idle Wells Await Cleanup

By Emma Foehringer Merchant

Dozens of people sit or stand on stairs in the New York Capitol, many holding signs. Among them: "Pass the Climate Superfund," "Our Future Is on the Line," "Help Us!"

New York Climate Activists Urge Gov. Hochul to Sign ‘Superfund’ Bill

By Jake Bolster

A view of the coal-fired Milton R. Young Power Plant, the planned site for Project Tundra, near Beulah, N.D. Credit: Minnkota Power Cooperative

A Carbon Capture Project Faces a New Delay in a Year of Slow Progress for Coal Power Plants Looking for Retrofits

By Dan Gearino

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