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The Denka Performance Elastomer plant sits behind the community of Reserve in Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley.” Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Following Cancer Alley Decision, States Pit Themselves Against Environmental Justice Efforts

Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth

Nate King (aged 6) and Jeff King (aged 10), the youngest plaintiffs of the case, speak at a press conference held outside the Montana Supreme Court building in Helena on Wednesday. Credit: Najifa Farhat/Inside Climate News

Montana’s High Court Considers a Constitutional Right to a Stable Climate

By Nicholas Kusnetz, Najifa Farhat

An injection well pumps oilfield wastewater into the ground in Coyle, Oklahoma. Credit: J Pat Carter/Getty Images

Peering Inside the Pandora’s Box of Oil and Gas Waste

By Kiley Bense

People and their pets rest at the Oregon Convention Center cooling station in Portland as the city is hit with extreme temperatures caused by a heat dome on June 28, 2021. Credit: Kathryn Elsesser/AFP via Getty Images

‘Not Caused by an Act of God’: In a Rare Court Action, an Oregon County Seeks to Hold Fossil Fuel Companies Accountable for Extreme Temperatures

By Victoria St. Martin

In the race for West Virginia Governor, it’s Huntington Mayor Steve Williams against Patrick Morrisey, the state’s attorney general. Credit: City of Huntington and WV Attorney General Office

Vying for West Virginia Governor, an ‘All of the Above’ Democrat Faces Long Odds Against a Republican Fossil Fuel Booster

By James Bruggers

Major corporations like Bank of America successfully dismissed several proposals related to the disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions during this proxy season. Credit: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/VIEWpress via Getty Images

This Proxy Season, Companies’ Success Against Activist Investors Surged

By Mathilde Augustin

Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon, current chair of the Western Governors’ Association, released a “Decarbonizing the West” report. Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

Governors in the West Seek Profitability for Industrial and Natural Carbon Removal Projects

By Jake Bolster

A student walks by an active oil drilling field located near Alliance Ted K. Tajima High School in Los Angeles on Sept. 27, 2023. Credit: Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

California Communities Celebrate ‘Massive’ Victory as Oil Industry Drops Unpopular Referendum

By Liza Gross

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and former President Donald Trump shake hands during a briefing on June 30, 2021 in Weslaco, Texas. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Former Pioneer CEO and Son Make Significant Political Contributions to Trump, Abbott and Christi Craddick

By Martha Pskowski

A tugboat tows a semi-submersible drilling platform into the Gulf of Mexico in Port Aransas, Texas. Credit: Tom Pennington/Getty Images

Texas Opens More Coastal Waters for Carbon Dioxide Injection Wells

By Dylan Baddour

Venture Global, which owns this methane (liquefied natural gas) export facility in southeast Louisiana, plans to build a second terminal next door. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission voted 2-1 Thursday to approve the proposal, which critics say would emit a massive amount of greenhouse gases. Credit: Julie Dermansky/Julie Dermansky Photography LLC

Federal Commission OKs Largest LNG Terminal in US; Local Advocates Expected to Sue

By Pam Radtke, Floodlight

An aerial view of a fuel holding tank at Dorsey Junction Station in Woodbine, Maryland. Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Ongoing Spending on Gas Infrastructure Can Worsen Energy Poverty, Impede Energy Transition, Maryland Utility Advocate Says

By Aman Azhar

A drilling operation is surrounded by large noise dampening walls near Frederick, Colorado. Credit: Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Low-Emission ‘Gas Certification’ Is Greenwashing, Climate Advocates Conclude in a Contested New Report

By Phil McKenna

Rusty Bell, director of Gillette College’s Office of Economic Transformation, and Justin Loyka, energy program director with the Nature Conservancy in Wyoming, discuss potential solar sighting on coal mines near Gillette, Wyo. Credit: Jake Bolster/Inside Climate News

Mining the Sun: Some in the Wyoming Epicenter of the Coal Industry Hope to Sustain Its Economy With Renewables

By Jake Bolster

Pump jacks operate in a Permian Basin oilfield near Eddy County, New Mexico. Credit: Paul Ratje/AFP via Getty Images

New Mexico Debates What to Do With Oil and Gas Wastewater

By Martha Pskowski

Mike Halona, executive director of the Navajo Nation Division of Natural Resources, talks about the purpose of the tribe’s energy summit on June 5 in Albuquerque. Credit: Noel Lyn Smith/Inside Climate News

Navajo Summit Looks at History and Future of Tribe’s Relationship With Energy

By Noel Lyn Smith

Curtis Bay residents joined activists and environmental advocates to protest fugitive coal dust escaping open-air coal pits, and asked the Maryland Department of the Environment to include stricter pollution controls in the forthcoming permit for CSX operation. Credit: Aman Azhar/Inside Climate News

South Baltimore Communities Press City, State Regulators for Stricter Pollution Controls on Coal Export Operations

By Aman Azhar

Water flows from an orphaned oil well on Schuyler Wight’s ranch in Pecos County, Texas. Credit: Courtesy of Schuyler Wight

Another Blowout Adds to Mystery of Permian Basin Water Pressure

By Dylan Baddour

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