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In Deer Park, Texas, flaring at plants near the Houston Ship Channel in below freezing temperatures on Monday, Jan. 26. Credit: Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Facilities in Texas Emitted 1.6 Million Pounds of Regulated Pollutants During Last Week’s Icy Weather

By Dylan Baddour, Peter Aldhous

At the Tucson Convention Center in August 2025, demonstrators opposed "Project Blue," a massive data center installation proposed by Amazon Web Services. Data centers have also now become a flashpoint in Phoenix, the third largest data center market in the country. Across the state, ratepayers are linking data center development to higher electric bills. Credit: Wild Horizons/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

In Arizona, Utilities and State Regulators Double Down on Fossil Fuels and Higher Costs Despite Residents’ Opposition

By Wyatt Myskow

Natural gas power plants at the WA Parish Generating Station in Richmond, Texas. More like this are on the way as Texas becomes the epicenter of America's gas buildout. Credit: Kirk Sides/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

Developer Calls GW Ranch in Pecos County, Texas, the ‘Largest Power Project’ in U.S.

By Dylan Baddour

An aerial view shows cooling vent fans on the roof next to generators on the lower level of a Digital Realty data center in Ashburn, Virginia, in November 2025. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Data Centers in PJM Grid Can Rely Solely on Generators During the Cold, DOE Rules

By Charles Paullin

The aerial view shows a modest house and the American flag out front partially underwater.

Amid National Call to Make Polluters Pay, Illinois Lawmakers Are Prepping a Climate Change Superfund Bill

By Keerti Gopal

Contractors and attorneys for Chevron watch from above on April 10, 2024 as Hawk Dunlap, Daniel Charest and Sarah Stogner (from left) inspect an excavated well on April 10 at Antina Ranch in Crane County, Texas. Credit: Mitch Borden/Marfa Public Radio

New Lawsuit Claims ‘Catastrophic Impacts’ From Permian Basin Injection Wells

By Martha Pskowski

An aerial photo shows the oil rig collapsed in the snow next to a snowy road, emergency vehicles and an industrial complex

As an Oil Rig Topples in the Alaskan Arctic and Ignites a Fire, Exploration There Continues

By Nicholas Kusnetz

U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-AL) questions Special Counsel Jack Smith as he testifies during a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Jan. 22. Credit: Al Drago/Getty Images

Trump’s Choice to Be Alabama’s Next Senator Finds an Odd Political Target: the Modern Gas Can

By Lee Hedgepeth

An oil rig drills near Salmon Creek in Pennsylvania's Allegheny National Forest in 2023, where more than 1,000 new oil and gas wells have been approved since October 2006. Credit: Mayra Beltran/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

Despite Limited Interest in Drilling on Federal Land, Forest Service ‘Streamlines’ Oil and Gas Leasing Rules

By Jake Bolster

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott listens to a briefing as he prepares for a winter storm at the State Operations Center in Austin. Credit: Jay Janner/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images

Texas’ Grid Holds Up During Winter Weather

By Arcelia Martin

The cooling towers and main unit of the Chinese–funded Sahiwal coal plant dominate the skyline above rural farmlands in Punjab, Pakistan. Credit: Aman Azhar/Inside Climate News

The Chinese Coal Offer Pakistan Couldn’t Afford But Didn’t Refuse

By Aman Azhar

White-gray emissions billow from the stacks in the background. In the foreground is an American flag on a telephone pole.

The Cost of Ignoring Fossil Fuel Pollution’s Health Impacts

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

Oil refineries off of the Houston Ship Channel in Houston, Texas. According to the United Nations, "fossil fuels – coal, oil and gas – are by far the largest contributor to global climate change, accounting for around 68 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions and nearly 90 per cent of all carbon dioxide emissions." Credit: Ken Cedeno/Corbis via Getty Images

Post-COP 30 Modeling Shows World Is Far Off Track for Climate Goals

By Ryan Krugman

Resident Noah Beckham tells Childersburg's mayor and city council he's skeptical of allowing data centers in the town. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/ Inside Climate News

This Small Alabama Town Was Part of the Manhattan Project. Now It May Host a Hyperscale Data Center.

By Lee Hedgepeth

Virginia's Democratic Attorney General Jay Jones listens to Gov. Abigail Spanberger's first State of the Commonwealth address on Monday, during which she endorsed the state's rejoining of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). Credit: Charles Paullin/Inside Climate News

Virginia Attorney General Takes Steps to Rejoin the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

By Charles Paullin

President Donald J. Trump wants private security contractors to protect U.S. oil companies as they go back into Venezuela to modernize aging oil infrastructure, like this refinery, El Palito in Puerto Cabello, Carabobo state, Venezuela. Credit: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images

Trump’s Plan for Venezuelan Oil Raises Prospects of Paramilitary Violence

By Dylan Baddour

An aerial shot shows billowing white emissions from stacks in the large complex.

Half of Fossil Fuel Carbon Emissions in 2024 Came From 32 Companies

By Dana Drugmand

A water pipeline from the T-Bar Ranch terminates at this water tower on the western side of Midland, Texas, where oil pump jacks operate. Credit: Paul Ratje/Inside Climate News

A Small Oil Company Polluted Midland’s Water Reserve. The Cleanup Has Dragged on for Years.

By Martha Pskowski

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