Fossil Fuels
Holding industries that profit from greenhouse gas emissions accountable for actions that hinder solutions to the climate crisis their products are responsible for causing.
A New Website Aims to Penetrate the Fog of Pollution Permitting in Houston
By Dylan Baddour
A New Plant in Indiana Uses a Process Called ‘Pyrolysis’ to Recycle Plastic Waste. Critics Say It’s Really Just Incineration
By James Bruggers
Remember That Coal Surge Last Year? Yeah, It’s Over
By Dan Gearino
Judge Upholds $14 Million Fine in Long-running Citizen Suit Against Exxon in Texas
By Dylan Baddour
A Court Blocks Oil Exploration and Underwater Seismic Testing Off South Africa’s ‘Wild Coast’
By Katie Surma
California Passes Law Requiring Buffer Zones for New Oil and Gas Wells
By Liza Gross
Texas Study Finds ‘Massive Amount’ of Toxic Wastewater With Few Options for Reuse
By Dylan Baddour
When an Oil Well Is Your Neighbor
By Liza Gross
Methane Hunters: What Explains the Surge in the Potent Greenhouse Gas?
By Leslie Hook and Chris Campbell, The Financial Times
A Pipeline Giant Pleads ‘No Contest’ to Environmental Crimes in Pennsylvania After Homeowners Complained of Tainted Water
By Jon Hurdle
Occidental Seeks Texas Property Tax Abatements to Help Finance its Long-Shot Plan for Removing Carbon Dioxide From the Atmosphere
By Nicholas Kusnetz
Strip Mining Worsened the Severity of Deadly Kentucky Floods, Say Former Mining Regulators. They Are Calling for an Investigation
By James Bruggers
Inside Clean Energy: A Dirty Scandal for a Clean Energy Leader
By Dan Gearino
Deep in the Democrats’ Climate Bill, Analysts See More Wins for Clean Energy Than Gifts for Fossil Fuel Business
By Marianne Lavelle, Dan Gearino, Georgina Gustin, Phil McKenna
A Collision of Economics and History: In Pennsylvania, the Debate Over Climate is a Bitter One
By David Shribman
A Vast Refinery Site in Philadelphia Is Being Redeveloped and Called ‘The Bellwether District.’ But for Black Residents Nearby, Justice Awaits
By Victoria St. Martin