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

A 2021 ruling found the oil giant committed more than 16,000 violations of the Clean Air Act at its Baytown refinery and plant.

By Kayla Guo, The Texas Tribune

A view of the ExxonMobil Baytown refinery in Baytown, Texas. Credit: Mark Felix for The Washington Post via Getty Images
The Baytown Exxon gas refinery produces oil in Baytown, Texas. Credit: Benjamin Lowy/Reportage by Getty Images

Outdated EPA Standards Allow Oil Refineries to Pollute Waterways

By Dylan Baddour, Martha Pskowski

ExxonMobil's Baytown Olefins Plant is part of a larger refinery complex, where the company has proposed building a hydrogen plant with carbon capture equipment. Exxon has said the project could cut greenhouse gas emissions at the refinery complex by "up to 30 percent." Credit: Nicholas Kusnetz

Oil Companies Are Eying Federal Climate Funds to Expand Hydrogen Production. Will Their Projects Cut Emissions?

By Nicholas Kusnetz

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