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Fossil Fuel Executives See a ‘Golden Age’ for Gas, If They Can Brand It as ‘Clean’

At an industry conference, top executives lamented they had “lost the narrative” on natural gas, and outlined an effort to sell their product as the “cleanest energy in the world.”

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Gas is flared as waste from the Monterey Shale formation where gas and oil extraction using fracking on March 22, 2014 near Buttonwillow, California. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images
Chevron CEO Mike Wirth (R) speaks with S&P Global Vice Chairman Daniel Yergin during CERAWeek by S&P Global in Houston, Texas on March 6, 2023. Credit: Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images

At CERAWeek, Big Oil Executives Call for ‘Energy Security’ and Longevity for Fossil Fuels

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Dr. Robert Bullard speaks at a roundtable event with EPA Administrator Michael Regan at Texas Southern University on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021. Photo Courtesy of The Texas Tribune

Q&A: Robert Bullard Led a ‘Huge’ Delegation from Texas to COP27 Climate Talks in Egypt

By Dylan Baddour

Oil tanks and and oil refinery across from each other along side the Houston Ship Channel in Houston, Texas on Sept. 29, 2014. Credit: Ken Cedeno/Corbis via Getty Images

Exxon’s Long-Shot Embrace of Carbon Capture in the Houston Area Just Got Massive Support from Congress

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Hazy smog blankets Houston, Texas, June 26, 2000 during a hot summer day. Credit: Joe Raedle/Newsmakers

Nueva página web muestra donde se propone contaminar en Houston

By Dylan Baddour

Hazy smog blankets Houston, Texas, June 26, 2000 during a hot summer day. Credit: Joe Raedle/Newsmakers

A New Website Aims to Penetrate the Fog of Pollution Permitting in Houston

By Dylan Baddour

The Baytown Exxon gas refinery in Baytown, TX. Credit: Benjamin Lowy/Reportage by Getty Images

Judge Upholds $14 Million Fine in Long-running Citizen Suit Against Exxon in Texas

By Dylan Baddour

Houston's skyline, as seen from a railroad yard on the city's perimeter. Credit: Loren Elliott/ AFP via Getty Images.

Houston’s Mayor Asks EPA to Probe Contaminants at Rail Site Associated With Nearby Cancer Clusters

By Aman Azhar

With the downtown skyline in the background cars jam the northbound lanes of I-45 in Houston, Texas. Credit: Stan Honda/AFP via Getty Images

Expansion of I-45 in Downtown Houston Is on Hold, for Now, in a Traffic-Choked, Divided Region

By Aman Azhar

People walk down a flooded street as they evacuate their homes after the area was inundated with flooding from Hurricane Harvey on August 27, 2017 in Houston, Texas. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

After Hurricane Harvey, a Heated Debate Over Flood Control Funds in Texas’ Harris County

By Aman Azhar

Ships are docked along refinery facilities at the Houston Ship Channel, part of the Port of Houston, on March 6, 2019 in Houston, Texas. Credit: Loren Elliot/AFP via Getty Images

During February’s Freeze in Texas, Refineries and Petrochemical Plants Released Almost 4 Million Pounds of Extra Pollutants

By Aman Azhar

Houston Mayor Annise Parker

Cleantech Innovators Flocking to Houston

By Maria Gallucci, SolveClimate News

China Globally Dominant in Green Jobs

By Stacy Feldman

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