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A cracked pipe at Chevron’s oil refinery in Richmond, Calif., released a flammable white vapor that quickly ignited, sending a large cloud of black smoke across surrounding communities on Aug. 6, 2012. The eruption led to stricter state safety rules for refineries, but now officials are considering rolling back some of those provisions. Credit: U.S. Chemical Safety Board

‘Secret Deal’ in California Would Weaken Regulations for Oil Refineries

By Jim Morris and Molly Peterson, Public Health Watch

Silvana Nihua, a member of the Kiwaro community and former OWAP president, sits near a sacred waterfall in a Waorani community's territory, Pastaza, Ecuadorian Amazon. Credit: Nico Kingman/Amazon Frontlines

Who Has the Right to Decide What Happens on Indigenous Lands?

By Katie Surma

Rolling hills of sage are spotted with oil and gas developments on leased land in Jackson County, Colo. Credit: AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post

Amid Questions of Loyalty to Trump, a Longtime Oil and Gas Advocate Withdraws as Nominee to Lead BLM

By Jake Bolster

A worker at Chevron’s oil refinery on Jan. 26, 2022 in El Segundo, Calif. Credit: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

Congress Is Searching for Trillions of Dollars in Cuts. Will the Oil Industry’s Tax Breaks Skate By?

By Nicholas Kusnetz

An aerial view of a fracking pond in Clearfield County, Pa. Credit: Ted Auch/FracTracker Alliance

EPA Considers Giving Oil and Gas Companies More ‘Flexibility’ to Dispose of Highly Toxic Wastewater

By Martha Pskowski, Kiley Bense

Conta, a member of the Tagaeri and Baihuaeri Waorani Indigenous groups, appears before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights via pre recorded video on Aug. 23, 2022. Credit: Courtesy of the Inter American Court of Human Rights

Landmark Ruling on Uncontacted Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Strikes at Oil Industry

By Katie Surma

The development of a pipline system is seen in an oil field in the Permian Basin of New Mexico. Credit: Sherman Hogue/Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico

Bureau of Land Management Trims Environmental Review Before $20 Million Oil and Gas Lease Sale

By Marianne Lavelle

An aerial view of a petroleum tanker ship en route to the Port of Corpus Christi in Port Aransas, Texas. Credit: Tom Pennington/Getty Images

Feds Approve Another Deepwater Oil Export Terminal Off Texas

By Dylan Baddour

An oil pump jack operates near a suburban neighborhood in Dacono, Colo. Credit: Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images

As Activists Mobilize Against Drilling, Oil and Gas Operators Sour on Colorado 

By Jennifer Oldham, Capital & Main

Two wells of the Paxton Water Supply Corporation sit about 1,000 yards away from the proposed oilfield waste disposal site. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

Railroad Commission Approves More Waste Disposal in East Texas

By Martha Pskowski

Pronghorn roam through a natural gas field in the Green River Basin, managed by the Bureau of Land Management, in Southwestern Wyoming. Credit: Tara Boucher/BLM Wyoming

With a Veteran Oil and Gas Lobbyist Nominated To Lead the BLM, Westerners Worry About Wildlife and Renewable Energy

By Jake Bolster

A view of the Golden Pass LNG Terminal construction site on June 7, 2023, in Sabine Pass, Texas. Credit: Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

‘The Devil Will Bite You,’ Environmentalists Tell Japan’s Prime Minister on Eve of Trump Summit

By Phil McKenna

A view of the Martinez Refining Company in Martinez, Calif. Credit: Michael Macor/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images

Big Oil’s Record-Breaking Spending on Lobbying Last Session Hobbled Key California Climate Measures

By Liza Gross

A wind turbine generates electricity at the Block Island Wind Farm off the shores of Rhode Island. Credit: John Moore/Getty Images

Executive Orders on Energy and Climate Have Advocates Across the Nation on Edge

By Dan Gearino, Aman Azhar, Amy Green, Dylan Baddour, Jake Bolster, Keerti Gopal, Kiley Bense, Lauren Dalban, Lisa Sorg, Liza Gross, Marianne Lavelle, Nicholas Kusnetz, Phil McKenna

President Donald Trump tours Louisiana’s Cameron LNG Export Facility in May 2019. Credit: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

Why the Argument That LNG Is Essential to the Energy Transition Is ‘Nonsense’

Interview by Paloma Beltran, Living on Earth

‘Amazon of the Seas’ Threatened by Oil and Gas Developments

By Teresa Tomassoni

A view of the ExxonMobil Baytown refinery in Baytown, Texas. Credit: Mark Felix for The Washington Post via Getty Images

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

By Kayla Guo, The Texas Tribune

EQT CEO Toby Rice has become one of the most influential fossil fuel executives in America. Credit: Quinn Glabicki/PublicSource

A Pennsylvania Fracking and Gas Company Is Poised for Profits and Pipelines After GOP Wins

By Quinn Glabicki, PublicSource

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