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Trump Claims Indian Investment Will Make Long-Standing Plans for Brownsville Refinery a Reality

Plans for an oil refinery in Brownsville, Texas, stalled after a permit fight. Now the developer has rebranded as America First Refining.

By Martha Pskowski

 An oil refinery sits near the Corpus Christi Ship Channel in Texas. Credit: Loren Elliott/AFP via Getty Images
A view of the Chevron Richmond Refinery in Contra Costa County, California. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Mapping Unequal Climate Risks in a Northern California County

By Liza Gross
A view of the Phillips 66 Los Angeles refinery from Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park on Feb. 16. Credit: Juliana Yamada/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Phillips 66 is Closing its LA Refinery this Month. Neighbors Still Don’t Know if the Company Will Pay for the Cleanup.

By Blanca Begert
Birds fly near the Phillips 66 refinery in L.A.’s Wilmington neighborhood. The facility is slated to close by the end of the year. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

There’s a ‘Lake’ of Oil Under LA’s Soon-to-Close Refinery. Who’s Going to Clean It Up?

By Aaron Cantú, Capital & Main
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
A view of the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery after a massive fire triggered several large explosions at the complex in South Philadelphia on June 21, 2019. Credit: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images

Five Years After Philadelphia Refinery’s Closure, Pollution Concerns Persist

By Jon Hurdle
The first panels are erected for the “Bellwether District” as construction begins in April at the site of the former Philadelphia Energy Solutions oil refinery. Credit: HRP Group

Developer of Former Philadelphia Refinery Site Finalizes Pact With Community Activists

By Jon Hurdle
An aerial view of the ExxonMobil Baytown Complex in Houston. Credit: Mark Felix/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Three Facilities Contribute Half of Houston’s Chemical Air Pollution

By Dylan Baddour
Vehicles pass the Phillips 66 Los Angeles Oil Refinery in Wilmington, California. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

California Still Has No Plan to Phase Out Oil Refineries

By Liza Gross
Activists with the Richmond-based Rich City Rays gather in front of a tanker carrying liquified natural gas in San Francisco Bay. Credit: Brooke Anderson

Climate Justice Groups Confront Chevron on San Francisco Bay

By Liza Gross
Marathon Petroleum's El Paso refinery contributes to local air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. Credit: Martha Pskowski/Inside Climate News

El Paso Challenges Oil Refinery Permit

By Martha Pskowski

Citing an ‘Imminent’ Health Threat, the EPA Orders Temporary Shut Down of St. Croix Oil Refinery

By Kristoffer Tigue

The EPA Is Asking a Virgin Islands Refinery for Information on its Spattering of Neighbors With Oil

By Kristoffer Tigue
Submerged oil recovery on the Kalamazoo, June 2011

Is Dilbit Oil? IRS & Congress Say No

By Lisa Song, InsideClimate News

Life on an Urban Oil Field

By Leslie Berliant

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