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Venezuelan Oil Brought to the U.S. Would Be Refined in Black Gulf Communities

Communities in Texas and Louisiana say U.S. control of Venezuela’s heavy crude would worsen environmental racism along the Gulf.

Adam Mahoney, Capital B

Debra Ramirez said oil refining operations by petrochemical plants have systematically dismantled her Lake Charles, Louisiana, community.
A cargo ship passes the Cheniere Energy liquefied natural gas plant on Feb. 10 in Port Arthur, Texas. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

New Pipeline Will Bring More Permian Gas to Texas Industrial Corridor

By Dylan Baddour

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

Local Tax Breaks for LNG Plants Don’t Benefit Communities, Report Says

By Dylan Baddour

Gulf Coast Growth Ventures, a $10 billion plastics plant built by ExxonMobil and SABIC, started operations this year on 1,300 acres of previously undeveloped land in San Patricio County, across the bay from Corpus Christi, Texas. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

Gulf Coast Petrochemical Buildout Draws Billions in Tax Breaks Despite Pollution Violations

By Dylan Baddour

The Motiva oil refinery, the largest in the United States, looms over a residential neighborhood in Port Arthur, Texas. Credit: James Bruggers/Inside Climate News

 ‘A Dream Deferred:’ 30 Years of U.S. Environmental Justice in Port Arthur, Texas

By James Bruggers

American climate activists accused the U.S. of hypocrisy at the COP28 climate talks in Dubai, as the world's largest oil and gas producer, for pushing carbon emissions reductions over a fossil fuel phaseout. Credit: Bob Berwyn/Inside Climate News

US Climate Activists at COP28 Slam Their Home Country for Hypocrisy

By Bob Berwyn

Activists at a protest in New York City, where six people were arrested for blocking the entrance at KKR's headquarters on April 26, 2023.

Private Equity Giant KKR Is Funding Environmental Racism, New Report Finds

By Keerti Gopal

Floodwaters cover an access road to oil refineries Sept. 25, 2005 in Port Arthur, Texas in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita. Credit: Stan Honda/AFP via Getty Images

In Texas, a New Study Will Determine Where Extreme Weather Hazards and Environmental Justice Collide

By Victoria St. Martin

John Allaire checks a trap for fish or crabs on his coastal property in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, south of Lake Charles. Credit: James Bruggers

With Biden in Europe Promising to Expedite U.S. LNG Exports, Environmentalists on the Gulf Coast Say, Not So Fast

By James Bruggers

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