Super-Pollutants

Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Facilities in Texas Emitted 1.6 Million Pounds of Regulated Pollutants During Last Week’s Icy Weather

Under Texas’ “enforcement discretion” policy, companies were allowed to vent or burn off pollutants, as long as they are reported. Recent weatherization requirements for power plants did not apply to gas processing plants.

By Dylan Baddour, Peter Aldhous

The Chinese Coal Offer Pakistan Couldn’t Afford But Didn’t Refuse

By Aman Azhar

Post-COP 30 Modeling Shows World Is Far Off Track for Climate Goals

By Ryan Krugman

A Small Oil Company Polluted Midland’s Water Reserve. The Cleanup Has Dragged on for Years.

By Martha Pskowski

As Artificial Stone Countertops Kill Workers, House Republicans Discuss Protections—for Manufacturers

By Liza Gross

Clean Energy Advocates Criticize ‘Glaring’ Omission in White House Plan to Fuel Data Centers in PJM Region

By Marianne Lavelle, Kiley Bense

Trump’s Push for Coal in Colorado Could Bring ‘Massive’ Harm to Public Lands and Rural Communities, Advocates Say

By Jake Bolster

Will Trump’s Push to Drill on California Public Lands be More Successful This Time Around?

By Blanca Begert

Cleaner Water a Hope, Not a Given, for Iowa in 2026

By Anika Jane Beamer

Duke Energy Plans to Build a Massive Natural Gas Power Plant in Davidson County. But Where, Exactly?

By Lisa Sorg

New EPA Proposal Would Strip States’ and Tribes’ Authority to Block Oil and Gas Pipelines, Other Infrastructure Projects

By Teresa Tomassoni

Alito’s Recusal in Oil Case Renews Questions About Justice’s Investments

By Marianne Lavelle

Coal Communities Accuse Congress of Breaking Its Promise to Clean Up Abandoned Mine Lands

By Kiley Bense

The Army Corps of Engineers Wants to Dredge the Cape Fear River. Environmentalists Tally the Costs.

By Lisa Sorg

Trump Wants to Accelerate Extraction in Venezuela. So Do Drug Trafficking Organizations.

By Katie Surma

Oil Executives Non-Committal to Trump’s Venezuela Pitch at the White House

By Dennis Pillion

Burning Plastic Waste for Household Fuel Endangers Millions 

By Liza Gross

As Trump Eyes Greenland, What Could That Mean for Island’s Mineral Wealth and Environment?

By Nicholas Kusnetz

‘The Dirtiest, Worst Oil’ Is in Venezuela

By Phil McKenna