Environment & Health

Operator Error Caused 400,000-Gallon Crude Oil Spill Outside Midland, Texas

EnLink Midstream’s Chickadee pipeline ruptured on March 29, 2023, causing one of the largest oil spills in the past decade in Texas. An incident report blames the massive spill on “incorrect operation.”

By Martha Pskowski

Vecinos de La Villita temen que empeore la contaminación ambiental por los planes de ampliación de la autopista I-55

By Aydali Campa, Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times

Plans for I-55 Expansion in Chicago Raise Concerns Over Air Quality and Community Health

By Aydali Campa, Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times

EPA Proposes to Expand its Regulations on Dumps of Toxic Waste From Burning Coal

By James Bruggers, Amy Green

California Bill Would Hit Oil Companies With $1 Million Penalty for Health Impacts

By Aaron Cantú, Capital & Main

Methane Mitigation in Texas Could Create Thousands of Jobs in the Oil and Gas Sector

By Martha Pskowski

As EPA Proposes Tougher Rules on Emissions, Report Names Pennsylvania as One of America’s Top Polluters

By Victoria St. Martin

As the Harms of Hydropower Dams Become Clearer, Some Activists Ask, ‘Is It Time to Remove Them?’

By Kristoffer Tigue

Ohio Environmentalists, Oil Companies Battle State Over Dumping of Fracking Wastewater

By Jon Hurdle

Shell Sued Over Air Emissions at Pennsylvania’s New Petrochemical Plant

By Jon Hurdle

Shell Refinery Unit Had History of Malfunctions Before Fire

By Dylan Baddour

Climate Change Forces a Rethinking of Mammoth Everglades Restoration Plan

By Amy Green

In the Florida Panhandle, a Black Community’s Progress Is Threatened by a Proposed Liquified Natural Gas Plant

By Amy Green

Q&A: Linda Villarosa Took on the Perils of Medical Racism. She Found Black Americans ‘Live Sicker and Die Quicker’

By Victoria St. Martin

In the Crossroads State of Illinois, Nearly 2 Million People Live Near Warehouses Shrouded by Truck Pollution

By Al Lewis

As Extreme Fires Multiply, California Scientists Zero In on How Smoke Affects Pregnancy and Children

By Emma Foehringer Merchant

Nearly 1 in 5 Americans Live in Communities With Harmful Air Quality, Study Shows

By Victoria St. Martin

Chicago’s Little Village Residents Fight for Better City Oversight of Industrial Corridors

By Aydali Campa

Awash in Toxic Wastewater From Fracking for Natural Gas, Pennsylvania Faces a Disposal Reckoning

By Stacey Burling