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
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