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Workers cap an orphaned well near Oil City, La. on March 8, 2023. Credit: Cooper Neill for The Washington Post via Getty Images

Scientists Map Where Orphan Wells Pose Threats to Aquifers

By Martha Pskowski

President Donald Trump speaks alongside coal miners before signing executive orders about coal production at the White House on April 8 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images

In His First 100 Days, Trump Launched an ‘All-Out Assault’ on the Environment

By Kiley Bense, Bob Berwyn, Dennis Pillion, Georgina Gustin, Jake Bolster, Marianne Lavelle, Wyatt Myskow

New data from NOAA shows that the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide increased at a record rate in 2024, partly as a result of continued burning of coal for energy like at the Jänschwalde lignite-fired power plant in Germany. Credit: Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty Images

A Grim Signal: Atmospheric CO2 Soared in 2024

By Bob Berwyn

A sign warns of dangerous hydrogen sulfide gas at a drilling site in the Permian Basin in August 2023. Exposure to high concentrations of the gas can be lethal. Credit: Martha Pskowski/Inside Climate News

Texas Oilfield Company and Executive Plead Guilty in Hydrogen Sulfide Deaths

By Martha Pskowski

Tanks hold oilfield waste for disposal in the Permian Basin. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Texas Oil Drillers Can Bury Toxic Waste on Private Property Without Telling the Landowner. A New Bill Seeks to Change That

By Martha Pskowski

Rolling hills of sage are spotted with oil and gas developments on leased land in Jackson County, Colo. Credit: AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post

Amid Questions of Loyalty to Trump, a Longtime Oil and Gas Advocate Withdraws as Nominee to Lead BLM

By Jake Bolster

The image shows an industrial-looking pad surrounded by greenery, near homes

Pennsylvania Health Advocates Say Gov. Shapiro Has Let Residents Down on Fracking Protections

By Jon Hurdle

A worker at Chevron’s oil refinery on Jan. 26, 2022 in El Segundo, Calif. Credit: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

Congress Is Searching for Trillions of Dollars in Cuts. Will the Oil Industry’s Tax Breaks Skate By?

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Evaporation ponds hold produced water amid the oil wells of the Permian Basin. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Treating Texas’ Oilfield Wastewater Could Require More Energy Than Most US States

By Dylan Baddour

Gov. Jared Polis presents his budget for 2025 at the Colorado State Capitol building in Denver on Nov. 1, 2024. Credit: Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post

Can Colorado Keep Its Momentum on Climate Action as the Trump Administration Pulls Back Federal Support?

By Wyatt Myskow

An aerial view of a fracking pond in Clearfield County, Pa. Credit: Ted Auch/FracTracker Alliance

EPA Considers Giving Oil and Gas Companies More ‘Flexibility’ to Dispose of Highly Toxic Wastewater

By Martha Pskowski, Kiley Bense

Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson closes out the first meeting as state lawmakers convene for a new session on Jan. 8. Credit: Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Maryland Lawmakers Show Support for Bills Favoring Fossil Fuels, Jeopardizing Climate Commitments

By Aman Azhar

Conta, a member of the Tagaeri and Baihuaeri Waorani Indigenous groups, appears before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights via pre recorded video on Aug. 23, 2022. Credit: Courtesy of the Inter American Court of Human Rights

Landmark Ruling on Uncontacted Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Strikes at Oil Industry

By Katie Surma

Transmission lines connect power generated by water turbines at the Grand Coulee Dam to the grid in Washington state. Credit: Don and Melinda Crawford/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

How Does Your State Produce Its Electricity? The Variations are Wild and Weird

By Dan Gearino

A view of a large fracking operation with the Front Range of Colorado in the background in Loveland, Colo. Credit: Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Colorado Will Require Oil and Gas Companies to Increase Water Recycling for Fracking

By Jake Bolster, Martha Pskowski

A view of a wind farm in Papalote, Texas. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Texas Leads U.S. Renewable Energy Generation by a Country Mile

By Dan Gearino

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) speaks to reporters outside of the Senate Chambers on Feb. 13 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Sen. Kaine Excoriates Trump for Declaring a Bogus Energy Emergency

By Charles Paullin

Pollution From a Pennsylvania Landfill Caused Problems for Decades. Fracking Waste Made It Worse

By Kiley Bense

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