Pipelines

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

Biden’s Top Climate Adviser Signals Support for Permitting Deal with Fossil Fuel Advocates

By Marianne Lavelle

At CERAWeek, Big Oil Executives Call for ‘Energy Security’ and Longevity for Fossil Fuels

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Pressing Safety Concerns, Opponents of the Mountain Valley Pipeline Gear Up for the Next Round of Battle

By Phil McKenna

A Pipeline Giant Pleads ‘No Contest’ to Environmental Crimes in Pennsylvania After Homeowners Complained of Tainted Water

By Jon Hurdle

FERC Says it Will Consider Greenhouse Gas Emissions and ‘Environmental Justice’ Impacts in Approving New Natural Gas Pipelines

By Zoha Tunio

‘Delay is Death,’ said UN Chief António Guterres of the New IPCC Report Showing Climate Impacts Are Outpacing Adaptation Efforts

By Bob Berwyn

Chernobyl Is Not the Only Nuclear Threat Russia’s Invasion Has Sparked in Ukraine

By Michael Kodas

How the Ukraine Conflict Looms as a Turning Point in Russia’s Uneasy Energy Relationship with the European Union

By Marianne Lavelle

How Climate and the Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Undergirds the Ukraine-Russia Standoff

By Marianne Lavelle

Alaska’s Dalton Highway Is Threatened by Climate Change and Facing a Highly Uncertain Future

By David Hasemyer

Concerns Linger Over a Secretive Texas Company That Owns the Largest Share of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline

By David Hasemyer

Confusion Over Line 5 Shutdown Highlights Biden’s Tightrope Walk on Climate and Environmental Justice

By Kristoffer Tigue

To Stop Line 3 Across Minnesota, an Indigenous Tribe Is Asserting the Legal Rights of Wild Rice

By Katie Surma

Raging Flood Waters Driven by Climate Change Threaten the Trans-Alaska Pipeline

By David Hasemyer

To Meet Paris Accord Goal, Most of the World’s Fossil Fuel Reserves Must Stay in the Ground

By Nicholas Kusnetz

The Riverkeeper’s Quest to Protect the Delaware River Watershed as the Rains Fall and Sea Level Rises

By Daelin Brown

Judge’s Order Forces Interior Department to Revive Drilling Lease Sales on Federal Lands and Waters

By Judy Fahys

Line 3 Drew Thousands of Protesters to Minnesota This Summer. Last Week, Enbridge Declared the Pipeline Almost Finished

By Kristoffer Tigue