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The plastics plant in Gregory, Texas, operated by ExxonMobil and the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation started operations in 2022. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

Plans Advance for Huge New Exxon Plastics Plant in Texas

By Dylan Baddour

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

Tata Ash Chemicals, a trona production plant in southwest Wyoming, is betting on a bold energy shift: replacing its coal-fired power with a next-generation microreactor. Credit: Najifa Farhat/Inside Climate News

Wyoming Has Been Slow to Transition From Fossil Fuels, but Is Moving Fast Toward New Nuclear Technologies

By Najifa Farhat

A pipeline marker is seen at the site of Enbridge Energy’s Line 5 near the Straits of Mackinac between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. Credit: Tony Webster/CC BY 2.0 via Flickr

Citing Trump Emergency Order, Army Corps Expedites Review for Line 5 Oil Pipeline in Great Lakes’ Wetlands

By Carrie Klein

A cracked pipe at Chevron’s oil refinery in Richmond, Calif., released a flammable white vapor that quickly ignited, sending a large cloud of black smoke across surrounding communities on Aug. 6, 2012. The eruption led to stricter state safety rules for refineries, but now officials are considering rolling back some of those provisions. Credit: U.S. Chemical Safety Board

‘Secret Deal’ in California Would Weaken Regulations for Oil Refineries

By Jim Morris and Molly Peterson, Public Health Watch

Nearly half of the tap water in the U.S. is contaminated with toxic PFAS. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

EPA Says It Will Act on PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals.’ Advocates Raise Red Flags

By Keerti Gopal

Mica Kantor, a 14-year-old plaintiff, testifies on the second day of the Held v. Montana trial in June 2023. Credit: Richard Forbes/Inside Climate News

In Montana, Republican State Legislators Fight Back After Successful Youth Climate Lawsuit

By Nick Mott

Silvana Nihua, a member of the Kiwaro community and former OWAP president, sits near a sacred waterfall in a Waorani community's territory, Pastaza, Ecuadorian Amazon. Credit: Nico Kingman/Amazon Frontlines

Who Has the Right to Decide What Happens on Indigenous Lands?

By Katie Surma

From left: Cindy Kobei, Aimee Roberson and Whitney Gravelle sit on a panel hosted by the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network during the United Nations Permanent Forum on April 22 in New York. Credit: Katherine Quaid/WECAN

‘We Are Nature’: Indigenous Women Come Together at the United Nations

By Lauren Dalban

A view of a surface coal mine in the Powder River Basin. Credit: Bureau of Land Management Wyoming

How Will Trump’s Effort to Revitalize Coal Play Out in the Nation’s Most Productive Coal Fields?

By Jake Bolster

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

People walk through New York City’s Central Park as smoke from wildfires in Canada cause unhealthy air quality on June 7, 2023. Credit: Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images

Nearly Half of Americans Are Breathing Unhealthy Air as Pollution Exposure Numbers Reach Decade High

By Keerti Gopal

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin speaks with reporters on Feb. 18 at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images

As EPA Rolls Back Regulations for Large Industrial Polluters, It Finds a New Target: A Two-Person Geoengineering Startup

By Phil McKenna

Smoke emits from the James H. Miller Jr. Electrical Generating Plant in Jefferson County, Ala. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

More Than 60 Power Plants Exempted From Federal Mercury Limits

By Dan Gearino

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

Energy Intelligence, a liquefied natural gas tanker, docks at Venture Global's Calcasieu Pass LNG export terminal in Cameron, La. on Feb. 26 to refill its cargo holds before departing for Eemshaven in the Netherlands. Credit: Phil McKenna/Inside Climate News

The Hidden Climate Costs of Exporting US Liquefied Natural Gas

By Phil McKenna, Peter Aldhous

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

Kathy Love, the Alabama Surface Mining Commission director, speaks at the agency’s meeting on Thursday in Jasper, Ala. Photo credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

A Year After a Fatal Explosion, Alabama Extends Deadline for Coal Companies to Monitor Methane Gas Above Mines

By Lee Hedgepeth

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