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Brendan Gibbons
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June 4, 2026

Trump officials mislead on fertilizer price relief in effort to ram through Louisiana ammonia plant

With farmers suffering from high global fertilizer prices due to the war in Iran, Trump Administration officials held a press conference May 19 unveiling their plan to speed up permitting for a Louisiana facility they said would help provide economic relief for the American agricultural community. The only problem? The majority of the ammonia manufactured from natural gas at the proposed Blue Point Complex near Donaldsonville will not be used to make fertilizer, but rather to ship to overseas customers and as a fuel for a power plant and a steel factory, according to corporate disclosures and announcements.

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June 4, 2026
U.S. crude oil reserves hit 40-year low as Iran war drags on

As the Iran war continues and the Strait of Hormuz remains blocked, the U.S. government’s stockpile of crude oil reached its lowest level in four decades.

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June 4, 2026
Facing enforcement from state regulators, Ohio plastics incinerator will close

The operator of a facility in Licking County that uses heat, pressure, and chemicals to break down plastic waste has notified Ohio regulators it plans to suspend operations.

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June 4, 2026
Largest known oil and gas lease sale proposed for Colorado public land

The federal government plans to offer nearly 156,000 acres of public land in Colorado in an upcoming lease sale, including habitat for the nation’s largest elk herd.

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Ari Phillips
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May 28, 2026

Massive New Mexico data center tries to ‘greenwash’ environmental impact with fuel cell proposal

One major AI data center battle is currently playing out in the small border town of Santa Teresa, in Dona Ana County of New Mexico, where road construction and ground clearing at the massive Project Jupiter AI data center began last fall. Developed by BorderPlex Digital Assets, the complex will be powered by a self-contained power system separate from the state’s main electricity grid used by the public.

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Brendan Gibbons
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May 21, 2026

Backed by $500 million in state funds, company plans 350-mile natural gas pipeline across North Dakota

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is holding meetings across the state this week and the first week of June for the Bakken East Pipeline, a new 350-mile pipeline that would move gas from the Bakken Shale formation in the western part of the state to eastern North Dakota, ending near Fargo. The pipeline, planned by WBI Energy, is eligible for up to $500 million in taxpayer-subsidized financing over 10 years

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Ari Phillips
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May 14, 2026

Trump rebrands struggling oil refinery project along Texas coast as ‘America First’ refinery

In mid-March, amid a spike in gas prices brought on by the war in Iran, President Trump announced that American First Refining would build a crude oil refinery outside of Brownsville, Texas. The announcement did not mention that, for almost a decade, the 240-acre Port of Brownsville site has been at the center of a struggling effort to construct a 160,000 barrel-per-day oil refinery under a different name.

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Brendan Gibbons
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May 7, 2026

Iran war inflates price of fossil fuel-based fertilizer and groceries

The consequences of the U.S.-Israel war against Iran have rippled far beyond oil markets. Strikes on natural gas infrastructure in the Middle East and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz have spiked global fertilizer prices during a critical period for farmers. The price of urea, a granular nitrogen fertilizer that is vital for corn, wheat, rice, and cotton crops, has increased 45 percent since the war began.

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The Lone Star State’s Gas Plant Boom

A wave of 130 natural gas power plant projects in the Lone Star State, proposed in part to feed the artificial intelligence boom, could release as much greenhouse gas pollution as 27 million cars and trucks driving for a year, according to a report from the Environmental Integrity Project.

Pollution from Oil Refineries with Outdated Boilers and Heaters

The Environmental Integrity Project examined publicly available data and records for the 20 petroleum refineries in the U.S. that reported emitting the most greenhouse gases in 2023. Out of the refinery boilers and heaters with age information, 87 percent of these units (739 of 845) are outdated.

Plastic's Toxic River

The Environmental Integrity Project examined the records of 70 U.S. facilities that make plastics or the main chemical ingredients in plastics and found they discharged almost 12 million pounds in 2023 of total nitrogen and phosphorus.

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