Brendan Gibbons

Brendan joined EIP in June 2022 after working as an environmental reporter for the San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio Report, and the Times-Tribune in Scranton, Pennsylvania. In the nonprofit sector, before joining EIP Brendan served as assistant manager of a Texas clean water advocacy organization, the Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance.

After securing $135 million in tax breaks, pipeline company plans massive ethane “cracker” in Southeast Texas

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In deep-red Texas, neighbors fight gas power plant next door – one of scores proposed across U.S.

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A debate over $100 billion in taxpayer subsidies could set the fate of the U.S. hydrogen industry

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The outlook for the oil and gas industry under President Harris vs. President Trump

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New research revealing high levels of mercury in Texas bay raises alarms about dredging for oil tankers

Aug 29
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Texas program that subsidizes fossil-fuel electricity turbo-charges 72 power plant applications

Aug 15
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Environmental Integrity Project launches updated Oil & Gas Watch database and news site

Aug 1
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Dominion LNG storage site sparks fierce opposition in rural North Carolina

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Company’s plans for 690-mile natural gas pipeline would affect thousands of landowners in Texas, Louisiana

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Despite incentives for carbon capture, U.S. is still mining CO₂ to produce more oil

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In Illinois, a massive taxpayer-funded carbon capture project fails to capture about 90 percent of plant’s emissions

Apr 25
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A new EPA rule is meant to prevent chemical disasters, but safety advocates say loopholes remain

Apr 4
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Thousands of abandoned wells in Louisiana threaten to leak carbon dioxide from storage projects

Mar 27
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World’s largest ammonia complex would make fertilizer from natural gas in West Virginia coalfields

Mar 6
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New York is suing Pepsi over oil- and gas-based plastic pollution

Feb 28
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As Mountain Valley Pipeline races to completion, construction leaves muddy mess in Virginia waterways

Feb 22
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Biden’s LNG pause won’t slow the flow of U.S. natural gas abroad

Feb 6
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The U.S. dominated the global oil and gas industry in 2023 despite pledges about clean energy

Jan 18
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LNG terminal opens in Puerto Rico without required federal approval

Jan 5
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Biden Administration proposes to allow disposal of carbon waste beneath national forests

Dec 7
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Houston smog worst in 12 years, hitting Latino, Black and lower-income neighborhoods hardest

Dec 1
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Report calls chemical recycling a ‘dangerous deception’ meant to shield the plastics industry

Nov 21
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Texas voters to decide whether to funnel $10 billion in taxpayer money to natural gas power plants

Nov 1
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Oil & gas companies and investors placing big bets on federally-subsidized carbon capture projects

Oct 12
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Startup of Texas plastics plant by ExxonMobil and Saudi Arabia followed by wave of air and water pollution violations

Oct 4
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Biden Administration offers drillers 67 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico – but industry sues over protections for whales

Sep 21
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In eastern Ohio, environmental justice fight brews over a tires-to-energy plant

Aug 15
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Small western PA refinery topped list for most injuries among workers, with 119 over five years, federal data show

Aug 10
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New EPA report: Plastics chemical found in drinking water poses elevated cancer risk

Aug 2
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The U.S. LNG export boom is spreading to Mexico, creating new environmental threats

Jul 12
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Outdated safety rules at LNG terminals include measure meant to prevent accidents

Jun 28
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Texas fishermen worry revived dredging project for bigger oil tankers will harm their catch

Jun 14
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Biden Administration may spend billions funding 'clean' hydrogen made with fossil fuels

Jun 8
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Three Texas oil & gas industry sites that caught fire had long violation records

May 24
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Shell chemical plant that burned near Houston had a record of nearly 2,000 violations

May 9
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Ten years after West Texas explosion, booming fertilizer industry poses risks to environment and public safety

Apr 25
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Texas lawmakers aim to exempt oil & gas projects from school property taxes, but not clean energy

Apr 19
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Permitting reform could still rise from the ashes of 'dead on arrival' House GOP energy package

Apr 11
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West Texas home to most repeat violators detailed in illegal pollution report

Mar 28
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Proposed LNG export terminals threaten 21,000 acres of wetlands, many in Louisiana

Mar 1
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Ozone drifting into small-town New Mexico from Texas oil & gas industry

Feb 21
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What House Republicans have planned for the oil and gas industry

Jan 17
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Stalemate at FERC could stall Biden clean energy plan, landowner rights reform

Jan 11
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Houston Ship Channel dredging for oil, chemical industry includes plan to dump toxic sediment in minority neighborhoods

Jan 4
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Mitsubishi seeks tens of millions in Louisiana tax breaks for largest plastics plant of its kind

Dec 14
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Why the EPA says new oil and gas regulations will cut methane emissions 87%

Nov 30
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How a woman of faith stopped the world's biggest plastics factory

Nov 8
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Houston’s Parras family has made the pursuit of environmental justice their lives’ work

Oct 11
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Study: Air pollution from oil and gas flares severely underestimated

Oct 4
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EPA will restore an Obama-era chemical disaster safety rule halted by Trump Administration

Sep 13
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On the Texas Gulf Coast, a race to build desalination plants to serve a thirsty oil & gas industry

Aug 23
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In East Texas, organizers fight massive oil export pipeline planned for popular fishing grounds

Aug 3
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At least 20 major oil and gas plants proposed in flood zones

Jul 20
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Brendan Gibbons

Brendan joined EIP in June 2022 after working as an environmental reporter for the San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio Report, and the Times-Tribune in Scranton, Pennsylvania. In the nonprofit sector, before joining EIP Brendan served as assistant manager of a Texas clean water advocacy organization, the Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance.

After securing $135 million in tax breaks, pipeline company plans massive ethane “cracker” in Southeast Texas

Nov 7, 2024

In deep-red Texas, neighbors fight gas power plant next door – one of scores proposed across U.S.

Oct 10, 2024

A debate over $100 billion in taxpayer subsidies could set the fate of the U.S. hydrogen industry

Sep 26, 2024

The outlook for the oil and gas industry under President Harris vs. President Trump

Sep 12, 2024

New research revealing high levels of mercury in Texas bay raises alarms about dredging for oil tankers

Aug 29, 2024

Texas program that subsidizes fossil-fuel electricity turbo-charges 72 power plant applications

Aug 15, 2024

Environmental Integrity Project launches updated Oil & Gas Watch database and news site

Aug 1, 2024

Dominion LNG storage site sparks fierce opposition in rural North Carolina

Jun 27, 2024
LNG

Company’s plans for 690-mile natural gas pipeline would affect thousands of landowners in Texas, Louisiana

Jun 6, 2024
Natural Gas Liquids

Despite incentives for carbon capture, U.S. is still mining CO₂ to produce more oil

May 15, 2024

In Illinois, a massive taxpayer-funded carbon capture project fails to capture about 90 percent of plant’s emissions

Apr 25, 2024

A new EPA rule is meant to prevent chemical disasters, but safety advocates say loopholes remain

Apr 4, 2024

Thousands of abandoned wells in Louisiana threaten to leak carbon dioxide from storage projects

Mar 27, 2024

World’s largest ammonia complex would make fertilizer from natural gas in West Virginia coalfields

Mar 6, 2024

New York is suing Pepsi over oil- and gas-based plastic pollution

Feb 28, 2024

As Mountain Valley Pipeline races to completion, construction leaves muddy mess in Virginia waterways

Feb 22, 2024

Biden’s LNG pause won’t slow the flow of U.S. natural gas abroad

Feb 6, 2024

The U.S. dominated the global oil and gas industry in 2023 despite pledges about clean energy

Jan 18, 2024

LNG terminal opens in Puerto Rico without required federal approval

Jan 5, 2024

Biden Administration proposes to allow disposal of carbon waste beneath national forests

Dec 7, 2023

Houston smog worst in 12 years, hitting Latino, Black and lower-income neighborhoods hardest

Dec 1, 2023

Report calls chemical recycling a ‘dangerous deception’ meant to shield the plastics industry

Nov 21, 2023

Texas voters to decide whether to funnel $10 billion in taxpayer money to natural gas power plants

Nov 1, 2023

Oil & gas companies and investors placing big bets on federally-subsidized carbon capture projects

Oct 12, 2023

Startup of Texas plastics plant by ExxonMobil and Saudi Arabia followed by wave of air and water pollution violations

Oct 4, 2023

Biden Administration offers drillers 67 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico – but industry sues over protections for whales

Sep 21, 2023

In eastern Ohio, environmental justice fight brews over a tires-to-energy plant

Aug 15, 2023

Small western PA refinery topped list for most injuries among workers, with 119 over five years, federal data show

Aug 10, 2023

New EPA report: Plastics chemical found in drinking water poses elevated cancer risk

Aug 2, 2023

The U.S. LNG export boom is spreading to Mexico, creating new environmental threats

Jul 12, 2023

Outdated safety rules at LNG terminals include measure meant to prevent accidents

Jun 28, 2023

Texas fishermen worry revived dredging project for bigger oil tankers will harm their catch

Jun 14, 2023

Biden Administration may spend billions funding 'clean' hydrogen made with fossil fuels

Jun 8, 2023

Three Texas oil & gas industry sites that caught fire had long violation records

May 24, 2023

Shell chemical plant that burned near Houston had a record of nearly 2,000 violations

May 9, 2023

Ten years after West Texas explosion, booming fertilizer industry poses risks to environment and public safety

Apr 25, 2023

Texas lawmakers aim to exempt oil & gas projects from school property taxes, but not clean energy

Apr 19, 2023

Permitting reform could still rise from the ashes of 'dead on arrival' House GOP energy package

Apr 11, 2023

West Texas home to most repeat violators detailed in illegal pollution report

Mar 28, 2023

Proposed LNG export terminals threaten 21,000 acres of wetlands, many in Louisiana

Mar 1, 2023

Ozone drifting into small-town New Mexico from Texas oil & gas industry

Feb 21, 2023

What House Republicans have planned for the oil and gas industry

Jan 17, 2023

Stalemate at FERC could stall Biden clean energy plan, landowner rights reform

Jan 11, 2023

Houston Ship Channel dredging for oil, chemical industry includes plan to dump toxic sediment in minority neighborhoods

Jan 4, 2023

Mitsubishi seeks tens of millions in Louisiana tax breaks for largest plastics plant of its kind

Dec 14, 2022

Why the EPA says new oil and gas regulations will cut methane emissions 87%

Nov 30, 2022

How a woman of faith stopped the world's biggest plastics factory

Nov 8, 2022

Houston’s Parras family has made the pursuit of environmental justice their lives’ work

Oct 11, 2022

Study: Air pollution from oil and gas flares severely underestimated

Oct 4, 2022

EPA will restore an Obama-era chemical disaster safety rule halted by Trump Administration

Sep 13, 2022

On the Texas Gulf Coast, a race to build desalination plants to serve a thirsty oil & gas industry

Aug 23, 2022

In East Texas, organizers fight massive oil export pipeline planned for popular fishing grounds

Aug 3, 2022

At least 20 major oil and gas plants proposed in flood zones

Jul 20, 2022
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