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Is hydrogen fuel worse for the climate than coal? It all depends on how it’s made

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

The market can't handle fast-tracking LNG. Neither can the climate.

What causes long-delayed 'zombie' projects? The market, not government permit reviews

Biden/McCarthy compromise would approve Mountain Valley Pipeline and limit national environmental reviews

Major carbon pipeline is cancelled as opposition grows and regulations remain elusive

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

American households could be left in the cold as gas exports skyrocket

Latest version of energy permitting fast-tracking bill has environmental movement balking

Cancer-causing benzene emissions are rising at the Dow Chemical Orange plant in East Texas. Why?

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

Ten long-delayed LNG export terminals could lose approvals under new policy

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

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

Texas plastics factory shows how companies take public subsidies while breaking pollution laws

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

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

Drilling for digital dollars? Oil and gas sites catching on with crypto miners

Behind the climate bill: the high price of Manchin's pipeline deal in Appalachia

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

Outdated safety rules at LNG terminals include measure meant to prevent accidents

Pipeline supplying new PA plastics plant charged with criminal cover up of spills

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

Jul 23, 2024Company scraps plans for Indiana plastics-to-fuel plant near Chicago

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

Despite Biden climate promises, oil production on federal lands is rising

Most hydrogen plants proposed near disadvantaged communities

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

LNG terminal opens in Puerto Rico without required federal approval

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

Study: Air pollution from oil and gas flares severely underestimated

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

Opening of new plastics plant brings glowing orange clouds and repeated pollution violations

Federally-funded carbon waste disposal projects ignite opposition

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

Investigation: Carbon capture tax credits in climate bill riddled with verification failures and other problems

Plastics industry boom brings flood of new ethylene “cracker” plants, despite frequent environmental violations

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

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

Pipeline routes now available on Oil and Gas Watch database

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

Direct air carbon capture sets up shop in the oilfields of Texas

Ammonia fuel sets sail into an ocean of petroleum-based energy

Sep 10, 2024Meetings scheduled this week and next on 690-mile DeLa Express pipeline in TX, LA

Chemical plants in TX, LA exceed EPA action level for cancer-causing benzene

No plastics panacea: chemical recycling causes pollution, promotes waste

EPA’s failure to regulate laughing gas is deadly serious for the climate

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

First-ever EPA data show gas processing plants emit thousands of pounds of carcinogens per year

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

Biden’s bioplastics move could be a shell game, swapping one polluting plastic for another

Leaks at Illinois carbon injection project cast a shadow on the future of taxpayer-subsidized carbon capture

Nov 06, 2024Environmental review issued for natural gas salt cavern storage expansion south of Jackson, Mississippi

Report shows oil and gas companies are rushing to establish taxpayer-subsidized carbon storage projects with little monitoring

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

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

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

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

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