Environmental Justice

Carbon Sequestration

Natural Gas Liquids

Chemical Feedstocks

Environmental Justice

November 7, 2024

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

October 3, 2024

Despite history of pollution violations, fertilizer plant receives taxpayer subsidies to expand

September 19, 2024

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

September 12, 2024

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

August 29, 2024

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

Oil refinery waste is a major source of air and water pollution

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

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

Data shows Denbury’s carbon pipelines leak more than any other CO₂ pipeline company’s

Most hydrogen plants proposed near disadvantaged communities

Corpus Christi, Texas, is ground zero for CO₂ storage buildout in oil & gas region

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

Natural Gas Liquids

New air pollution monitoring rules for refineries are driving down benzene levels at plant fencelines

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

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

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

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

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

February 28, 2024

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

February 6, 2024

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

January 18, 2024

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

January 5, 2024

LNG terminal opens in Puerto Rico without required federal approval

December 7, 2023

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

December 1, 2023

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

November 21, 2023

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

November 14, 2023

Biologist encounters oil-spewing pipe while researching biodiversity in the Gulf of Mexico. It’s not an isolated incident.

October 25, 2023

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

October 18, 2023

World’s largest fertilizer factory plans major expansion, despite record of pollution and chemical accidents

October 12, 2023

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

October 4, 2023

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

September 27, 2023

Chinese ammonia plant in Louisiana could receive U.S. taxpayer subsidies

August 15, 2023

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

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

Factory near Houston would convert garbage into jet fuel. “Green” energy or trash talk?

EPA report: Houston plastics plant at risk of explosion

Federally-funded carbon waste disposal projects ignite opposition

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

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

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

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

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

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

After East Palestine, the slow-moving train wreck of petrochemical pollution deserves more attention nationally

Wave of new oil export terminals looms over Gulf Coast

February 7, 2023

New study: Refineries under-reported benzene emissions by as much as 28-fold

February 1, 2023

Report exposes vast amounts of unregulated water pollution from oil refineries

January 24, 2023

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

January 17, 2023

What House Republicans have planned for the oil and gas industry

January 11, 2023

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

January 4, 2023

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

December 14, 2022

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

November 8, 2022

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

October 11, 2022

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

September 27, 2022

Sen. Manchin pulls environmental permitting 'reform' bill from stopgap funding legislation

September 20, 2022

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

September 13, 2022

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

August 23, 2022

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

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

Welcome to Oil & Gas Watch News

Environmental Justice

Carbon Sequestration

Natural Gas Liquids

Chemical Feedstocks

Environmental Justice

November 7, 2024

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

October 3, 2024

Despite history of pollution violations, fertilizer plant receives taxpayer subsidies to expand

September 19, 2024

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

September 12, 2024

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

August 29, 2024

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

Oil refinery waste is a major source of air and water pollution

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

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

Data shows Denbury’s carbon pipelines leak more than any other CO₂ pipeline company’s

Most hydrogen plants proposed near disadvantaged communities

Corpus Christi, Texas, is ground zero for CO₂ storage buildout in oil & gas region

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

Natural Gas Liquids

New air pollution monitoring rules for refineries are driving down benzene levels at plant fencelines

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

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

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

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

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

February 28, 2024

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

February 6, 2024

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

January 18, 2024

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

January 5, 2024

LNG terminal opens in Puerto Rico without required federal approval

December 7, 2023

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

December 1, 2023

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

November 21, 2023

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

November 14, 2023

Biologist encounters oil-spewing pipe while researching biodiversity in the Gulf of Mexico. It’s not an isolated incident.

October 25, 2023

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

October 18, 2023

World’s largest fertilizer factory plans major expansion, despite record of pollution and chemical accidents

October 12, 2023

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

October 4, 2023

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

September 27, 2023

Chinese ammonia plant in Louisiana could receive U.S. taxpayer subsidies

August 15, 2023

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

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

Factory near Houston would convert garbage into jet fuel. “Green” energy or trash talk?

EPA report: Houston plastics plant at risk of explosion

Federally-funded carbon waste disposal projects ignite opposition

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

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

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

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

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

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

After East Palestine, the slow-moving train wreck of petrochemical pollution deserves more attention nationally

Wave of new oil export terminals looms over Gulf Coast

February 7, 2023

New study: Refineries under-reported benzene emissions by as much as 28-fold

February 1, 2023

Report exposes vast amounts of unregulated water pollution from oil refineries

January 24, 2023

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

January 17, 2023

What House Republicans have planned for the oil and gas industry

January 11, 2023

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

January 4, 2023

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

December 14, 2022

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

November 8, 2022

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

October 11, 2022

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

September 27, 2022

Sen. Manchin pulls environmental permitting 'reform' bill from stopgap funding legislation

September 20, 2022

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

September 13, 2022

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

August 23, 2022

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

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

Welcome to Oil & Gas Watch News