Climate & Energy: Dirty Energy

Coal Miners Weren’t Happy When Joe Manchin Derailed Build Back Better

The United Mine Workers of America issued a statement criticizing the senator for withdrawing his support from the legislation

By Austyn Gaffney January 19, 2022

In this story: coal

Why Is the Biden White House Refusing to Confront the Oil and Gas Industry?

Environmental and Indigenous groups are increasingly frustrated with inaction

By Nick Cunningham January 10, 2022

In this story: oil, fracked gas

Jordan Cove Is Dead—for Real!

Developers behind the proposed LNG export terminal in Oregon pull the plug on their project

By Juliet Grable December 3, 2021

In this story: liquefied natural gas, fracked gas

Halting the Gas Export Boom

On Louisiana's Gulf Coast, the fossil fuel industry is planning a massive expansion of LNG exports. One woman is determined to stop them.

By Antonia Juhasz December 13, 2021

In this story: Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), fracked gas, oil

Aerial photo shows a large blue and white ship leaving a port. Onshore are five short white cylinders and other infrastructure.

Two Cheers for California’s New Oil and Gas Setbacks

New drilling rigs need to be a kilometer away from homes, schools, and hospitals, but old ones stay

By Judith Lewis Mernit November 6, 2021

In this story: oil, fracked gas

Methane's Big Moment

What's behind those big cuts to methane emissions at COP26?

By Tina Gerhardt November 2, 2021

In this story: international climate policy, politics, climate change, fracked gas, COP26

A bright orange flame and smoke coming out of an oil well against a light blue sky

Big Oil on the Hot Seat

Testifying under oath, oil executives duck, dodge, and deflect

By Jason Mark October 29, 2021

In this story: climate change, oil

Past Time to Shut Down Offshore Drilling

Aging infrastructure and a bottom-feeding oil company caused the Southern California spill, but only because we let them

By Judith Lewis Mernit October 5, 2021

In this story: oil, drilling, offshore drilling

Abandoned Oil and Gas Sites Are Leaking Methane Across the Country

Millions of inactive sites emit greenhouse gases without a plan to clean them up

By Jennifer Oldham October 6, 2021

In this story: oil, fracked gas, climate change

Hurricane Ida Leaves Trail of Destruction in Badly Polluted Cancer Alley

A visual record of how extreme weather impacts fossil fuel infrastructure

Text and photographs by Julie Dermansky September 16, 2021

In this story: photography, oil, climate change