ExxonMobil Lied About Plastics Recycling, Lawsuits Claim The State of California and environmental groups including the Sierra Club say the petrochemical giant always knew recycling wouldn’t work By Edward Humes September 24, 2024 In this story: plastic, recycling, toxics, oil, sustainability
Orphaned Oil and Gas Wells Are a Huge Source of Greenhouse Gases This company is racing to fix Pennsylvania's leaking wells By Nick Keppler September 18, 2024 In this story: oil, dirty fuels
Solar-Powered Oil Drilling? California’s outdated Low Carbon Fuels Standard rewards Chevron for sticking with the status quo By Claire Greenburger July 23, 2024 In this story: oil, dirty fuels, air
For the Love of Water Meet Dawn Goodwin, cofounder of RISE Coalition, Minnesota Adapted from an interview by Lindsey Botts July 14, 2024 In this story: activism, pipelines, oil
Water Is Life. The Line 5 Oil Pipeline Threatens So Much of It. It’s past time to shut down this dangerous oil and gas pipeline in the Great Lakes By Ben Jealous March 23, 2024 In this story: Line 5, dirty fuels, oil
America’s Most Dangerous Pipeline Lives Another Day Enbridge keeps a time bomb ticking beneath the waters of the Great Lakes By Conor Mihell December 19, 2023 In this story: Line 5, pipelines, oil, indigenous communities
New EPA Methane Rules Empower States and Residents to Hold Polluters Accountable The new suite of measures would save companies millions in the process By Jennifer Oldham December 13, 2023 In this story: methane, oil, fracked gas, climate change, international climate policy
Carbon Capture and Storage at Fossil Plants Is Promoted as a Needed Climate Solution But some advocates say it allows big polluters to do business as usual while hurting local communities By Amal Ahmed October 11, 2023 In this story: oil, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
On Its 15th Anniversary, Climate Week Is Still Rife With Corporate Greenwashing This year’s sponsors included some of the most notorious polluters By Marlowe Starling September 23, 2023 In this story: climate change, corporate accountability, oil, fracked gas, plastic
Can Anything Stop the Backyard Drillers? A California law banned them, but the oil industry won a do-over—and freedom to drill near homes, schools, and hospitals By Judith Lewis Mernit May 27, 2023 In this story: oil