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The oil and gas industry has been promising great jobs for years but oilfield workers are risking their health for those paychecks.
More than a decade after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, Gulf Coast oil workers are transitioning into offshore wind.
Modified hydrofluoric acid (MHF), used in oil refining, could turn into a flesh-eating vapor cloud if leaked. 400,000 refinery neighbors in LA are at risk.
Michigan Pipeline Fight Intensifies as Permit Deadline Nears
Enbridge is defying Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's move to shut down the Line 5 underwater pipeline, which environmentalists and tribes fear could cause an environmental disaster.
As Border Wall Advances Across Sacred Lands, Native Activists Meet It With Prayer and Protest
Citing their rights to religious freedom, Kumeyaay and Tohono O'odham activists are using ceremony to try and slow border wall construction on their historic lands.
Ohio Passes Fossil Fuel-backed Anti-protest Legislation
The bill would criminalize protests by groups and individuals at pipelines and other energy infrastructure.
A Black ‘Cancer Alley’ Community Makes Gains Against Massive Plastics Plant
The Biden-Harris administration's first environmental racism challenge may be Formosa's $9.4 billion petrochemical 'ethane cracker' in St James Parish, Louisiana.
“What We’re Talking About Is Whether People Are Going to Live or Die.”
Environmental groups say the Trump administration's new ethane cracker air pollution standard is far too weak. The petrochemical industry says it's too strong. Both are challenging the rule in court.
The Radioactive Underbelly of the Oilfield
The oil and gas industry has been promising great jobs for years but oilfield workers are risking their health for those paychecks.
Gulf Coast Oil Workers Are Building America’s Offshore Wind Industry
More than a decade after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, Gulf Coast oil workers are transitioning into offshore wind.
The Chemical Weapon Next Door
Modified hydrofluoric acid (MHF), used in oil refining, could turn into a flesh-eating vapor cloud if leaked. 400,000 refinery neighbors in LA are at risk.
Michigan Pipeline Fight Intensifies as Permit Deadline Nears
Enbridge is defying Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's move to shut down the Line 5 underwater pipeline, which environmentalists and tribes fear could cause an environmental disaster.
As Border Wall Advances Across Sacred Lands, Native Activists Meet It With Prayer and Protest
Citing their rights to religious freedom, Kumeyaay and Tohono O'odham activists are using ceremony to try and slow border wall construction on their historic lands.
Ohio Passes Fossil Fuel-backed Anti-protest Legislation
The bill would criminalize protests by groups and individuals at pipelines and other energy infrastructure.