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Interior Department backtracks on public comment period for Willow project
The government told an Alaska Native village it would have more time to give feedback on an oil project. Then it reversed course.
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![In Kotlik, Alaska, pictured here, many houses and other buildings hang precipitously over the water as the ground beneath them washes away.]()
![In Kotlik, Alaska, pictured here, many houses and other buildings hang precipitously over the water as the ground beneath them washes away.]()
These communities are trapped in harm’s way as climate disasters mount
They're stuck on the front lines and need help relocating — but the U.S. government isn’t prepared.
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![Green pipelines under construction for the Keystone XL pipeline in Alberta, Canada.]()
![Green pipelines under construction for the Keystone XL pipeline in Alberta, Canada.]()
How a conservative US network undermined Indigenous energy rights in Canada
Internal documents explain why oil and gas interests would benefit from a key Indigenous declaration being ‘defeated.’
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![Illustrated puzzle with map of Austin, Texas, on it, with four pieces missing from the middle]()
![Illustrated puzzle with map of Austin, Texas, on it, with four pieces missing from the middle]()
Texas is skirting federal environmental law to push for highway expansion
The state department of transportation says many of its highway projects have “no significant impact.”
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![The downtown skyline in Houston, Texas on August 25, 2018.]()
![The downtown skyline in Houston, Texas on August 25, 2018.]()
Houston investigated for slow 311 response to Black & Hispanic residents
City allegedly addresses illegal dumping complaints by people of color more slowly than those from white residents.
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![An old oil pumpjack in a yard near residential homes]()
![An old oil pumpjack in a yard near residential homes]()
Pennsylvania just lost a key tool to address its abandoned oil well problem
"It’s a green light for the conventional oil and gas industry to continue to do what they’ve done, which is abandon these wells whenever they feel like it."
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![houses in the foreground with an oil refinery in the background]()
![houses in the foreground with an oil refinery in the background]()
Experts to Congress: Restore EPA enforcement staffing and funding for environmental justice
Since 2011, enforcement budget has declined by nearly 30 percent.
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![Andrew Klooster of Earthworks uses a forward looking infrared camera to observe hydrocarbon emissions from oil and gas equipment.]()
![Andrew Klooster of Earthworks uses a forward looking infrared camera to observe hydrocarbon emissions from oil and gas equipment.]()
Sporadic monitoring in California oil country adds to air pollution concerns
A patchwork of regulations is out of sync with the urgency of the climate crisis, experts say.
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![Fugitive emissions captured by an infrared camera at the Elk Hills Power Plant in Kern County, California.]()
![Fugitive emissions captured by an infrared camera at the Elk Hills Power Plant in Kern County, California.]()
California regulators try to salvage system for allowing ‘extreme’ pollution
Residents challenge regulators’ claims that they can’t account for toxic oil and gas emissions in the San Joaquin Valley.
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![Ground flare at the Exxon SABIC Gulf Coast Growth Ventures petrochemical plant in Portland Texas on Dec, 6, 2021.]()
![Ground flare at the Exxon SABIC Gulf Coast Growth Ventures petrochemical plant in Portland Texas on Dec, 6, 2021.]()
As alarm over plastic grows, Saudis ramp up production in the US
President Biden is in the kingdom this week to strengthen ties. Meanwhile, a U.S.-Saudi joint venture on the Texas coast is pumping out toxic chemicals and greenhouse gases.
