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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.
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![A farmworker fights the Thomas Fire on December 7, 2017 near Fillmore, California.]()
![A farmworker fights the Thomas Fire on December 7, 2017 near Fillmore, California.]()
As heat rises, who will protect farmworkers?
There are currently no nationwide regulations that spell out what employers must do to protect workers from heat.
