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The inside story of how Greenpeace stood with water protectors — and got hit with a $666 million court judgment.
Regulators repeatedly documented — but did little to address — problems at a Houston-area tank farm.
Since 2011, enforcement budget has declined by nearly 30 percent.
A century after the oil industry attracted Black families to Beaumont, Texas, residents are left battling a climate, housing, and health crisis.
The climate disaster movie isn’t new. It also hasn’t changed that much.
A short-staffed state agency struggles to catch rogue water users.
Complaints allege that industrial facilities have discharged “excessive levels” of carcinogenic chemicals in a majority-Black community.
30x30 has been pitched as a key tool in the climate fight. Indigenous peoples say it threatens their lives.
AB 617 has created a long-winded, bureaucratic process but resulted in little regulation — a design flaw that may be intentional.
