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State regulators shuttered the AltEn plant in 2021 after years of environmental violations. Residents are just beginning to grapple with its toxic legacy.
A mountain of used clothes appeared in Chile’s desert. Then it went up in flames.
Regulators repeatedly documented — but did little to address — problems at a Houston-area tank farm.
"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."
Multi-year struggle for Columbia Gorge community shows that laws are only as strong as their enforcement.
Peter Martin spent decades guzzling water around Lāhainā. Then came the fire.
Colorado’s new oil and gas bonding rules ask for hundreds of thousands of additional dollars — but still might not cover all potential costs.
The high school science fair project that sparked a new field of science.
Kern County is betting on carbon capture to replace oil jobs and tax revenue. But will the county’s new economy repeat the sins of the old one?
