Ukraine Conflict Forces Europe to Reckon With Its Fossil Gas Dependence By Jonathan Thompson February 24, 2022 Germany puts major Russian gas pipeline “on ice” In this story: oil, fracked gas, politics
It’s the Beginning of the End for Oil Drilling in Los Angeles By Judith Lewis Mernit February 10, 2022 The backstory of how the nation’s second-argest city voted to move beyond oil In this story: oil
Oil and Gas Companies Routinely Frack With “Trade Secret” Chemicals, Including PFAS By Jonathan Hahn February 9, 2022 A year-long investigation sheds new light on how communities and regulators are kept in the dark In this story: fracking, PFAS (Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances), drilling, oil, toxics
Funding to Clean Up Orphaned Oil and Gas Wells Is on the Way. Now We Just Have to Find Them. By Lance Frazer February 6, 2022 Drone technology offers a promising new way to track down abandoned sites In this story: oil, dirty fuels
Coal Miners Weren’t Happy When Joe Manchin Derailed Build Back Better By Austyn Gaffney January 19, 2022 The United Mine Workers of America issued a statement criticizing the senator for withdrawing his support from the legislation In this story: coal
Why Is the Biden White House Refusing to Confront the Oil and Gas Industry? By Nick Cunningham January 10, 2022 Environmental and Indigenous groups are increasingly frustrated with inaction In this story: oil, fracked gas
Jordan Cove Is Dead—for Real! By Juliet Grable December 3, 2021 Developers behind the proposed LNG export terminal in Oregon pull the plug on their project In this story: liquefied natural gas, fracked gas
Halting the Gas Export Boom By Antonia Juhasz December 13, 2021 On Louisiana's Gulf Coast, the fossil fuel industry is planning a massive expansion of LNG exports. One woman is determined to stop them. In this story: Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), fracked gas, oil
Two Cheers for California’s New Oil and Gas Setbacks By Judith Lewis Mernit November 6, 2021 New drilling rigs need to be a kilometer away from homes, schools, and hospitals, but old ones stay In this story: oil, fracked gas
Methane's Big Moment By Tina Gerhardt November 2, 2021 What's behind those big cuts to methane emissions at COP26? In this story: international climate policy, politics, climate change, fracked gas, COP26