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California Governor Signs Bills to Tighten Restrictions on Oil and Gas Drillers

“We will hold the oil industry accountable for their pollution and public health impacts,” said Assemblymember Gregg Hart, author of one of the bills.

By Liza Gross

 Children play soccer next to active oil wells in Los Angeles County’s Inglewood Oil Field, the largest urban oil field in the nation. Credit: Gary Kavanagh
A group of activists with Climate Defiance take the stage during the New York Times’ Climate Forward event on Wednesday. Credit: Ken Schles/Climate Defiance

Activists Disrupt Occidental Petroleum CEO’s Interview at New York Times Climate Event

By Keerti Gopal, Jake Bolster
Former President Donald Trump debates Vice President Kamala Harris for the first time during the presidential election campaign at the National Constitution Center on Sept. 10 in Philadelphia. Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images

A Trump Debate Comment About German Energy Policy Leaves Germans Perplexed

By Dan Gearino
A view of a fracking site in Marianna, Pennsylvania, on October 22, 2020. Credit: Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images

A Company’s Struggles Raise Questions About the Future of Lithium Extraction in Pennsylvania

By Kiley Bense
Sonia Sanchez, a notary in Buttonwillow, California, has helped organize local opposition to a proposed carbon storage project in Kern County. Credit: Joshua Yeager/KVPR

Proposals to Build California’s First Carbon Storage Facilities Face a Key Test

By Emma Foehringer Merchant, Inside Climate News and Joshua Yeager, KVPR
An aerial view of produced water ponds constructed by Martin Water in Lenorah, Texas. Credit: Julian Mancha for The Texas Tribune/Inside Climate News

Debate Flares Over Texas’ Proposed Oil and Gas Waste Rule

By Martha Pskowski
Assemblymember Dawn Addis (D-San Luis Obispo) talks about her bill to reaffirm local governments’ authority to regulate oil and gas production at a rally outside the California State Capitol in Sacramento on Monday. Credit: Last Chance Alliance

California Climate and Health Groups Urge Legislators to Pass Polluter Pays Bills

By Liza Gross
Under the final Rock Springs Resource Management Plan, the wildlands surrounding Adobe Town will still be available for oil and gas drilling. Credit: Bob Wick/Bureau of Land Management

In Final Rock Springs Resource Management Plan, BLM Sticks With Conservation Priorities, Renewable Energy Development

By Jake Bolster
An offshore oil drilling rig is seen in the Gulf of Mexico. Credit: Ron Buskirk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

US District Court Throws Out Federal Agency’s Assessment Allowing More Drilling for Fossil Fuels in the Gulf of Mexico

By Aman Azhar
Waorani Indigenous people protest in front of Ecuador's Energy Ministry on Aug. 20 to demand that the government respect the results of a referendum requiring an end to oil drilling in the Yasuni National Park. Credit: Rodrigo Buendia/AFP via Getty Images

This Country Voted to Keep Oil in the Ground. Will It Happen?

By Katie Surma
CNX Resources said the company’s fracking operations “poses no public health risks,” a contention that is at odds with many studies on the impacts of the gas industry. Credit: Mladen Antonov/AFP via Getty Images

After Partnering With the State to Monitor Itself, a Pennsylvania Gas Company Declares Its Fracking Operations ‘Safe’

By Kiley Bense
Republican Dave McCormick (left) is challenging Democratic Sen. Bob Casey in Pennsylvania’s race for U.S. Senate. Credit: Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu and Matthew Hatcher/AFP via Getty Images

In Pennsylvania’s Competitive Senate Race, Fracking Takes Center Stage

By Kiley Bense
Since June, the Summer of Heat has organized more than 18 protests against Wall Street for its role in fueling climate change. In recent weeks, law enforcement has responded to some activists with more serious charges. Credit: Keerti Gopal/Inside Climate News

An Activist Will Defy a Restraining Order to Play a Cello Protest at Citibank’s NYC Headquarters Thursday

By Keerti Gopal
Brandon Horton, a driver for Allied Eagle Transports, monitors the transfer of a load of salt water, a byproduct of fracking, to a disposal site south of Midland, Texas, on June 25. Credit: Eli Hartman/The Texas Tribune

Study Links Permian Blowouts With Wastewater Injection

By Dylan Baddour, Inside Climate News, and Carlos Nogueras Ramos, Texas Tribune
Contractors and attorneys for Chevron watch from above as Hawk Dunlap, Daniel Charest and Sarah Stogner (from left) inspect an excavated well on April 10 at Antina Ranch in Crane County, Texas. Credit: Mitch Borden/Marfa Public Radio

A Legal Fight Over Legacy Oil Industry Pollution Heats Up in West Texas

By Martha Pskowski
Native Americans, farmers and ranchers gather in front of the U.S. Capitol as the Cowboy and Indian Alliance protest the proposed Keystone XL pipeline on April 22, 2014. Credit: Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images

Should Companies Get Paid When Governments Phase Out Fossil Fuels? They Already Are

By Katie Surma, Nicholas Kusnetz
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (left) and Vice President Kamala Harris speak to the press at the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia on July 13. Credit: Ryan Collerd/AFP via Getty Images

A New National Spotlight Shines on Josh Shapiro’s Contested Environmental Record

By Kiley Bense
Credit: UN Photo/Pierre Albouy, CC BY-SA 2.0

UN Secretary-General Says the World Must Turbocharge the Fossil Fuel Phaseout

By Bob Berwyn
Philip Evergood’s “Mine Disaster,” 1933-1937. Credit: Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Edward H. Coates Fund, 2010.1

For Appalachian Artists, the Landscape Is Much More Than the Sum of Its Natural Resources

By Kiley Bense

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