Chevron Owns This Cityโ€™s News Site. Many Stories Arenโ€™t Told.

Signs advising of hazardous oil and chemical lines can be found on the streets of Richmond, Calif., including near this elementary school. The high school team mascot is the Oilers. (Miranda Green/Floodlight)

This article, a joint reporting project of Floodlight and NPR, is published here as part of the global journalism collaboration Covering Climate Now. A previous version of this story misstated the ownership of a pipeline that runs alongside a public school in Richmond, CA. It is Phillips 66, not Chevron. Open flames shot upward from […]

California enacts far-reaching climate disclosure laws

In August 2021, activists gathered at a burn scar site in the North Complex Fire urging Governor Newsom to take immediate action to phase out fossil fuels and end neighborhood drilling โ€” concerns not included in California's new disclosure laws. Credit: ยฉ Andri Tambunan / Greenpeace

This article by Grist is published here as part of the global journalism collaboration Covering Climate Now. On October 7, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a sweeping series of climate and environmental laws into effect, cementing the Golden Stateโ€™s reputation as a leader in climate action. The laws establish some of the countryโ€™s most robust […]

Proposed Pipeline Expansion Could Upend Three States’ Climate Plans

Protestors in front of a Chase Bank hold a sign reading "No Northwest Fossil Fuel Pipeline Expansions! Stop GTN Xpress"

California, Oregon, and Washington have all passed laws and enacted policies that require utilities to dramatically cut carbon pollution over the next decade.  But TC Energy, the Canadian owner of a major regional gas pipeline, has asked federal regulators to approve a plan that would dramatically expand the line’s capacity, flooding the region for decades […]