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uk/ExxonMobil Accused of Covering Up Two Explosions at Mossmorran Chemicals Plant
By Mike Small
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The Mossmorran ethylene plant, operated by Exxon-Mobil and Shell, has been dogged by controversy and safety fears for years. Now an investigation has been launched into two explosions at the plant,...
Revealed: Anglo American Mine Expansion Could Put Chile's Glaciers and Emissions Goals At Risk
By Matt Maynard
on
The emissions from a new Anglo American underground mine project in Chile could be catastrophic for the host nation of the next UN climate talks, DeSmog can reveal. The multinational company has so...
us/Bayou Bridge Pipeline Construction Mess Poses Major Risk to Atchafalaya Basin
By Julie Dermansky
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“It is a crime against nature,” Jody Meche, president of the Louisiana Crawfish Producers Association-West, said while scanning the Bayou Bridge pipeline right-of-way on the west side of the Atchaf...
us/Massachusetts Lawmakers Step Up Pressure on Enbridge to Scrap Controversial Gas Compressor Station
By Itai Vardi
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Lawmakers from Massachusetts urged Canadian energy-giant Enbridge on Wednesday to reconsider the siting of a compressor station in a densely populated area outside of Boston. In a letter to the com...
us/Dominion Buys Pipeline Support at Supreme Court Through GOP Attorneys General
By Guest
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By Kelly Roache, crossposted with permission from Energy and Policy Institute With the US Supreme Court poised to decide this month whether it will review a ruling key to the Atlantic Coast Pipeli...
us/Already Burning for a Month, Fracked Gas Blowout in Louisiana Could Last Two More Months
By Julie Dermansky
on
For the fifth week since the blowout began, a large flare is still burning**update below** at the site of GEP Haynesville, LLC’s blown out fracked gas wells in northwestern Louisiana. The blowout o...
us/Washington Petrochemical Plant Subsidies Would Violate Federal ‘Double Dipping’ Rules Say Environmental Groups
By Sharon Kelly
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A plan to build a natural gas–fueled petrochemical plant in Kalama, Washington, ran into a new legal hurdle last week, as a coalition of environmental groups raised new objections to its constructi...
us/Will the Fracking Revolution Peak Before Ever Making Money?
By Justin Mikulka
on
This week, the Wall Street Journal highlighted that the U.S. oil and gas shale industry, already struggling financially, is now facing “core operational issues.” That should be a truly frightening ...
Big Oil Pushes Back Against Minnesota Clean Car Announcement
By Dana Drugmand
on
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz announced last week that the state would be adopting a pair of clean car standards following California’s lead, even as the Trump administration tries to revoke Cal...
us/Oil Companies Sued by Baltimore Face Discovery in State Court
By Guest
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By Karen Savage, Climate Liability News. Originally published on Climate Liability News. A federal appellate judge ruled that Baltimore’s climate liability suit will proceed in state court, reject...

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uk/ExxonMobil Accused of Covering Up Two Explosions at Mossmorran Chemicals Plant
ByMike Small
on

The Mossmorran ethylene plant, operated by Exxon-Mobil and Shell, has been dogged by controversy and safety fears for years. Now an investigation has been launched into two explosions at the plant,...
Revealed: Anglo American Mine Expansion Could Put Chile's Glaciers and Emissions Goals At Risk
ByMatt Maynard
on

The emissions from a new Anglo American underground mine project in Chile could be catastrophic for the host nation of the next UN climate talks, DeSmog can reveal. The multinational company has so...
us/Bayou Bridge Pipeline Construction Mess Poses Major Risk to Atchafalaya Basin
ByJulie Dermansky
on

“It is a crime against nature,” Jody Meche, president of the Louisiana Crawfish Producers Association-West, said while scanning the Bayou Bridge pipeline right-of-way on the west side of the Atchaf...
us/Massachusetts Lawmakers Step Up Pressure on Enbridge to Scrap Controversial Gas Compressor Station
ByItai Vardi
on

Lawmakers from Massachusetts urged Canadian energy-giant Enbridge on Wednesday to reconsider the siting of a compressor station in a densely populated area outside of Boston. In a letter to the com...
Series: Spectra Gas Pipeline Problems: AIM, Fire, Conflict
Series: Spectra Gas Pipeline Problems
us/Dominion Buys Pipeline Support at Supreme Court Through GOP Attorneys General
ByGuest
on

By Kelly Roache, crossposted with permission from Energy and Policy Institute With the US Supreme Court poised to decide this month whether it will review a ruling key to the Atlantic Coast Pipeli...
us/Already Burning for a Month, Fracked Gas Blowout in Louisiana Could Last Two More Months
ByJulie Dermansky
on

For the fifth week since the blowout began, a large flare is still burning**update below** at the site of GEP Haynesville, LLC’s blown out fracked gas wells in northwestern Louisiana. The blowout o...
us/Washington Petrochemical Plant Subsidies Would Violate Federal ‘Double Dipping’ Rules Say Environmental Groups
BySharon Kelly
on

A plan to build a natural gas–fueled petrochemical plant in Kalama, Washington, ran into a new legal hurdle last week, as a coalition of environmental groups raised new objections to its constructi...
Series: Fracking for Plastics
Series: Fracking for Plastics
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us/Will the Fracking Revolution Peak Before Ever Making Money?
ByJustin Mikulka
on

This week, the Wall Street Journal highlighted that the U.S. oil and gas shale industry, already struggling financially, is now facing “core operational issues.” That should be a truly frightening ...
Series: Finances of Fracking: Shale Industry Drills More Debt Than Profit
Series: Fracking Finances
Big Oil Pushes Back Against Minnesota Clean Car Announcement
ByDana Drugmand
on

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz announced last week that the state would be adopting a pair of clean car standards following California’s lead, even as the Trump administration tries to revoke Cal...
Series: Koch vs Clean
Series: Koch vs Clean
us/Oil Companies Sued by Baltimore Face Discovery in State Court
ByGuest
on

By Karen Savage, Climate Liability News. Originally published on Climate Liability News. A federal appellate judge ruled that Baltimore’s climate liability suit will proceed in state court, reject...