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Texas has gone big with renewable energy. Why can’t it go all the way?

with the Texas Tribune

May 25, 2023


In 'Cancer Alley,' industry mounts campaign against grassroots organizers

with the Guardian

May 4, 2023


Offshore wind workforce a weak link in plan to build out renewables

with Louisiana Illuminator and the Lens

April 25, 2023


Global banks pledged to cut emissions – but still invest billions on US gas exports

with the Guardian

April 5, 2023


Tax incentives start rush for carbon capture projects in Louisiana

with Louisiana Illuminator and the Lens

Mar. 28, 2023


Texas fracking is exacerbating the PFAS crisis

with Grist

Mar. 27, 2023


‘Sacrifice zone’: Gulf Coast helps meet global natural gas needs, but at what cost?

with The Guardian and Louisiana Illuminator

Mar. 20, 2023


US utility firms spent big preparing power grid for storms – and still failed

with The Guardian

Mar. 19, 2023


Activists spread misleading information to fight solar – audio story

with NPR

Mar. 17, 2023


Louisiana bill would end eminent domain for carbon capture pipelines

with Louisiana Illuminator

Mar. 13, 2023


An activist group is spreading misinformation to stop solar projects in rural America

with NPR

Feb. 18, 2023


Louisiana's new utility regulator wants to reduce rates, introduce renewable mandates

with Louisiana Illuminator

Feb. 17, 2023


LNG terminals pose a growing and invisible threat: Air pollution

with Louisiana Illuminator Feb. 6, 2023


Major US railroad merger could bring more tar sands to south-east Texas

with Houston Public Media Feb. 13, 2023

Carbon capture project is ‘Band-Aid’ to greenwash $10bn LNG plant, locals say

with DeSmog and Guardian Feb. 3, 2023

As fracking increases in Texas, city leaders avoid scrutiny

with Fort Worth Report Jan. 26, 2023


Florida Power CEO implicated in scandals abruptly steps down

with NPR Jan. 25, 2023

Ohio Republicans accused of taking $60m in bribes as corruption trial opens with the Guardian Jan. 24, 2023 How ocean wind power could help the US fossil fuel industry with The Lens, Louisiana Illuminator and the Guardian

Dec. 30, 2022


She was an ABC News producer. She also was a corporate operative Part 2 in a series with NPR Dec. 21, 2022 In the Southeast, power company money flows to news sites that attack critics Part 1 in a series with NPR Dec. 19, 2022 Egypt burns dirtier fuel for power to sell more gas to Europe with Climate Home Nov. 17, 2022

Pollution fight shows how Texas blocks citizen protests

with The Texas Tribune Nov. 3, 2022

The nonprofits cleaning up the oil and gas industry's 'dirty little secret' with High Country News, The Lens and Louisiana Illuminator Nov. 1, 2022

Louisiana project highlights unknowns around carbon capture with The Lens, Louisiana Illuminator and the Guardian Oct. 15, 2022 Abandoned “dry hole” oil wells are polluting Texas farms, ranches and groundwater. The state won’t fix them. with The Texas Tribune and Grist Oct. 13, 2022 Sinking homes, damaged roads: How a New Orleans community struggles against subsidence with the Guardian, the Louisiana Illuminator, The Lens and WWNO Oct. 12, 2022

What hinders Louisiana’s shift toward renewable energy? Voters say their congressional leaders

with The Lens and the Louisiana Illuminator

Sept. 21, 2022


Leaked: US power companies secretly spending millions to protect profits and fight clean energy with the Orlando Sentinel and the Guardian

July 27, 2022

How a conservative US network undermined Indigenous energy rights in Canada with The Narwhal and the Guardian July 18, 2022 The gas industry’s new playbook? Advertise to the young and people of color with the Guardian June 30, 2022 A Florida power company didn’t like a journalist’s commentary. Its consultants had him followed with the Orlando Sentinel, the Florida Times-Union and the Guardian June 24, 2022

Industrial water use threatens Louisiana capital’s drinking water

with the Guardian, The Lens and the Louisiana Illuminator

June 8, 2022


Why is eco-conscious California spending millions to support natural gas?

with Capital & Main and the Guardian June 7, 2022


Louisiana legislator pushes bills benefiting the oil and gas industry — and her husband

with the Guardian, The Lens and the Louisiana Illuminator May 6, 2022

Texas stumbles in its effort to punish green financial firms

with NPR April 29, 2022


The $287 million dollar pipeline no one needed? How Spire's ambitions almost left St. Louis without heat

with The Intercept and Missouri Independent April 27, 2022


In Texas, thousands in fines paid by oil and gas polluters benefit the fossil fuel industry

with The Texas Tribune April 25, 2022


Uganda oil project casts shadow over Total’s eco-friendly image

with the Guardian April 19, 2022

Gulf oil workers are at the mercy of corporations

with HuffPost, The Lens, WWNO March 9, 2022 Apocalypse Creep: Resilience is futile with This American Life Feb. 11, 2022

'They criminalize us': how felony charges are weaponized against pipeline protestors

with the Guardian

Feb. 10, 2022


Winter Gas Bill from hell: Oklahomas face paying $1.4bn over snowstorm

with Oklahoma Watch Jan. 19, 2022

Revealed: the Florida power company pushing legislation to slow rooftop solar

with Miami Herald Dec. 20, 2021


‘No power to stop it’: optimism turns to frustration over east Africa pipeline

with Earth Journalism Network Nov. 7, 2021

The dark secrets behind big oil’s climate pledges

with the Guardian

Nov. 4, 2021

Nigerians could see justice over Shell oil spills after six decades

with HumAngle Sept. 29, 2021

A historically Black town stood in the way of a pipeline – so developers claimed it was mostly white

with Virginia Public Media September 16, 2021

Exxon’s oil drilling gamble off Guyana coast ‘poses major environmental risk’

August 17, 2021, with a follow-up on August 18

They fought for clean air. They didn’t know they were part of a gas industry campaign

with the Los Angeles Times and La Opinion

August 16, 2021


A Florida city wanted to move away from fossil fuels. The state just made sure it couldn’t.

with Grist and WJCT/ADAPT

July 29, 2021


How big oil keeps a grip on New Mexico – with the help of a major lobbyist

with Carlsbad Current-Argus

July 11, 2021


A US oil company cut nearly 2,000 jobs – and reaped $2.1bn in pandemic benefits

with the Louisiana Illuminator

June 18, 2021


The Louisiana gas industry’s answer to lax safety enforcement? Loosen it more

with the Guardian and the Louisiana Illuminator

June 15, 2021


Solar pushback: how US power firms try to make people pay for going green

with the New Territory

May 13, 2021


Bill seeks to make Louisiana ‘fossil fuel sanctuary’ in bid against Biden’s climate plans

with the Louisiana Illuminator

May 9, 2021


Why won’t this giant oil pipeline reveal its secret backers?

with Canada's National Observer

May 4, 2021


New Mexico fights to escape powerful grip of big oil and gas

with New Mexico Political Report

April 23, 2021


Banks pledge to fight climate crisis – but their boards have deep links with fossil fuels

with Heated

April 7, 2021


Natural but deadly: huge gaps in US rules for wood-stove smoke exposed

with Alaska Public Media

March 16, 2021

Republicans' new favorite study trashes Biden's climate plans – but who's behind it?

with Wyoming Public Media

March 9, 2021


A Texas city had a bold new climate plan – until a gas company got involved

with the Texas Observer and San Antonio Report

March 1, 2021


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