Texas Has ‘the Most Aggressive’ Well-Plugging Program in the U.S. So Why Is Its To-Do List So Long?
No state has punched more holes in its bedrock than the Lone Star State. The environmental risks are staggering, and so are the clean up costs
Oil Companies Contaminated a Family Farm. The Courts and Regulators Let the Drillers Walk Away.
The oil and gas industry has reaped profits without ensuring there will be money to plug and clean up their wells. In Oklahoma, that work could cost more than $7…
Why Are Politicians Still Courting the Nefarious Fossil Fuel Lobby?
High-level government participation in an oil and gas industry conference shows official disdain for the public interest; it’s time to make fossil fuels politically toxic.
Big Oil Clouded the Science on Extreme Weather. Now It Faces a Reckoning
As more communities sue oil majors following climate disasters, a collection of evidence reveals the industry’s efforts to deny the link between extreme weather and climate change.
US Leads Charge as Surge of Oil and Gas Projects Threaten Hope for Livable Planet
"The science is clear: No new oil and gas fields, or the planet gets pushed past what it can handle," said one analyst.
How the US Government Began Its Decade-Long Campaign Against the Anti-pipeline Movement
Newly released documents show the FBI monitoring anti-Keystone protesters much earlier than previously known. Young Native activists were among its first targets.
Trinidad and Tobago Mulls Historic Disaster Declaration After ‘Ghost Ship’ Oil Spill
"Right now the situation is not under control," the prime minister said Sunday on the eve of the Caribbean nation's world-renowned Carnival.
Campus Divestment Activists Eye Fossil Fuel Profits on Stolen Land
Grist investigation reveals 14 land-grant universities making millions off Indigenous land.
How Wealthy Corporations Use Investment Agreements to Extract Millions From Developing Countries
A case in point: When Ecuador placed a windfall tax on foreign oil operations, French and U.S. companies filed claims—and were awarded more than $800 million.
How Oil Money Turned Louisiana Into the Prison Capital of the World
A series of events in the 1970s led to the state’s penal system becoming intertwined with the swings of its oil economy.
How Big Oil Is Taking Us for a Fossil-Fuelized Ride
With the World the Hottest in 125,000 Years, We're Being Gaslighted.
ExxonMobil Wants to Start a War in Latin America
It is clear that the Venezuelans who came to cast their vote on December 3 in a referendum on the Essequibo region saw this less as a conflict between Venezuela…
Climate Is the Fight of Our Lifetime. Our Federal Budget Should Reflect That.
More than half of discretionary spending goes to the military. Only a tiny fraction addresses the most urgent threat to our security.
New Study Identifies United States as ‘Planet-Wrecker-in-Chief’
Planned fossil fuel expansion in the U.S. accounts for more than a third of new oil and gas extraction projects set to begin through 2050, according to Oil Change International.
The South China Sea’s Resource Wars
By Joshua Frank / TomDispatch It’s an ocean of conflict and ecological decline. Despite its vast size — 1.3 million square miles — the South China Sea has become a…