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Category: Energy

Posted inClimate, Energy, Gulf Coast, Water

The oil and gas industry is pushing misinformation about its impact on climate, coastal restoration. Louisiana politicians are repeating it.

by Sara Sneath November 5, 2021November 22, 2021

The state’s coastal restoration plan is funded mostly by oil spill settlements—not royalties from offshore drilling.

Posted inAppalachia, Climate, Coal, Economies, Energy, Public Health, West Virginia

Steel-making coal upturn brings new mine, old problems to WV community

by Mason Adams October 18, 2021January 14, 2022

Some Raleigh County residents don’t want to kill coal — they just want regulators to force the mine next door to stop making them miserable.

Posted inClimate, Economies, Energy, Gulf Coast, Louisiana, Public Health

The oil and gas industry is using Louisiana’s climate task force to push carbon capture

by Sara Sneath October 7, 2021January 14, 2022

The state’s unwavering support of the oil, gas, and chemical industries has made it difficult to reduce emissions, fund coastal restoration, or address extreme weather.

Posted inEnergy, Gulf Coast, Louisiana, Public Health, Water

Offshore oil and gas worker fatalities are underreported by federal safety agency

by Sara Sneath August 18, 2021August 26, 2021

Nearly half of known Gulf of Mexico worker fatalities didn’t fit the agency’s reporting criteria.

Posted inAppalachia, COVID-19, Economies, Energy, Public Health

A decade after signing over gas rights, W.Va. Hare Krishna community reflects on its relationship to land

by Molly Born July 19, 2021January 6, 2022

The religious community needed the money from signing gas leases, but it’s a decision that still divides people today.

Posted inAppalachia, COVID-19, Economies, Energy, Justice, Public Health

Biden vows to support struggling Appalachian counties. But residents are weary of failed promises.

by Mason Adams June 2, 2021January 14, 2022

Coal communities in Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia are struggling to support basic civic services as coal disappears. Federal funding to boost local economies and jobs is closer than ever before.

Posted inClimate, Disaster Recovery, Energy, Gulf Coast, Justice, Louisiana, Texas, Utilities

Nobody warned Texans about the public health risks of the winter storm

by Carly Berlin and Amal Ahmed March 11, 2021January 14, 2022

Without advance warning about the true scale of power outages and the risks of carbon monoxide poisoning, local officials say they were caught off guard, leaving residents to fend for themselves.

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