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Phantom Gas and Missing Documents Reveal Gaps in Utility Oversight

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There, he met with OPUC staff in person and exchanged emails with Lori Koho, then OPUC’s senior official overseeing natural gas utilities. He hoped that his list of complaints would show “how the unethical culture [at NW Natural] goes all the way to the top,” as one of his emails to Koho explains.

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Fenceline Community Groups in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Celebrate Mounting Victories

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James Parish town of Gramercy and its mayor, Steve Nosacka, an outspoken supporter of the oil and gas industry. James was planning to hold a protest march in Gramercy in an effort to stop an industry-friendly ballot initiative. It also walked back restrictive rules on its books related to marches. Credit: Julie Dermansky.

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A Front-Row Seat for the Arctic’s Final Summers With Ice

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Sailing through ice faster than ever before On a sparkling day in May, the nearly 300-meter-long tanker Christophe de Margerie set sail from the northern Russian port of Sabetta. That relatively routine journey has now entered the record books: the earliest date a cargo ship took what’s usually an ice-blocked route.

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A Push to Expedite Permits Fueled by Disaster Capitalism Threatens to Fastrack the Climate Crisis

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Coast Guard for floating LNG projects off Grande Isle, Louisiana , were moderated by third-party contractors who offer permit expediting services for industry. This new land will create a natural barrier that will help protect the New Orleans metro area from storm surge, project proponents say.

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Waves of Abandonment

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When Laura Briggs and her husband finally found their dream home in West Texas, they knew they’d be sharing space with the oil industry. This takes some stress off your shoulders and you’re like, all you really need in life is a pair of blue jeans and a good book.”. This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center.

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Waves of Abandonment

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When Laura Briggs and her husband finally found their dream home in West Texas, they knew they’d be sharing space with the oil industry. This takes some stress off your shoulders and you’re like, all you really need in life is a pair of blue jeans and a good book.”. This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center.

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How Big Oil Rigs the System to Keep Winning

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Despite countless investigations , lawsuits , social shaming , and regulations dating back decades, the oil and gas industry remains formidable. In 19 articles that became a widely read book, History of the Standard Oil Company , published in 1904, she exposed its unsavory practices. They weren’t about clever characters.