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![A woman in a baseball cap and red coveralls points to a large puddle.]()
![A woman in a baseball cap and red coveralls points to a large puddle.]()
Oil and gas companies spill millions of gallons of wastewater in Texas
Companies have spilled nearly 150 million gallons of toxic, highly saline wastewater in Texas over the last decade, an Inside Climate News analysis found.
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![A truck near an oil well in Osage County]()
![A truck near an oil well in Osage County]()
How abandoned oil wells plague the Osage Nation
A century after the events of "Killers of the Flower Moon," abandoned oil wells litter the Osage Nation.
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![illustration depicting abandoned nursing home with water damage, a window showing fallen power lines, and a lone wheelchair]()
![illustration depicting abandoned nursing home with water damage, a window showing fallen power lines, and a lone wheelchair]()
How Hurricane Ida turned a Louisiana nursing home into a living nightmare
For Louisiana nursing home residents warehoused during Hurricane Ida, the storm was only the start of a deadly nightmare.
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![Large factory with car parked outside, and water in foreground]()
![Large factory with car parked outside, and water in foreground]()
A new report calls chemical recycling a ‘dangerous deception’ — and a former plastic lobbyist agrees
Most U.S. chemical recycling facilities turn plastics into fuel to be burned.
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![Tractors sit on top of a landfill, with forest in background]()
![Tractors sit on top of a landfill, with forest in background]()
Landfills in Washington and Oregon leaked ‘explosive’ levels of methane last year
EPA inspection reports find methane exceedances are more common than operators say.
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![Towers of glass panels wrapped in plastic.]()
![Towers of glass panels wrapped in plastic.]()
What happens when solar panels wear out?
The majority end up in landfills. Advocates say we can do better.
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Workers are dying from extreme heat. Why aren’t there laws to protect them?
“We’re asking for something so simple. Something that could save so many lives.”
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![A photo of red knobs on a gas stove.]()
![A photo of red knobs on a gas stove.]()
To obscure the risks of gas stoves, utilities borrowed from Big Tobacco’s playbook
Industry-funded research downplayed health hazards as far back as 1974, documents show.
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![A collage showing a crying boy illustration, pigs, and a water tower.]()
![A collage showing a crying boy illustration, pigs, and a water tower.]()
The fight over a facility that recycles dead animals in Los Angeles
Neighbors had celebrated the temporary shutdown of Baker Commodities, an animal-byproduct recycling plant, but now an upcoming court decision could allow it to fully reopen.
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![Children play in the ocean under an orange sky.]()
![Children play in the ocean under an orange sky.]()
How a little-known pollution rule keeps the air dirty for millions of Americans
An investigation found that local governments are increasingly exploiting a loophole in the Clean Air Act, leaving more than 21 million Americans with air that’s dirtier than they realize.
