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Enbridge Builds Pipeline Bypass Following Largest Spill in Wisconsin’s History
Without receiving the required permits, it built a new pipeline to bypass the rupture and restarted Line 5’s operations.
New Yorkers Defeated a Pipeline Nearly 6 Years Ago — Or So They Thought
The Williams Northeast Supply Enhancement pipeline has been fought, defeated, and revived multiple times.
Federal Court Rules Trump Admin Can’t Keep Aging Michigan Coal Plant Open
The ruling is one of the first successful legal challenges to the administration's use of “energy emergency” powers.
As Farmers Struggle, Trump’s Agriculture Secretary Profits Off High Gas Prices
Brooke Rollins and her husband, an oil industry executive, hold as much as $2.5 million in fossil fuel investments.
The Public Supports Climate Superfund Bills. The Oil Lobby Is Tanking Them.
The bills target companies directly linked to 80 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions over the past decade.
UN Report Says Earth Will Overshoot 1.5C Warming, Emission Cuts Can Limit Damage
The report said the overshoot is not a point of no return, and that steps can be taken to ensure it is only temporary.
Judge Strikes Down New York Law Requiring Polluters to Pay for Climate Change
The landmark law would require oil and gas companies in the state to pay $75 billion toward a climate superfund.
Big Oil Is Spending Record Amounts to Stop California From Regulating It
The industry poured over $17 million into fighting climate and worker-safety legislation in the first half of 2026.
Trump Administration Reportedly Nearing Deal to Take Over Venezuelan Oil Fields
"Congress must intervene and put an end to Trump’s oil-fueled imperialism,” said an analyst with Public Citizen.
The Rapid Buildout of Data Centers Is Weakening the Clean Air Act
New EPA guidance is part of an effort to loosen regulations for data centers and the power plants built to serve them.