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![Bekah Hinojosa poses outside a planned facility slated to export fracked gas, or so-called liquefied natural gas (LNG), at the Port of Brownsville in South Texas on March 30, 2024. The terminal site is one of two facilities that are still moving forward at the port despite the Biden administration's announced LNG permitting freeze.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/Lead-400x300.jpg)
Biden’s So-Called LNG Export Freeze Sacrifices Gulf South Communities — Again
Environmental justice advocates in Texas aren’t waiting on Biden — or anyone else for that matter — to save them.
![A section of the Mountain Valley Pipeline is halted above a wetland area on August 25, 2022, in Ireland, West Virginia.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/GettyImages-1428097657-400x300.jpg)
Six Things Everyone Should Know About the Mountain Valley Pipeline
These are the CEOs, big banks, asset managers, campaign finance ties and regulatory conflicts wrapped up in the MVP.
![Floodwaters cover an access road to oil refineries on September 25, 2005, in Port Arthur, Texas, in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/2024_0402-refinery-400x300.jpg)
How Industry Coordinated to Deny Link Between Extreme Weather and Climate Change
As climate lawsuits mount, at least one major oil company anticipated legal action decades ago.
![Flares burning off gas at the South Belridge Oil Field and hydraulic fracking site, which is the fourth-largest oil field in California, in Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/03/2024_0328-oil-gas-400x300.jpg)
US Leads in New Fossil Fuel Projects Despite Climate Emergency
A report by Global Energy Monitor found the US expanded oil and gas development more than any nation from 2022 to 2023.
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Biden’s Infrastructure Law Has Put a “Climate Time Bomb” in Black Neighborhoods
A new report says the bill's highway investments will wipe out climate progress and displace Black communities.
![Exxon Mobil Chairman and CEO Darren Woods speaks during the CERAWeek oil summit in Houston, Texas, on March 18, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/03/2024_0321-exxon-400x300.jpg)
Voters Want Oil and Gas Industry to Pay for Clean Energy Transition
Big Oil CEOs say consumers are unwilling to pay for the transition away from fossil fuels. Voters are not having it.
![Members of the environmental group Ende Gelände block the access road to a floating LNG terminal in Brunsbüttel, Germany, on March 16, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/03/GettyImages-2082102217-400x300.jpg)
Activists Across 6 Countries Stage Day of Action Against North Sea Oil Drilling
Protesters in the UK, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands blockaded roads, ports and refineries.
![Donald Trump shouts from a platform](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/03/2024_0311-donald-trump-400x300.jpg)
Trump Victory Could Add 4 Billion Tonnes to US Emissions by 2030, Analysis Finds
The additional emissions would be equivalent to the combined annual emissions of the European Union and Japan.
![A vehicle drives through a neighborhood as a flaring tower and storage tanks stand on the horizon at the Marathon Petroleum Corp. El Paso oil refinery on December 10, 2021, in El Paso, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/03/2024_0308-refinery-400x300.jpg)
New Report Finds Links Between Petrochemical Production and Increases in Cancer
A major driver of climate change is also increasing our exposure to chemicals that are adversely impacting health.
![The Exxon Mobil Baytown Olefins Plant is seen after high winds and rains ripped through the region, on January 24, 2023, in Baytown, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/03/2024_0308-exxon-mobil-400x300.jpg)
Climate Lawsuits Against Fossil Fuel Industry Now Move Closer to Trial
Until recently, most of these cases had been stuck in limbo.