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An Explosion in Texas Shows the Hidden Dangers of Tanks Holding Heavy Fuels Industry experts believe that changes in the makeup of asphalt and No. 6 fuel oil products stored in heated tanks across the country could pose a risk to workers and nearby communities. This article was produced in collaboration with Berkeley Journalism’s Investigative Reporting Program. Justin Chambers arrived at the U.S. Polyco plant in Ennis, Texas, on the morning of April 23, 2018, with a job to do. One of the asp...

Climate change. Global warming. Two words, one indisputable meaning, one unequivocal outcome: the destruction of our home. Yet, despite common belief, the climate crisis is not a new threat whatsoever. In fact, oil companies knew about climate change and how gas contributed to climate change as early as the late 1970s. Unfortunately, because of the lack of meaningful action, the fight against climate change now lies in the hands of the current and subsequent generations, starting with generat...

Renewable energy cheated in uneasy coalition with Exelon nuclear, in Illinois How Pay-to-Play Politics and an Uneasy Coalition of Nuclear and Renewable Energy Led to a Flawed Illinois Law, Inside Climate News State lawmakers are running out of time to fix 2016 clean energy legislation. By Dan Gearino, Inside Climate News and Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-TimesMay 21, 2021 This article is the result of a partnership between Inside Climate News and the Chicago Sun-Times. CHICAGO—Just over five y...

The enforcement of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to preemptively shut something down is a rarity.  In 2018, Trump deputies worked alongside the plant to ensure it could be permitted to reopen this year under new owners, producing 200,000 barrels of fuel a day, much to the chagrin of some residents of St. Croix. For now, those residents will be relieved of the refinery until it can meet the Biden administration’s high expectations. “It means that voices of the people have finall...

Leaders urge N.J. to divest pension from fossil fuels, battling climate change Updated May 06, 2021; Posted May 05, 2021 Real estate photo of City Hall in Jersey City, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018. (REENA ROSE SIBAYAN JOURNAL PHOTO) Facebook Share Leaders from New Jersey’s second-largest city sent a clear message to Gov. Phil Murphy last week: Get public workers’ pensions out of the fossil fuel business. The Jersey City city council passed a resolution urging the Murphy administration to fully...

Chemours Says it Will Dramatically Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Aiming for Net Zero by 2050 The U.S.-based multinational chemical giant could achieve two-thirds of its near-term goal by curbing releases of two super-pollutants from its plant in Louisville, Kentucky. April 17, 2021 Chemical plants in the Rubbertown area of Louisville stand near the Ohio River in February 2018 during flood conditions on the river. The Chemours chemical plant, located within the wedge-shaped Chemours property ...

Battery storage: the next oil – and gas? [GasTransitions] Apr 14, 2021 7:15:am Summary The race for battery storage capacity is on. In countries like Australia and the US, an increasing number of ever-larger battery grid storage projects are being announced. [Gas Transitions Volume 2, Issue 3] by: Karel Beckman The race for battery storage capacity is on. In countries like Australia and the US, an increasing number of ever-larger battery grid storage projects are b...

DeSmog Mar 3, 2021 @ 15:32 A groundbreaking four-part report by Environmental Health News (EHN) offers new scientific evidence that living near oil and gas development can expose people to a wide array of hazardous and carcinogenic chemicals — not just those living near shale drilling and fracking, but also those living near older conventional oil and gas wells. The two-year EHN investigation sought to fill in a gap in the scientific understanding of fracking and chemical exposures by undert...

Lands grabs and other destructive environmental practices in Cambodia test the International Criminal Court by Katie Surma Farm workers cut a tree in the Cardamom Mountain rainforest in Cambodia in 2002. Photo: Peter Charlesworth/LightRocket via Getty Images Five years ago, the ICC’s prosecutor said she would consider environmental crimes. Now, environmentalists and human rights activists want her to deliver. Three leading climate and human rights nonprofits have asked the prosecutor at the I...

71 views /Pxfuel Climate change has caused global food productivity growth to drop more than 20% since the 1960s, despite the billions of dollars Big Ag has funnelled into production technologies. Meanwhile, some of the world’s biggest meat and dairy producers have been spending further billions to undercut climate action.  A study just published in the journal Nature Climate Change has produced the world’s first calculation of how the climate crisis “has historically affected agricultur...