Hilcorp Fined $9.4 Million for New Mexico Methane Emissions October 22, 2024 By Kevin Crowley Hilcorp Energy Co., the privately held oil producer run by billionaire Jeff Hildebrand, will pay a $9.4 million civil penalty...
Oregon County Adds Utility to $51B Climate Suit Against Fossil Fuel Companies October 16, 2024 By Claire Rush Oregon’s Multnomah County, home to Portland, has added the state’s largest natural gas utility to its $51.5 billion climate lawsuit...
Washington’s Landmark Climate Law Hangs in The Balance This Election October 16, 2024 A groundbreaking law that forces companies in Washington state to reduce their carbon emissions while raising billions of dollars for...
Toxic Debris from Hawaii Wildfire Could Fill 5 Football Fields 5 Stories Deep September 10, 2024 By Claire Rush and Jennifer Sinco Kelleher Hinano Rodrigues remembers being 4 or 5 years old, carrying a bucket across a highway to the ocean in the...
Net Zero’s Carbon Removal Conundrum August 19, 2024 By Alastair Marsh To achieve net-zero emissions, where emissions and removals of greenhouse gas pollution balance each other out, governments and corporations must...
Chevron to Pay $550 Million Settlement to Richmond, California August 16, 2024 By Ashitha Shivaprasad Chevron Corp. is to pay Richmond City Council $550 million over 10 years, the city said in a statement, in...
Environmental Groups Sue Suncor for Colorado Refinery Pollution August 7, 2024 By Nia Williams Environmental groups filed a lawsuit against Suncor Energy on Tuesday, alleging that pollution from the company’s Commerce City refinery in...
Hawaii Agrees to ‘Groundbreaking’ Settlement of Youth Climate Change Case June 21, 2024 By Nate Raymond Hawaii on Thursday agreed to take action to decarbonize its transportation system by 2045 to settle a lawsuit by 13...
Supreme Court Seeks Government Views on Honolulu Climate Suit Against Oil Companies June 10, 2024 By John Kruzel The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday asked President Joe Biden’s administration to offer its views on a bid by Sunoco...
Environmentalists Want to Sue Colorado Refinery for a Thousand Pollution Violations June 7, 2024 By Jesse Bedayn Environmental groups took the first step to sue the owner of an oil refinery near Denver for years of pollution...