Petrochemicals Are Killing Us, a New Report Warns in the New England Journal of Medicine It’s well known that fossil fuels are the primary driver of climate change. A dirty secret is that they’re also the source of toxic chemicals linked to rising rates of chronic and deadly diseases. By Liza Gross
Wyoming Considers Relaxing Its Carbon Capture Standards for Electric Utilities, Scrambling Political Alliances on Climate Change and Energy By Jake Bolster
West Virginia Families Pleaded for Help With Health Issues After Fracking Started Nearby. None Came By Quinn Glabicki, PublicSource
A Firm Planning a Drilling Spree in New York’s Southern Tier Goes Silent as Lawmakers Seek to Ban Use of CO2 in Quest for Gas By Peter Mantius
‘Nobody Really Knows What You’re Supposed to Do’: Leaking, Abandoned Wells Wreak Havoc in West Texas By Martha Pskowski, Inside Climate News and Carlos Nogueras, Texas Tribune
New Demands to Measure Emissions Raise Cautious Hopes in Pennsylvania Among Environmental Sleuths Who Monitor Fracking Sites By Jake Bolster
California’s Oil Country Hopes Carbon Management Will Provide Jobs. It May Be Disappointed By Emma Foehringer Merchant, Joshua Yeager
Chicago Sues 5 Oil Companies, Accusing Them of Climate Change Destruction, Fraud By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times
To Live and Die in Philadelphia: Sonya Sanders Grew Up Next Door to a Giant Refinery. She’s Still Suffering From Environmental Trauma By Victoria St. Martin
New York State Restricts Investments in ExxonMobil, But Falls Short of Divestment By Nicholas Kusnetz
Q&A: New Rules in Pennsylvania Require Drillers to Disclose Toxic Chemicals Used in Fracking Interview by Aynsley O’Neill, “Living on Earth”
In His First Year as Governor, Josh Shapiro Forged Alliances With the Natural Gas Industry, Angering Environmentalists Who Once Supported Him By Kiley Bense
A Long-Delayed BLM Resource Management Plan in Southwest Wyoming Pits Conservation Against Resource Extraction By Jake Bolster