‘A Disaster Waiting to Happen’: How the Fracking Boom Put an Oil Field in the Guadalupe River Floodplain. Inside Climate News, February 2026. Lack of a state floodplain policy in Texas enabled oil companies to build in areas hit by an epic inundation less than 30 years ago. With Dylan Baddour. Data and analysis.
Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Facilities in Texas Emitted 1.6 Million Pounds of Regulated Pollutants During Last Week’s Icy Weather. Inside Climate News, January 2026. Under Texas’ “enforcement discretion” policy, companies were allowed to vent or burn off pollutants, as long as they are reported. With Dylan Baddour.
Twenty Years Into Fracking, Pennsylvania Has Yet to Reckon With Its Radioactive Waste. Inside Climate News, December 2025. Former government officials say the state isn’t doing enough to regulate fracking waste, even as new research shows it’s far more radioactive than previously known. With Kiley Bense.
Tracking Oil and Gas Waste in Pennsylvania Is Still a ‘Logistical Mess’. Inside Climate News, December 2025. More than a decade after regulators promised to improve reporting standards for this waste, there are huge discrepancies in state records. With Kiley Bense. Data and analysis.
What Africa Lost Under Trump: at Least $5 billion. What it Got in Return: ‘True Chaos’. Veza News, November 2025. A CCIJ analysis details the depth of U.S. aid cuts to Africa. With colleagues from the Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism. Data and analysis.
Trump 2.0 Environmental Case Scorecard. Inside Climate News, November 2025. Tracking federal lawsuits on climate and environmental actions and policies in which the Trump administration is a party. With Marianne Lavelle.
The Trump Administration Is Cutting Billions in Clean Energy Investments—But the Savings Are Overstated. Inside Climate News, October 2025. As prices for wind and solar drop, favoring fossil fuels means the U.S. is “putting all of our money on a horse that’s already lost,” as one clean energy advocate put it. With Aidan Hughes and Kiley Bense. Data and analysis.
Chicago Has a Huge Lead Pipe Problem—and We Mapped It. Inside Climate News, August 2025. Lead water service lines plague the whole city, hitting Black and Latino neighborhoods hardest. With Keerti Gopal, Grist and WBEZ. Methods.
US Guts Criticism of Indigenous Rights Abuses, Mentions of Climate Change From Annual Human Rights Reports. Inside Climate News, August 2025. The Trump administration delayed releasing reports on countries’ human rights records. Now they’re out, and they’re starkly different than in the prior eight years. With Katie Surma. Data and analysis.
The Biggest US LNG Exporter Is Claiming a Massive Tax Credit for Using Its Cargo as an ‘Alternative’ Fuel. Inside Climate News, July 2025. Critics say the claim relies on a dubious interpretation of a law intended to promote natural gas and other fuels. With Phil McKenna. Data and analysis.
Florida’s Home Insurance Crisis Hits Hardest in Some of the State’s Poorest Counties. Inside Climate News, July 2025. While wealthy coastal counties bear the brunt of landfalling storms, poor residents in inland counties are navigating an even bleaker insurance market that leaves them at risk of no coverage. With Amy Green. Data and analysis.
Trump Administration Decommissions Sea Ice Data That Sounded an Alarm on Arctic Climate Change. Inside Climate News, May 2025. Cuts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are now degrading the datasets used to monitor the most rapidly warming parts of the planet.
EPA Funding Cuts Target Disadvantaged Communities, Analysis Shows. Inside Climate News, May 2025. The Trump administration reveals a laser focus on eliminating environmental justice aid. More than $2.4 billion is targeted for termination. With Marianne Lavelle. Data and analysis.
The Hidden Climate Costs Of Exporting US Liquefied Natural Gas. Inside Climate News, April 2025. A single year of greenhouse gas emissions from tankers carrying LNG from the United States more than cancels out the annual reductions achieved through driving all the electric vehicles currently on U.S. roads. With Phil McKenna. Data and analysis.
Agricultural Poisons Tell A Tale Of Two Californias. Inside Climate News, December 2024. Documenting exposures to toxic soil fumigants in predominately Latino and Indigenous farmworker communities. With Liza Gross. Data and analysis.
How Texas Diminished A Once-Rigorous Air Pollution Monitoring Team. Inside Climate News, October 2024. Former employees say the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality weakened the unit in the years following the onset of the fracking boom. With Dylan Baddour.
At What Point Does Driving An Electric Vehicle Get You A Carbon Emissions Payoff? PNAS Front Matter, July 2024. If you are considering buying a new car, SUV, or pickup, you may be bewildered by claims and counterclaims about the green credentials of battery electric vehicles.
A Retracted Stem Cell Study Reveals Science’s Shortcomings. Scientific American, July 2024. The withdrawal after 22 years of a controversial stem cell paper highlights how perverse incentives can distort scientific progress.
Where Will Climate Change Hit Hardest? These Interactive Maps Offer A Telltale Glimpse. PNAS Front Matter, February 2024. The extent to which the planet warms further has big consequences for local extremes of heat, drought, and precipitation.
Dying In The Fields As Temperatures Soar. Inside Climate News, December 2023. Scores of California farmworkers are dying in the heat in regions with chronically bad air, even in a state with one of the toughest heat standards in the nation. With Liza Gross.
Is China Emitting A Climate Super Pollutant In Violation Of An International Environmental Agreement? Inside Climate News, November 2023. Concentrations of HFC-23, one of the world’s most potent greenhouse gases, remained elevated in East Asia after China agreed to curb emissions. With Phil McKenna.
Oil And Gas Companies Spill Millions Of Gallons Of Wastewater In Texas. Inside Climate News, October 2023. Companies have spilled nearly 150 million gallons of toxic, highly saline wastewater in Texas over the last decade. With Martha Pskowski. Data and analysis.
A Texas Dairy Ranks Among The State’s Biggest Methane Emitters. But Don’t Ask The EPA Or The State About It. Inside Climate News, August 2023. Tracking cattle emissions, site by site, is doable. But government databases specifically exempt agricultural operations from their greenhouse gas accounting. With Phil McKenna and Georgina Gustin. Data and analysis.
California’s Top Methane Emitter Is A Vast Cattle Feedlot. For Now, Federal And State Greenhouse Gas Regulators Are Giving It A Pass. Inside Climate News, August 2023. A “kid gloves” approach to agricultural emissions, including burping cows, raises questions about an environmentally minded state’s commitment to combating climate change. With Phil McKenna and Georgina Gustin.
Drought-Wracked California Allows Oil Companies To Use High-Quality Water. But Regulators’ Error-Strewn Records Make Accurate Accounting Nearly Impossible. Inside Climate News, September 2022. California’s oil industry uses hundreds of millions of gallons of freshwater a year in a state with none to spare. With Liza Gross. Data and analysis.