The continuing incidences of oil pollution on the environment and the health of residents of Bayelsa State has continued to ...
Reporting for this story was supported by a grant from the Fund for Investigative Journalism. WINKLER COUNTY, Texas—The first sign of trouble appeared in 2003 when the water samples came back salty.
Scientists have linked the air pollution caused by the collection, transportation and refilement processes of oil and gas to more than 90,000 early deaths—and 10,000 pre-term births—each year in the ...
A new study reveals that premature deaths and illnesses from air pollution related to gas and oil operations disproportionately affect Black, Indigenous, Asian and Latino communities. California ...
Watch how a legacy of oil drilling and regulatory failure destroyed one Oklahoma family’s dream home and contaminated another family’s drinking water.
The water coming from these wells can contain high levels of salt, benzene, oil and other chemicals, endangering layers of protected groundwater that the well cuts through. In some cases, like the ...
Air pollution from oil and gas is causing 91,000 premature deaths and hundreds of thousands of health issues across the United States annually, with Black, Asian, Native American and Hispanic groups ...
Clearing of forests for oil palm plantations can increase flooding risk and water contamination for downstream communities, a new study shows. The research focused on the Kais River watershed in ...