Floodlight — with partners at WWNO, the Lens, and the Louisiana Illuminator — is reporting on greenwashing, misinformation and the lack of corporate accountability in Louisiana and along the Gulf Coast.
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Fossil fuels power the Texas economy, accounting for some 14% of gross state product between 2019 and 2020. Now, Texas is the first state in the nation to pass anti-divestment laws for fossil fuels.
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The state allows a portion of fines to be directed to projects that remediate environmental harm. Some of those projects benefit the companies that are being penalized.
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Loopholes in U.S. law allow oil and gas companies to evade labor and environmental regulations and avoid compensating injured workers.
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Marathon Petroleum received more tax benefits than any other US oil company while also cutting about 9% of its workforce
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Natural gas companies say they are being treated unfairly and are fighting to be absolved from reporting dangerous leaks
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Republicans and Democrats are introducing bills to push against Biden’s new restrictions on oil and gas companies
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The fossil fuel industry is using the same playbook to fight city climate plans around the country