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<p>The Latest Trump and DOGE Casualty: Energy Data<br>—</p><p>The Energy Information Administration has long provided reliable data on everything from oil and gas to alternative energy. Now one of its signature reports has been slashed and a second one canceled entirely amid sweeping job reductions and turmoil.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/the-latest-trump-and-doge-casualty-energy-data?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/the-latest-trump-and-doge-casualty-energy-data?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/the</span><span class="invisible">-latest-trump-and-doge-casualty-energy-data?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/gas/" rel="tag">#Gas</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a></p>

<p>ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, weaken or delay safety regulations for cars, trucks, planes, trains and even oil pipelines.</p><p>Experts say the changes will cost lives.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-dot-regulation-safety-rollback-sean-duffy?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-dot-regulation-safety-rollback-sean-duffy?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-dot-regulation-safety-rollback-sean-duffy?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/safety/" rel="tag">#Safety</a> <a href="/tags/transportation/" rel="tag">#Transportation</a> <a href="/tags/cars/" rel="tag">#Cars</a> <a href="/tags/aviation/" rel="tag">#Aviation</a> <a href="/tags/trains/" rel="tag">#Trains</a> <a href="/tags/transit/" rel="tag">#Transit</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>

<p>Although Tom Ragsdale’s <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#oil</a> companies owe New Mexico more than $3.5 million for <a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#pollution</a> and unpaid fees, the state has recovered only about $50,000.</p><p>Drillers across the industry have employed similar tactics in what is known as “the playbook.”</p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#Business</a> <a href="/tags/regulation/" rel="tag">#Regulation</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/illustration/" rel="tag">#Illustration</a></p><p><a href="https://propub.li/40oiShP" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>propub.li/40oiShP</a></p>

<p>The Mount Vernon News was family owned from 1939 until it was sold in 2020 to a “pink slime” media company with ties to conservative billionaires. Then it began publishing one-sided articles that make dubious claims about solar power.</p><p>(Published Oct. 2024)<br><a href="https://propub.li/3CY5WFR" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>propub.li/3CY5WFR</a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/gas/" rel="tag">#Gas</a> <a href="/tags/fossilfuels/" rel="tag">#FossilFuels</a> <a href="/tags/solar/" rel="tag">#Solar</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/billionaires/" rel="tag">#Billionaires</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a></p>

<p>Industry documents obtained by ProPublica reveal how NW Natural, Oregon’s largest natural gas company, pursued an approach that ended up perpetuating its core fossil fuel business while the company painted a picture of going green.</p><p>(Published Sept. 2024)<br><a href="https://propub.li/3PlzCQ7" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>propub.li/3PlzCQ7</a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/green/" rel="tag">#Green</a> <a href="/tags/cleanenergy/" rel="tag">#CleanEnergy</a> <a href="/tags/fossilfuels/" rel="tag">#FossilFuels</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/gas/" rel="tag">#Gas</a></p>

<p>North Dakota Sued the Interior Department at Least Five Times Under Gov. Doug Burgum. Now He’s Set to Run the Agency.<br>—</p><p>The state was hostile to Interior Department policies during the Biden administration. A review of its lawsuits under Burgum reveals an aggressively pro-fossil fuel agenda.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/doug-burgum-north-dakota-interior-department-trump?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/doug-burgum-north-dakota-interior-department-trump?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/dou</span><span class="invisible">g-burgum-north-dakota-interior-department-trump?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/northdakota/" rel="tag">#NorthDakota</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/fossilfuels/" rel="tag">#FossilFuels</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/gas/" rel="tag">#Gas</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a></p>

<p>Trump Order Shifts the Financial Burden of Climate Change Onto Individuals<br>—</p><p>The change would effectively transfer financial responsibility from oil drillers, auto manufacturers and others and leave Americans to face greater direct costs as warming continues.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-climate-change-social-cost-of-carbon-executive-order?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-climate-change-social-cost-of-carbon-executive-order?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-climate-change-social-cost-of-carbon-executive-order?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/carbon/" rel="tag">#Carbon</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a></p>

<p>The Doublespeak of Energy Secretary Chris Wright<br>—</p><p>In his confirmation hearing, the Liberty Energy founder pledged broad support for renewable energy. But when speaking to conservatives, he declared, “We don’t have replacements” for coal, oil and gas.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/energy-secretary-chris-wright-climate-change-double-speak-oil-gas-trump?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/energy-secretary-chris-wright-climate-change-double-speak-oil-gas-trump?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ene</span><span class="invisible">rgy-secretary-chris-wright-climate-change-double-speak-oil-gas-trump?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/gas/" rel="tag">#Gas</a> <a href="/tags/renewableenergy/" rel="tag">#RenewableEnergy</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a></p>

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<p>“You Feel Like You’re Being Cheated”: Oil Companies Unfairly Take Millions, North Dakota Mineral Owners Say<br>—</p><p>Oil companies are holding back a large portion of revenue payments to the people they lease drilling rights from, often with little explanation. But the industry has an outsize influence in the state, and public officials have refused to take action.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/north-dakota-mineral-owner-royalty-deductions?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/north-dakota-mineral-owner-royalty-deductions?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/nor</span><span class="invisible">th-dakota-mineral-owner-royalty-deductions?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/northdakota/" rel="tag">#NorthDakota</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/gas/" rel="tag">#Gas</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>

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<p>Frustrated by oil companies mysteriously withholding large amounts of royalties, North Dakota mineral owners lobbied for change.</p><p>Instead, lawmakers provided an oversight program that, owners say, fails to address the issue it was created to solve.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/north-dakota-oil-gas-oversight-mineral-rights?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/north-dakota-oil-gas-oversight-mineral-rights?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/nor</span><span class="invisible">th-dakota-oil-gas-oversight-mineral-rights?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/northdakota/" rel="tag">#NorthDakota</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/gas/" rel="tag">#Gas</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>

<p>“I hope that the people in North Dakota wake up and realize how much money should be in their pockets instead of industry’s pockets,” said Tom Huber, leader of West Virginia’s royalty owner association.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/north-dakota-oil-mineral-rights-comparison?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/north-dakota-oil-mineral-rights-comparison?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/nor</span><span class="invisible">th-dakota-oil-mineral-rights-comparison?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/northdakota/" rel="tag">#NorthDakota</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/gas/" rel="tag">#Gas</a> <a href="/tags/mineral/" rel="tag">#Mineral</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a></p>

<p>Trump Says America’s Oil Industry Is Cleaner Than Other Countries’. New Data Shows Massive Emissions From Texas Wells.<br>---</p><p>The oil industry touts Texas as a success story in controlling climate-warming methane emissions. The state’s regulator, however, grants nearly every request to burn or vent gas into the atmosphere.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-methane-oil-emissions-climate?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/texas-methane-oil-emissions-climate?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tex</span><span class="invisible">as-methane-oil-emissions-climate?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/gas/" rel="tag">#Gas</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>

<p>We Investigated How Oil Companies Take Millions From Mineral Owners. Now, Some Lawmakers Push for Change.<br>---</p><p>For years, North Dakota legislators rejected proposals to protect mineral owners from oil and gas companies withholding their earnings. “Something has to be done,” one lawmaker now says.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/north-dakota-lawmakers-oil-gas-royalty-proposals?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/north-dakota-lawmakers-oil-gas-royalty-proposals?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/nor</span><span class="invisible">th-dakota-lawmakers-oil-gas-royalty-proposals?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/northdakota/" rel="tag">#NorthDakota</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/gas/" rel="tag">#Gas</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>

<p>New Bills Seek to Rein In Oil Companies’ Pollution of Oklahoma Groundwater<br>---</p><p>The legislation comes after The Frontier and ProPublica found over 150 incidents where oilfield wastewater had gushed from the earth, releasing toxic chemicals — including some that cause cancer — near homes and farms and into drinking water sources.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-legislation-oil-gas-injection-wells-water-pollution-cleanup?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-legislation-oil-gas-injection-wells-water-pollution-cleanup?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/okl</span><span class="invisible">ahoma-legislation-oil-gas-injection-wells-water-pollution-cleanup?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/oklahoma/" rel="tag">#Oklahoma</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/cancer/" rel="tag">#Cancer</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/water/" rel="tag">#Water</a> <a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#Pollution</a></p>

<p>Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.</p><p>Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-oil-gas-wastewater-pollution?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-oil-gas-wastewater-pollution?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/okl</span><span class="invisible">ahoma-oil-gas-wastewater-pollution?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/oklahoma/" rel="tag">#Oklahoma</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/gas/" rel="tag">#Gas</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#Pollution</a> <a href="/tags/regulation/" rel="tag">#Regulation</a></p>

<p>New Mexico’s lawsuit accuses three Texas oil executives of pocketing revenue from oil and gas wells and offloading cleanup costs to the public.</p><p>A 2024 ProPublica and Capital &amp; Main investigation uncovered some of their companies’ business dealings.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/new-mexico-oil-orphan-wells-cleanup?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/new-mexico-oil-orphan-wells-cleanup?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/new</span><span class="invisible">-mexico-oil-orphan-wells-cleanup?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/newmexico/" rel="tag">#NewMexico</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/fraud/" rel="tag">#Fraud</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a></p>

<p>The Boarman family’s water was undrinkable: It corroded taps. It withered plants. Their ice maker expelled clumps of salt.</p><p>But why was this happening? For two years, Oklahoma delayed basic tests that could help them find out.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-oil-polluted-drinking-water-boarman-family?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-oil-polluted-drinking-water-boarman-family?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/okl</span><span class="invisible">ahoma-oil-polluted-drinking-water-boarman-family?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/oklahoma/" rel="tag">#Oklahoma</a> <a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#Pollution</a> <a href="/tags/water/" rel="tag">#Water</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/safety/" rel="tag">#Safety</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a></p>

<p>Markets🚨are finally waking up to the gravity that the conflict poses to global <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#oil</a> costs.</p><p>ClearVw expects:🚨global supply deficit of 3M/bbl/day in Mar, &amp; ~7M bbl/day in Apr. Just confronting that shortfall would drain 300M bbls from global crude inventories. </p><p>Tankers🚨can’t transit the Strait for fear of atks,⬆️insur costs... <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#Iran</a> can continue to disrupt shipping at low cost to itself. How soon will the Strait open? Nobody in the Trump admin has a good A.<br><a href="/tags/iranwar/" rel="tag">#IranWar</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a><br><a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/09/oil-markets-iran-war-trump/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/09/oil-markets-iran-war-trump/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/09/o</span><span class="invisible">il-markets-iran-war-trump/</span></a></p>

<p>What we get upset about. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw: <a href="https://www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tjeerd-royaards~bcb45712/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tjeerd-royaards~bcb45712/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tjeerd-r</span><span class="invisible">oyaards~bcb45712/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/gasprices/" rel="tag">#GasPrices</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#oil</a> <a href="/tags/oilprices/" rel="tag">#OilPrices</a> <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#Iran</a></p>

<p>I&#x27;ve been kind of waiting for this video to come out, so I&#x27;m glad to see it arrive:</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13gQAt7OzxE" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=13gQAt7OzxE"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=13gQAt</span><span class="invisible">7OzxE</span></a></p><p>tldr; the war isn&#x27;t affecting fertiliser costs in the US. Trump&#x27;s trade war, however, as been for over a year. But farmers are still with the shitstain, so won&#x27;t touch the real problem, and this is hot and convenient.</p><p><a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#oil</a> <a href="/tags/fertiliser/" rel="tag">#fertiliser</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#iran</a> <a href="/tags/war/" rel="tag">#war</a></p>

<p>Toxic oil waste is increasingly shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma, contaminating the state’s drinking water.</p><p>We found that regulators identified 2,000 problem wells in a 2021 report. Then they ignored their findings.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-injection-wells-oil-regulators-database?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-injection-wells-oil-regulators-database?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/okl</span><span class="invisible">ahoma-injection-wells-oil-regulators-database?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/gas/" rel="tag">#Gas</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/oklahoma/" rel="tag">#Oklahoma</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/epa/" rel="tag">#EPA</a> <a href="/tags/regulation/" rel="tag">#Regulation</a></p>

<p>&quot;Before Iran, there was Covid: Trump falls apart in a crisis. But journalists are still letting him write the headlines.&quot;</p><p>As Dan Froomkin says, this is exactly analogous to how the press behaved when Trump careened from lie to lie and bogus solution to bogus solution during the Covid crisis of his first term.</p><p>~ Dan Froomkin</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#Iran</a> <a href="/tags/war/" rel="tag">#war</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#oil</a> <a href="/tags/gas/" rel="tag">#gas</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a><br>/1 </p><p><a href="https://criticalread.substack.com/p/before-iran-there-was-covid-trump" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="criticalread.substack.com/p/before-iran-there-was-covid-trump"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">criticalread.substack.com/p/be</span><span class="invisible">fore-iran-there-was-covid-trump</span></a></p>

<p>Aaron Szabo, the Trump EPA official leading an effort to loosen rules on methane pollution, was an unnamed author of key oil industry arguments against those same rules just four years ago when he was an oil and gas lobbyist, metadata shows.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-epa-methane-deregulation-aaron-szabo-oil-gas-axpc?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-epa-methane-deregulation-aaron-szabo-oil-gas-axpc?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-epa-methane-deregulation-aaron-szabo-oil-gas-axpc?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/epa/" rel="tag">#EPA</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/gas/" rel="tag">#Gas</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/methane/" rel="tag">#Methane</a></p>