Articles by Elizabeth Elkin

Pipeline Brawl in Louisiana Rattles Industry Desperate to Build

A legal battle in Louisiana is hobbling construction of three pipeline projects worth more than $2 billion. Yet the litigation isn’t from environmentalists: It’s spearheaded by one of the biggest natural gas pipeline operators in the US. Energy Transfer LP …

Biden’s LNG-Permit Halt Challenged by 16 States in Lawsuit

Texas, Louisiana and more than a dozen other US states challenged the Biden administration’s suspension of new licenses to export natural gas via ocean-going tankers. A lawsuit filed against President Joe Biden and the US Department of Energy in Louisiana …

Biden’s LNG-Permit Halt Challenged by 16 States in Lawsuit

Texas, Louisiana and more than a dozen other US states challenged the Biden administration’s suspension of new licenses to export natural gas via ocean-going tankers. A lawsuit filed against President Joe Biden and the US Department of Energy in Louisiana …

Bird Flu Outbreak Nears Worst Ever in U.S. With 37 Million Dead Chickens

A bird flu virus that’s sweeping across the U.S. is rapidly becoming the country’s worst outbreak, having already killed over 37 million chickens and turkeys and with more deaths expected through next month as farmers perform mass culls across the …

Use of Fertilizer Behind Explosions, Fires Declines Due to High Risks

The nitrogen fertilizer causing a stir over imminent danger of explosion in North Carolina has been fading from the U.S. market exactly because of this kind of risk. Ammonium nitrate was the first solid nitrogen fertilizer produced on a large …

Overheated, Underprotected: Climate Change Is Killing U.S. Farm Laborers

Florencio Gueta Vargas showed up for his usual shift at a hops farm in Toppenish, Washington, on Thursday, July 29. The father of six would never make it home. It was a sweltering day with temperatures topping 100 degrees Fahrenheit …

Drought Indicators in Western States Flash Warnings of the ‘Big One’

Sarah Brunner opened the irrigation spigots on her farm in March, three months early. The rain should have still been falling in California. Now that summer is taking hold, she and her husband are considering shifting their meager water supplies …