‘Clean’ Oil and Chemical Soup

Inside Climate News · last updated September 7, 2025 – 1:05 AM

Go behind the scenes with executive editor Vernon Loeb and reporters Martha Pskowski and Liza Gross as they discuss new reporting on the climate super-pollutant methane.

The Trump administration says that drilling in the U.S. is cleaner than in other countries due to tighter environmental oversight. But Texas, the heart of America’s oil and gas industry, tells a different story. The state’s regulator grants nearly every request to burn or vent gas into the atmosphere.

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