Proposed Drilling Near Suburban Denver Superfund Site Raising Flags
Oil and gas firm plans new wells near Aurora Reservoir and the Lowry Landfill Superfund site.
Oil and gas firm plans new wells near Aurora Reservoir and the Lowry Landfill Superfund site.
But a tax break for low-producing stripper wells gets slipped into a package with green energy breaks.
Opponents say a program that gives valuable credits for making fuels from crops and dairy waste props up fossil fuels companies and pollutes nearby communities.
Contributions rise for Democrats as Legislature debates industry regulation.
“Polluting behemoth” Homer City Generating Station was the state’s largest coal-fired power plant.
New and updated regulations, a royalties increase and enforcement funding await major debate.
Ten years of meetings and plans abruptly dumped; future plans uncertain.
A bill in the Legislature would advance Pennsylvania’s meager renewable energy development. Trade groups are already putting their foot down.
New bills could curb industry excesses; enforcement agencies offered small increases.
Powerful lobbyists represent both oil and gas interests and environmental groups.
The company at the center of the settlement is called a “poster child” for state Oil and Gas Act reforms.
Kern County wants to use billions in federal tax credits to collect and bury carbon. To do so, it would build new facilities to produce more of the most abundant greenhouse gas.
California Air Resources Board ordered staff not to engage with ex-colleague after he questioned gas industry claims.
The 1935 Oil and Gas Act outlines oversight of fossil fuel production in the state. It hasn’t been updated in decades.
Voluntary agreement on health and safety reforms hailed as progress but critics say it lacks teeth.
Critics say Railroad Commission and politicians focus on business, not environmental protection.
State hydrogen projects promoted, killed; governor goes to Australian hydrogen conference with oil and gas reps.
An idle well fee program is masking vast cleanup costs while harming residents and the climate.
Tension over energy industry oversight has sparked a rare agreement between climate activists and the oil and gas industry.
Meanwhile, report after report shows greenhouse gas emissions are on the rise in New Mexico.
If signed by Gov. Newsom, the legislation would set a precedent by requiring large companies to disclose total greenhouse gas emissions.
Industry lobbyists targeting legislators with “myth after myth” to stop emissions disclosure bill, says key environmental group.
As the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative stalls in the courts, front-line communities ask the administration to prioritize their input.
The legacy of fossil fuel development endures in leaks, spills and neglect.
Sempra is pitching lawmakers on industry-friendly climate solutions paid by ratepayers.
Following watchdog’s advice, senators shrink tax giveaway program for oil and gas.
The state’s largest fossil fuel companies won a new loophole big enough for a liquified natural gas plant.
Residents and scientists had called for research on health risks for years, while industry campaign denied links.
Emissions disclosure bill is testing the state’s climate resolve in the face of industry misinformation.
Environmental groups fault the Railroad Commission for lax oversight, warn of health impacts.
Assemblymember Tina McKinnor refused to take up the bill in a committee, for the second year in a row, as divestment movement grows.
Developers tout hydrogen as a clean energy source; Navajo opponents say it is another way outsiders will profit by harming their environment and health.
State senator cites story, which revealed oil lobbyist’s misleading tactics.
Program at San Juan College School of Energy would certify “clean” fossil fuels.
Two blocked climate bills show the oil and gas industry, related unions can still sway the new Democratic House majority.
Legislation aims to shine a light on corporate climate pollution and carbon offsets.
A new bill would marry labor, environmental and educational interests — potentially forging a new path for bipartisan climate policy.
Industry is ‘misadvertising’ a carbon capture bill in order to obscure its risky intent, according to an oil and gas advocate.
With water use growing, arid Western states are asking for new regulations.
After a deal last year kneecapped regulators’ ability to address the crisis of abandoned oil and gas wells, Dems aim to reset environmental law.
Lawsuit argues the state is not equally upholding environmental protections enshrined in its constitution.
The plan by Extraction would have led to horizontal drilling under hundreds of acres of scenic Boulder County lands purchased with taxpayer dollars.
Petroleum industry supports tax breaks for renewable energy projects but legislators refuse.
Homer City Generating Station has been used to delay environmental regulations. Could the infamous site become a symbol for the just transition?
Watchdogs call for creation of an environmental justice office, better monitoring of Clean Air Act violations.
Critics call for removal of state agency’s economic mandate.
Low-income communities of color bear the pollution burden of California’s incentive-based dairy gas climate plan.
Effort to tighten rules on so-called forced pooling shows difficulty of reforms.
Proposed legislation would prohibit new fracking wells within 2,500 feet of an existing building or water well.
Gov. Newsom reneged on pledge to wind down fossil fuel refineries.
Up against a heavily Democratic Legislature, fossil fuel firms funnel cash to politicos they’ve previously ignored to win precious votes.
Record-shattering budget from oil and gas fuels a spending spree on everything except regulating oil and gas.
Changes at the New Mexico Environment Department could increase future prosecutions.
Before obtaining the required permits, Diversified Energy began installing cryptocurrency mining infrastructure on one of its thousands of well pads.
A tour of the Permian Basin highlights weak enforcement by state and federal agencies.
Lawmakers complain of last-second changes and a lack of transparency surrounding the reappropriation of $50 million in funding.
The Advanced Technology Energy Act was killed over the weekend following objections from tribal leaders.
An effort to resurrect Texas’ Chapter 313 tax abatement is underway in the Legislature.
The Advanced Energy Technology Act clearly echoes last year’s quartet of failed hydrogen bills that promoted public-private partnerships.
If OK’d, measure would be the first nationwide to require climate impact analysis in investment decisions.
After industry lobbyists halted the oil and gas well safe-distance law, their well-funded referendum could sway voters with misinformation.
Major laws quickly shot down, money debates still up in the air.
Missed cues grow Native distrust around a New Mexico research project on oil well wastewater.
In December, legislators killed a controversial abatement program known as Chapter 313, but its effects will last decades.
Lawmakers will have to resist inertia and oil and gas influence as the climate crisis worsens.
Questions over whether cold weather in New Mexico an ’emergency.’
Oil companies may end up relying on environmentally questionable crop-based fuels.
Josh Shapiro has revealed little about his policy proposals.
Proposed legislation would dramatically change New Mexico’s principal oil and gas law.
New Mexico’s legislative session, funded by oil and gas, promises fireworks.
Process will set financial assurance plan for all producers’ wells.
State regulators could order Boulder County to sell its gas rights without consent.
Order was quietly signed on the same day that residents celebrated the energy company’s plea deal on charges of environmental crimes.
Long-suffering residents of Dimock, Pennsylvania, feel cautiously hopeful after Gov.-elect Josh Shapiro announces plea deal with natural gas company.
Public prosecution ‘a great model’ for future suits against polluters.
An International Space Station instrument looks for dust, finds methane vent in the Permian Basin.
The poor would likely bear the costs of energy transition, but benefit from cleaner air and less warming.
Shapiro and Fetterman defeat pro-drilling candidates, but their policies on key issues remain uncertain.
Some races with moderate Democrats backed by oil money running against progressives remain too close to call.
The state faces devastating effects from climate change but voted against taking action.
The state’s majority Democrat Legislature has yet to fully fund enforcement of recently strengthened regulations.
Pennsylvania’s far-right gubernatorial candidate has vowed to expand oil and gas production and roll back regulations.
As the state’s top prosecutor, gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro promised Dimock residents justice for years of water pollution. Resolution has yet to come.
Republicans are seen as friends of oil and gas, but donations to powerful Democrats say they are, too.
Voter suppression blocks calls by Texans of color for regulation and climate action.
The Democratic and Republican hopefuls diverge on most issues, though not on support of fracking.
New Mexico’s oilfield jobs are legendary, but comparatively rare.
The state’s fossil fuel industry spends millions more backing midterm candidates.
Activists predict relying on state implementation will cause ‘a comprehensive total failure.’
The state’s powerful oil and gas industry wields influence in ways that could blunt the impact of the Inflation Reduction Act.
Building and construction trade unions would benefit from industrial green policy, but critics warn of fossil fuel subsidies.
Biden’s methane reduction plan relies on historically weak enforcement.
Texas, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and California, among others, will drive its success or failure.
Oil and gas money papers the state with industry messages.
SB 106 could put the right to an abortion up to voters. It may also limit the power of the governor to fight GOP attacks on his environmental orders.
Former officials push strategies on behalf of fossil fuel clients, threatening climate and communities, say critics.
‘Mark my words,’ says environment secretary, this will lead to increased air pollution.
A handful of legislators could decide measures for tougher statewide emissions goals.
Labor opposition could diminish Gov. Newsom’s climate package.
With Newsom’s environmental legacy in the balance, legislators are intensely pushing bills that advance the governor’s priorities.
The state risks health and highway funding if it doesn’t pass regulations on oil and gas pollution.
New Mexico
Editor — Laura Paskus
Investigative Reporter — Jerry Redfern
California
Editor — Marcus Baram
Investigative Reporter – Aaron Cantú