As legal efforts fall short, residents are pursuing a novel strategy to halt the building of export terminals on unspoiled wetlands: Lobby Europeans to reject gas from the U.S.
Though factory farming is a small part of bank financing, it leaves an outsized carbon footprint.
California Air Resources Board ordered staff not to engage with ex-colleague after he questioned gas industry claims.
An idle well fee program is masking vast cleanup costs while harming residents and the climate.
Meanwhile, report after report shows greenhouse gas emissions are on the rise in New Mexico.
Environmental groups fault the Railroad Commission for lax oversight, warn of health impacts.
Incentives for cow manure methane prop up gas infrastructure — can California do better?
Low-income communities of color bear the pollution burden of California’s incentive-based dairy gas climate plan.
A tour of the Permian Basin highlights weak enforcement by state and federal agencies.
Questions over whether cold weather in New Mexico an ’emergency.’
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.
The state’s powerful oil and gas industry wields influence in ways that could blunt the impact of the Inflation Reduction Act.
Biden’s methane reduction plan relies on historically weak enforcement.
‘Mark my words,’ says environment secretary, this will lead to increased air pollution.
The South Coast air district is investigating dozens of complaints about toxic emissions seen in the ‘shocking’ footage.
Residents challenge regulators’ claims that they can’t account for toxic oil and gas emissions in the San Joaquin Valley.
While most producers dramatically increased their reporting, the state’s largest natural gas producer’s numbers haven’t budged.
As the EPA moves to implement new restrictions on oil and gas operators, New Mexico provides a model and illuminates challenges.
While New Mexico sizzles and the West burns, methane emissions from the state’s biggest oilfield keep rising.