With the EPA hamstrung by the Supreme Court and shaky state funding, New Mexico could face a future with reduced protections.
A new state law mandates that oil companies put up money to plug wells before acquiring them. It could fail its first big test, putting taxpayers on the hook.
A campaign touting the oil and gas industry’s environmental progress says its energy-producing hydrocarbons are very clean, but not all of its claims can be verified.
Despite efforts to rein in emissions, state is unlikely to meet greenhouse gas reduction goals, group says.
For one West Texas rancher, the orphaned wells have become both a mission and an existential threat.
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.