The Trump administration’s disastrous policy shift on methane emissions
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S daily affronts to decency make it hard to focus attention on the substantive damage his administration is causing. But on Thursday, the administration...
Trump administration scraps limits on methane leaks at oil and gas sites
The Trump administration is scrapping limits on methane leaks, allowing oil and gas companies to decide how much of the potent greenhouse gas can escape...
Trump Eliminates Major Methane Rule, Even as Leaks Are Worsening
The Trump administration formally weakened a major climate-change regulation on Thursday — effectively freeing oil and gas companies from the need to detect and repair...
E.P.A. to Lift Obama-Era Controls on Methane, a Potent Greenhouse Gas
The reversal is the latest move in the Trump administration’s ongoing effort to weaken environmental rules, but it could be quickly undone after the November...
California greenlights ‘Orwellian’ solar-powered fracking scheme
California-based multinational oil company Chevron landed two rounds of drilling permits from Gov. Gavin Newsom this summer—evidence, climate advocates say, that Newsom is not committed...
2 Million Wells Leak Methane, Causing Warming
Methane also enters the atmosphere directly, particularly as the planet warms. As in the second image above there is now a vast string of gigantic...
The next energy battle: Renewables vs. natural gas
As coal declines and wind and solar energy rise, some are pushing to limit the use of natural gas, but utilities say they are not...
Dominion Energy and Duke Energy cancel the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Dominion Energy (NYSE: D) and Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) today announced the cancellation of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (“ACP”) due to ongoing delays and increasing...