Critics say ethane expansion on the banks of the Ohio River, just outside Pittsburgh, will not only prolong fracking but could also trigger a public health disaster.
Oil and gas companies will gain fracking leases on California public land under a Trump administration energy plan. Environmental groups protested it. Fresno and Monterey counties to see most wells.
Nearly one hundred oil spills have been detected along Brazil's northeast coast since early September. Brazil's environment agency said an analysis of the crude showed it was not produced by the country.
House Republicans are re-launching one of their biggest initiatives for the legislative session: a package of energy-focused bills aimed at coaxing new businesses into Pennsylvania.
The booming shale industry could be headed off a financial cliff, experts say, and environmental groups are asking who will clean up thousands of wells drilled miles beneath the surface if businesses go bust.
The Trump administration announced a key step toward opening Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil and gas exploration Thursday, rolling out a plan that would see lease sales occur by the end of the year.
Publicly, BP supported carbon pricing. Behind the scenes, it extracted concessions from Gov. Jay Inslee, then dropped its support last minute, emails show.
Peter Dykstra joins Host Steve Curwood to take a look at the declining health of Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Then, the two discuss how the United States became the world's number one oil producer over the past year.
Joe Balash, who served as the Interior Department's top official overseeing oil and gas leasing on federal land until Friday, is joining an oil firm that's expanding drilling operations on Alaska's North Slope.
