Energy Company Seals Well in West Texas 19 Days After it Exploded October 23, 2024 By Carlos Nogueras Ramos, The Texas Tribune ODESSA — A Houston-based energy company has sealed a hemorrhaging well in West Texas 19 days after it exploded, sending...
Harris County Officials Say Texas Law Limits Settlements Against Polluters October 10, 2024 By Elena Bruess, Houston Landing It wasn’t immediately clear what chemicals erupted into the air from the Channelview fire. The most anyone knew was that...
Biggest LNG Exporter in the US Wants to Define Emission Rules September 27, 2024 By Ruth Liao Cheniere Energy Inc.’s top executive Jack Fusco wants the biggest gas exporter in the US to set the rules to...
Germany Cracks Down on China Green Fraud in Deepening Scandal September 6, 2024 By Natasha White and Akshat Rathi German authorities have rejected €18 million ($20 million) worth of carbon credits after finding “irregularities” in China-based projects that were...
US Finalizes New Tailpipe Emissions Limits for Heavy Duty Vehicles April 1, 2024 By David Shepardson The U.S. government said on Friday it was finalizing tighter tailpipe emissions standards for heavy duty vehicles like semi-trucks and...
Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Air Pollution Permit for Texas LNG Terminal November 17, 2023 By Dylan Baddour A federal appeals court on Monday struck down a major air pollution permit issued by Texas’s environmental regulator, arguing that...
Texas Oil Company Fined $1.3M for Excess Emissions July 20, 2023 The Environmental Protection Agency levied a $1.3 million fine on a Texas oil and gas company for excess emissions from...
Republican Attorneys General Urge Biden to Drop EPA Emissions Plan July 7, 2023 By David Shepardson A group of 25 Republican state attorneys general Thursday urged the Biden administration to abandon its proposal to sharply cut...
How Excess Emissions Ballooned in Texas June 8, 2023 By Naveena Sadasivam, Chad Small, Jessie Blaeser and Clayton Aldern In the early hours of Aug. 22, 2020, Hurricane Laura was still just a tropical storm off the coast of...
U.S. Proposes 56% Vehicle Emissions Cut by 2032, Requiring Big EV Jump April 12, 2023 By David Shepardson The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday proposed sweeping emissions cuts for new cars and trucks through 2032, a...