Three dozen firefighters who responded to the Aliso Canyon methane blowout near Los Angeles — the largest gas leak in U.S. history — sued Southern California Gas and Sempra Energy in superior court Monday, accusing them of knowingly exposing them to carcinogenic chemicals, negligence, fraudulent concealment, and other charges.
Read moreA panel of seven Colorado Supreme Court justices heard arguments Tuesday regarding the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission’s role in considering the industry’s impact on human health when issuing permits.
Read moreThe Trump administration is considering using West Coast military installations or other federal properties to open the way for more U.S. fossil fuel exports to Asia, but environmentalists see the proposal as nothing more than a handout to the fossil fuel industry which ignores the costs of climate change.
Read moreNearly 50 members of three Native American tribes in North Dakota claim in a class action that Andeavor Logistics is unfairly profiting from a crude oil pipeline operating through tribal trust lands that it refuses to remove.
Read moreThe Environmental Protection Agency has named David Dunlap, a former chemical engineer with Koch Industries, as its deputy chief of research and development, according to the EPA’s chief of staff.
Read moreThe Sierra Club and dozens of other groups brought a federal complaint against Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke for “rescinding almost all provisions of the Waste Prevention … and Resource Conservation Rule” that limits venting and flaring of natural gas on federal lands.
Read moreA massive corruption trial in Milan involving Royal Dutch Shell, Italy-based Eni and a lucrative offshore Nigerian oil field is underway.
Read moreFour environmental groups sued Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Thursday to protect the two-state Dinosaur National Monument from increased air pollution from oil and gas drilling.
Read moreCalifornia voters’ support for a contentious $52 billion transportation package dubbed the “Gas Tax” is growing with under six weeks before Election Day.
Read moreE&B Natural Resources Management Corp. claims in a federal complaint that Alameda County arbitrarily and capriciously denied it a permit to continue operating the Livermore Oil Field because it “could” contaminate the aquifer.
Read moreA federal judge has halted the Trump administration’s updated policy on public participation in the process by which the Bureau of Land Management decides whether to grant oil and gas leases in habitat of the greater sage grouse.
Read moreSpending on outdoor recreation outpaced Big Oil’s contribution to the U.S. economy according to federal statistics released Thursday, prompting critics to renew their attacks on Trump administration policies of ramping up oil and gas leases on or near public lands.
Read moreThe European Court of Justice revived proceedings Wednesday over the finding that France awarded state aid by guaranteeing an organization dedicated to oil and gas research and development.
Read moreThe U.S. government brought a federal forfeiture action Monday against a Taiwan company that it accuses of having tried to launder $1.2 million for North Korea.
Read moreA series of gas explosions an official described as “Armageddon” killed a teenager, injured at least 10 other people and ignited fires in at least 39 homes in three communities north of Boston on Thursday, forcing entire neighborhoods to evacuate as crews scrambled to fight the flames and shut off the gas.
Read moreThe world needs kick its addiction to oil and other fossil fuels to stave off global warming and it’s not as impossible as the industry has made it seem, an international panel of civic leaders said at a climate change conference in San Francisco on Thursday.
Read moreThe Trump administration released a proposal on Tuesday to roll back Obama-era rules designed to reduce leaks of climate-changing methane from oil and gas facilities.
Read moreDespite recent efforts to block offshore oil drilling in California, environmental and health advocates say there are still too many active drilling operations in Los Angeles County that have been polluting poor neighborhoods and communities of color for years.
Read moreIn a win for landowners, Bayou Bridge Pipeline said it will stop construction of its crude oil pipeline through 38 acres of private property in Louisiana after an owner filed for an injunction to halt the project.
Read moreOregon can continue rating fuels based on their greenhouse gas emissions despite claims by oil and gas companies that the program is unconstitutional, the Ninth Circuit ruled Friday.
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