Oil and Gas

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to weigh in late last month on a slew of lawsuits against oil companies filed by local municipalities – including three local governments in Colorado.

An interview with Geoff Dembicki, author of The Petroleum Papers. The book provides a step-by-step account of how we reached this precipice of climate disaster, and the politicians and companies who helped get us here.

The Center for Western Priorities' most recent annual spills report logged nearly 2,500 spills in the three important oil- and gas-producing Western states.

As methane emissions from the oil and gas sector increase worldwide, a new report shows that existing technologies could make big emissions reductions at a cost that's a drop in the bucket for Big Oil.

Two measures in the House of Representatives new rules package are regionally significant. One measure makes it easier to transfer federal public lands and the other supports oil and gas development.

The federal government could lease hundreds of thousands of acres in the Mountain West for oil and gas development this year. The Bureau of Land Management announced proposals in Utah, Wyoming, Nevada and New Mexico this past fall.

This new rule aims to limit leaking, flaring and venting of the potent greenhouse gas, while wringing more in royalties from the companies extracting natural gas.

As the airline industry works to cut its carbon dioxide emissions, a team of researchers believe they've found a "runway" to 100% sustainable aviation fuel.

Methane is 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the atmosphere. That’s why the Biden Administration is working with 24 states to identify 10,000 high-priority wells to plug as soon as possible, usually by pumping cement into the leaking area.

Depending on where you are in the West, certain lands may be ideal for certain energy projects. The Southwest is good for solar, Wyoming has great wind resources and Nevada is ripe for geothermal development. However, according to a new report from the left-leaning Center for American Progress, oil and gas leasing often takes precedence no matter the location.