If you’ve been paying attention to environmental news, you may have seen that methane gas has been a rather controversial topic in the last year. In March …
Show of hands: who wants a nuclear waste facility in their backyard? Anyone? Anyone? Buell—TEXAS? That is the endgame, some speculate, of a lawsuit recently filed …
The Obama administration’s attempt to regulate carbon emissions from new and modified power plants has been subject to challenge since its inception. Now, with a new administration …
On March 2, 2017, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) brought an effort to gather data regarding methane emissions from the oil and gas industry to a halt. …
Since the creation of the first commercial oil well in the United States in 1859[1], state legislatures and courts have struggled to craft a comprehensive legal framework …
Congress and the President may have in practice axed SEC disclosure requirements impacting transnational oil and gas firms. However, in theory and statutorily the requirements still stand. …
One of the biggest issues related to hydraulic fracturing is the disclosure of the chemicals used in the fracing fluid. Fracing fluid is a chemical mixture used …
Media attention and public controversy continue to buzz around the Dakota Access Pipeline, proposed to service the Bakken shale oil reserves in North Dakota.[1] But two other …
In the wake of the 2010s oil glut, Big Oil has changed their tactics on how they replenish their oil reserves. In an effort for less volatile …
Texas Wind Energy The latest boom in renewable energy is happening right in our own backyard. Texas is the leading state for wind energy with over 18,500 …
