regulations

Coal states are questioning whether the Clean Air Act gave the EPA the power to create policy.

A lawsuit filed in the Bay Area represents a looming issue for thousands of idled oil and gas wells.

The industry group called the decision by the court “misguided” and said it will result in significant uncertainty for Gulf of Mexico producers

The Los Angeles City Council voted to ban new oil and gas wells in the country’s second most populous city and phase out existing wells over a period of 5 years.

A federal judge tossed out the results of Sale 257, held last November, because of what it said was the government’s underestimation of the potential effect on the environment.

The Texas Railroad Commission has designated a new swath of the Permian as a Seismic Response Area after a series of earthquakes linked to water-disposal wells rattled the area.

Regulatory uncertainty continues to hamper Canadian provinces in competition for hydrocarbon investment.

Selling reservoirs’ empty pore space may become a new, big business.

Pennsylvania regulators have released a long-awaited final draft of rules to cut releases of methane from the state’s existing oil and natural gas well sites, but they will still not require companies to find and fix leaks at tens of thousands of low-producing wells.