Court Temporarily Halts S.E.C.’s New Climate Rules

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Two fracking companies had challenged requirements that some businesses disclose more information about the risks they face from climate change. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/15/climate/sec-climate-rules-lawsuit.html

Indiana’s Plan to Pipe In Groundwater for Microchip-Making Draws Fire

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The state is courting high-tech investments, but a new industrial park may lack enough water. Opponents say piping it from miles away might dry out residential wells. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/02/climate/indiana-leap-groundwater-pipe-microchips.html

Tools Born From Fracking Fuel Geothermal Rush

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The United States has enough geothermal energy to power the entire country. Some are trying to unlock it by using techniques from the fracking boom. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/28/climate/geothermal-energy-projects.html

Canada’s Wildfires Have Been Disrupting Lives. Now, Oil and Gas Take a Hit.

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Alberta’s vast oil industry is cutting production as the flames menace wells and pipelines, highlighting the danger Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/climate/canada-wildfires-fracking-oil-gas.html

Price to Plug Old Wells in Gulf of Mexico? $30 Billion, Study Says.

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment There are roughly 14,000 old, unplugged wells in the gulf that are at risk of springing leaks or causing environmental damage, researchers found. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/08/climate/gulf-of-mexico-oil-wells-plug.html

Taylor Energy to Pay $43 Million for Longest-Running Oil Spill in U.S. History

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Taylor Energy’s undersea wells have been leaking into the Gulf of Mexico since 2004, when they were damaged by Hurricane Ivan. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/22/climate/taylor-energy-oil-spill-gulf.html

‘Zombie’ Oil Wells in Canada Are a Climate Threat

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Canada’s oil patch has nearly 100,000 suspended wells, neither active nor capped, and they’re a worrying source of planet-warming methane. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/30/climate/oil-wells-leak-canada.html

Fracking Is Trump’s ‘Hail Mary’ Against Biden

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment President Trump has made fracking a “Hail Mary” attack on Joe Biden in the industrial Midwest, but three weeks before Election Day, it does not seem to be working. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/13/climate/trump-biden-fracking.html

Oil and Gas Groups See ‘Some Common Ground’ in Biden Energy Plan

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Some energy executives are pleased that the former vice president is not calling for a fracking ban and said they could work with him. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/28/business/energy-environment/joe-biden-oil-gas-energy.html

Fracking Firms Fail, Rewarding Executives and Raising Climate Fears

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Oil and gas companies are hurtling toward bankruptcy, raising fears that wells will be left leaking planet-warming pollutants, with cleanup cost left to taxpayers. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/12/climate/oil-fracking-bankruptcy-methane-executive-pay.html

In Crucial Pennsylvania, Democrats Worry a Fracking Ban Could Sink Them

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The fracking ban pushed by Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders  epitomizes a Democratic quandary: Appeal to swing voters or energize a liberal movement? Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/27/us/politics/pennsylvania-democrats-fracking.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

The World Can Make More Water From the Sea, but at What Cost?

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment As more places face a scarcity of fresh water, desalination is seen as a possible answer.  But energy and financial requirements limit how widely it can be used. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/22/climate/desalination-water-climate-change.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

E.P.A. to Accuse California of ‘Significant’ Air and Water Problems

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In the Trump administration’s latest jab at California, the Environmental Protection Agency is saying the state is not protecting its water quality. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/26/climate/trump-california.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

E.P.A. to Roll Back Regulations on Methane, a Potent Greenhouse Gas

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment If the proposal is adopted, the government would no longer require oil and gas companies to inspect for and repair methane leaks from wells and pipelines. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/29/climate/epa-methane-greenhouse-gas.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

Trump’s Misleading Claims About His Environmental Record

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment President Trump selectively talked up what he said were achievements in ensuring air and water quality, declining carbon emissions and Superfund cleanups. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/08/us/politics/trump-environmental-record-fact-check.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

Another Inconvenient Truth: It’s Hard to Agree How to Fight Climate Change

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment While activists can agree that something must be done, differences arise over exactly what and how, on issues like nuclear power and fracking. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/12/science/climate-change-movement.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

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