oil
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‘We will disappear as an industry’: Texas considers a last-ditch effort to save oil producers
At a hearing on Tuesday, Texas formally considered statewide cuts in oil production for the first time since the 1970s.
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The Saudi oil attack isn’t just an economic issue, it’s environmental
In the wake of a major drone strike on a number of Saudi Arabia’s largest oil refinery facilities early Saturday morning, the kingdom’s oil output plunged by more than half, sending shockwaves through global markets. The global supply of oil took an even greater hit than during the Iranian Revolution, and crude oil prices skyrocketed […]
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The government is shut down, but oil development is (mostly) open for business
Oil projects aren't immune to the burden of a government shutdown, but they seem to be faring better than just about everything else.
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Could termites teach us how to save the world?
A new book looks at what these little pests can teach us.
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Harvey pummels east Texas oil towns as Houston begins to dry out
The storm dumped even more rain on Port Arthur and Beaumont than it did on Houston.
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Harvey triggered the release of more than a million pounds of toxic pollutants
74 incidents of excess air pollution have been reported since the storm hit.
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Zinke doesn’t want to eliminate our beautiful national monuments, so he’s shrinking them
The Interior secretary is planning to make some changes.
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How Obama transformed clean energy in the West
The region's energy development revolution may prove hard for Trump to stamp out.
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U.S. likely to become a major energy exporter in a decade
But the outlook for meeting emissions targets doesn’t look promising.