The Department of the Interior today released final guidance to states on how to apply for the first $775 million in initial grant funding available this year for plugging orphaned oil and gas wells under President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.| U.S. Department of the Interior
In the study, scientists showed how the multinational energy giant worked to cloud the issue.| Harvard Gazette
State regulators are allowing the oil industry to walk away from its cleanup responsibilities.| Powering the Planet
In 2019 I wrote an article that posed the question, “Will the Public End up Paying to Clean up the Fracking Boom?” The following year I wrote the article, “With Bankruptcies Mounting, Faltering Oil and Gas Firms Are Leaving a Multi-billion Dollar Cleanup Bill to the Public” in which I| Powering the Planet
As Law360 reported, this week Exxon’s lawyers are using a technical legal agreement to claim they want a refund of $1.8 billion from America.| Powering the Planet
In October, shortly after Exxon and Chevron announced over $100 billion in combined acquisitions, oilfield services company Halliburton’s CEO Jeff Miller warned about the reality of producing oil in the U.S. shale industry. “The reality is you have to do more work in order to stay flat.” This| Powering the Planet