The landmark Supreme Court decision gives the five tribes a say over oil and gas wells, refineries, and pipelines — including those running to the Cushing hub of the Keystone XL, legal experts say.
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.
At its peak a decade ago, Chesapeake Energy was the second-largest natural gas producer in the country, and it controlled the drilling rights on an area the size of West Virginia. What does its bankruptcy filing mean?
