Politics www.nytimes.com Fracking firms fail, rewarding executives and raising climate fears 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.
Politics www.nytimes.com Chesapeake Energy, a shale pioneer, files for bankruptcy protection The company helped turn the United States into a gas exporter but became known for an illegal scheme to suppress the price of oil and gas leases.
A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled
Multiple Houston-area oil and gas facilities that have violated pollution laws are seeking permit renewals
