The congressional amendment sought to overturn a fracking prohibition that protects water used by millions of people. Critics predict that natural gas allies will try again.
The scientific consensus is that burning fossil fuels drives the climate crisis, yet the world’s biggest oil companies are planning to increase production.
Germans have won a fight to keep a coal mine out of an ancient forest. In the U.S., the government is opening protected lands for drilling and development.
Oklahoma restricts oilfield wastewater injection within a half-mile of public water wells. Regulators have let companies do it anyway. But in the city of Enid, officials are pushing back against one of the state’s biggest industries.
