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4 oil and gas issues to watch in 2024
U.S. crude and natural gas production reached all-time record highs last year, putting President Joe Biden in a tricky political spot as the 2024 presidential campaign heats up and casting doubt on the industry’s ability to cut emissions.
Colorado rewrites new ozone reduction plan
Colorado’s oil and gas industry will need to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides, which contribute to smog along the Front Range, under new rules that state air-pollution regulators are calling a bold plan.
Texas produces twice as much methane as better regulated neighbor, study finds
Oil and gas production in Texas is spewing out double the rate of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, than in the more regulated state of New Mexico, prompting calls for tougher curbs of “super-emitter” sites that risk tipping the world into climate breakdown.
Despite climate pledges, Canada and other fossil fuel producers set to scale up production
Wyoming air quality affected by oil and gas, study finds
New Mexico constitution focus of legal fight over oil and gas drilling
The nation's No. 2 oil-producing state is being sued over its alleged failure to meet constitutional provisions meant to protect against pollution from the industry.
Group calls on New Mexico to crack down on oil and gas air pollution
Amid fears of worsening air quality in New Mexico’s oil and gas regions, an environmental group called on the State of New Mexico to enforce regulations targeting emissions from extraction.