The Department of the Interior announced Thursday it would no longer require the Bureau of Land Management to produce an environmental impact statement for thousands of oil and gas leases in seven states, including New Mexico. The more than 3,200 impacted ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom touted California’s environmental efforts at a UN climate summit, but toxic spills and a new law speeding drilling have tarnished the state's reputation at home.

Oil spill research has rapidly evolved into a multidisciplinary field that examines the sources, dispersal, environmental fate, and long-term ecological impacts of accidental releases. The breadth of research now encompasses physical transport models ...

A federal judge on Thursday blocked an oil and gas lease sale in Gulf waters off the coast of Louisiana, finding that a federal agency didn’t adequately take into account how new offshore drilling would impact the highly endangered Rice’s whale.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — The first discovery well in the Kern River Fields was drilled in 1899, now according to a new report, it's a $20 billion industry. According to California State Parks, Kern County’s first discovery well in the Kern River ...

Air pollution from oil and gas is causing 91,000 premature deaths and hundreds of thousands of health issues across the United States annually, with Black, Asian, Native American and Hispanic groups consistently the most affected, finds a major new study ...

The Texas oil and gas industry paid a near-record $27 billion in taxes last year, the Texas Oil and Gas Association said Wednesday in its annual report.

Texas' oil and gas industry paid a near-record $27 billion in local and state taxes in 2025, according to TXOGA data.

More than a decade after regulators promised to improve reporting standards for this waste, an Inside Climate News investigation found huge discrepancies in state records.