Mike is an Energywire reporter based in Dallas-Fort Worth. Since joining E&E News in 2013, he has written extensively about energy regulation and the impact of oil and gas development on communities, including hydraulic fracturing, air and water pollution, pipeline construction, traffic problems, and landowner disputes. He also covers state politics, business news and environmental issues. Before joining E&E News he was an energy reporter for Bloomberg News and wrote for several Texas newspapers including the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
The Environmental Defense Fund today said it plans to run advertisements in five states and the District of Columbia promoting electric vehicles, which are a key part of the Biden administration's $2 trillion infrastructure plan.
BP PLC, the British oil and gas giant, said yesterday it will end routine gas flaring from its U.S. oil fields by 2025 as it seeks to transform into a clean energy company.
From gas bans to renewable fuel standards, states are weighing or enacting policies that could shift the future of the oil and gas industry.
The Biden administration's proposal to triple the budget for cleaning up abandoned oil and gas sites left environmentalists hopeful that the federal government would begin addressing a long-standing problem in the oil field that contributes to climate change.
Natural gas suppliers in Texas are pushing back against allegations that they raked in unseemly profits during the state's power crisis, charging in court that a major utility company failed its customers and shortchanged its vendors.