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Mike is an EnergyWire reporter based in Dallas-Fort Worth who joined the company 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, traffic problems and landowner disputes. Other areas of expertise include state politics, business news, pipeline safety and water policy. Before joining E&E he was an energy reporter for Bloomberg News and wrote for several newspapers in Texas including the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Pennsylvania officials shut down construction on Energy Transfer Partners LP's Mariner East 2 pipeline project across the state yesterday, after environmental groups complained that the company's sloppy construction was contaminating water.
More than 30 people pressed Colorado's oil and gas regulators to crack down on drilling in urban areas in the wake of a deadly home explosion and drop an appeal of a court decision dealing with public health.
As Colorado regulators continue a first-of-its-kind inventory of oil and gas infrastructure located near homes, pressure is building on the state to make the information clearer and more accessible.
Facebook Inc. founder Mark Zuckerberg visited the heart of North Dakota's Bakken Shale oil field this week and wrote a post that highlighted the plight of oil field workers.
Pennsylvania lawmakers adjourned last night without passing a plan to fund the state government, but they appeared poised to reject Gov. Tom Wolf's proposal to tax the gas industry for the third year in a row.