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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.
The head of Texas' oil and gas regulator resigned this week under pressure from one of the elected officials she reports to, touching off a dispute over whether her dismissal had been properly handled.
The head of Texas' oil and gas regulator may have been pushed out of her job, touching off a political spat between two elected officials who oversee the agency.
North Dakota's oil production appears to have stabilized after more than two years of decline, and it could provide some relief to the state budget.
The chemical plant in Crosby, Texas, that caught fire in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey experienced a chemical spill more than a day before the fire broke out, according to a regulatory filing.
The multistate agency that has blocked natural gas development in part of northeastern Pennsylvania could move this week to make the ban permanent, but allow waste disposal from the gas industry.