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.
With the coronavirus pandemic slashing through the oil industry, BP PLC announced major details of its clean energy transition and opted to cut its shareholder dividend after losing $6.7 billion in the second quarter of the year.
A utility company has canceled a natural gas pipeline in New Hampshire, giving another win to climate activists in their campaign to block new fossil fuel infrastructure.
The oil industry had one of its worst financial quarters ever as the coronavirus pandemic spread — and the world's top oil companies say they're preparing for the downturn to last as long as 18 months.
President Trump announced a pair of energy initiatives as he stood before a Texas oil rig yesterday, courting an oil and gas industry reeling from the coronavirus as polls suggest a close race this November in a reliably red state.
A plan to cut methane emissions from part of Pennsylvania's oil and gas industry drew pushback from both drillers and environmentalists.