Mike writes enterprise and investigative stories, primarily on oil and gas drilling. Before coming to Energywire, he covered congressional leadership for The Hill newspaper and served as a Washington correspondent for The Denver Post. He has received awards from the National Press Club, the Society of Environmental Journalists and the Society of Professional Journalists. He was a Kiplinger Fellow in 2014 and participated in NICAR Bootcamp in 2013. He is a member of Investigative Reporters and Editors and a committee chairman and former board member at the National Press Club.
The Biden administration today made its first high-profile response to the hack of a fuel artery that supplies much of the East Coast, issuing a waiver of clean air rules in the hope of staving off gasoline shortages.
Maryland Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin yesterday called a pipeline company's treatment of Oklahoma farmers a "dystopian nightmare" and proposed reining in the legal authority for such companies to condemn land for their projects.
Maryland Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin yesterday called a pipeline company's treatment of Oklahoma farmers a "dystopian nightmare" and proposed reining in the legal authority for such companies to condemn land for their projects.
Plains All American Pipeline LP says it is considering changing the route of its proposed Byhalia Connection oil pipeline in the Memphis, Tenn., area and has agreed to pause its work on the pipeline for two months.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Byhalia Connection pipeline, a 50-mile oil conduit planned to run through and around Memphis, has come under fire from environmental groups and community activists. Opponents are also seeking to harness deep-seated resentment from years of pollution from the heavy industry that flanks the city's heavily Black southwest corner.