PIPELINES
FERC approval of gas project challenged in court
The Environmental Defense Fund is challenging federal approval of a St. Louis-area pipeline in a federal appeals court, saying the project wasn't needed when regulators authorized it.
Mike Soraghan
Reporter
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.
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OIL AND GAS
EPA, Colo. company reach deal to cut emissions
A Denver-based company will reduce pollution at 67 well sites in Colorado under a settlement with state and federal officials announced by EPA yesterday.
NATURAL GAS
LNG plant explosion raises concerns about federal oversight
Kinder Morgan Inc. is facing a $55,000 fine in connection with a confined explosion in 2018 at its liquefied natural gas export plant near Savannah, Ga., raising safety questions about the facilities as gas exports begin to accelerate.
CAMPAIGN 2020
Dems want to kill public lands drilling. Will it backfire?
Democratic presidential contenders split on "fracking bans," but they almost universally support a ban on drilling for oil and gas on federal land. That hostility is angering industry and holds risks for Democrats in the general election.
POLITICS
U.S. Chamber issues warning about Democrats' fracking ban
The prospect that fracking could be banned "everywhere" is remote, but industry leaders are alarmed enough about the anti-drilling rhetoric coming from Democratic presidential candidates that they're warning voters of dire economic consequences.