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PHILADELPHIA—Meeka Outlaw spent most of her childhood growing up in a South Philadelphia rowhouse that was essentially sandwiched between an oil refinery and an electrical power plant. Less than a ...

WASHINGTON — Oil companies operating on federal and tribal lands will have to curb the practice of flaring and venting natural gas, the Biden administration announced Wednesday. Under a new regulation ...

Oil companies collect crude in tanks by their pumps but often vent the methane gas that also comes up out of the ground into the air, unwilling to invest in the infrastructure to capture it. While the ...

Controlling emissions can lead to significant improvements in public health in surrounding communities, according to one study. Pollution from oil and gas venting and flaring in the US has resulted in ...

Each year, gas flaring, the burning of natural gas associated with oil extraction, emits more than 400 million tons of CO2 equivalent emissions, including methane and other pollutants. Despite some ...

The UK Oil and Gas Authority has issued consolidated and updated guidance on flaring and venting. The UK Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has issued consolidated and updated guidance on flaring and venting ...

Regarding "White House: Working towards environmental justice in Houston," (Jan. 29): It was heartening to read White House Center for Environmental Quality Chair Brenda Mallory write about the work ...

The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on Mar. 27 issued a final rule to cut venting, flaring, and leaks on onshore public and Tribal lands by modernizing 40-year-old ...

For too long, oil and gas companies have been allowed to waste the natural resources of tribal nations through the wasteful practice of routine venting and flaring methane, which costs tribes millions ...