Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ian writes on fossil energies, climate, and transition to renewables. Three oil wells in the Bakken and flaring of natural gas on ...

The Interior Department has proposed rules to reduce methane leaks from oil and gas drilling on public lands. The proposal would impose strict monthly time and volume limits on gas flaring and require ...

Gas flaring puts the equivalent of over 400m tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere The process known as "gas flaring" has been condemned as a danger to the environment and human health, as well ...

The CEO of LNG Canada has responded to complaints about excess flaring at the company's facility in Kitimat, saying he takes ...

Gas flaring in the Permian basin is “running rampant,” and may not be fully resolved even after new gas pipelines come online. Texas is now one of the world’s largest sources of gas flaring in the ...

Congressional Democrats this week urged the Environmental Projection Agency to strengthen its proposal to regulate planet-warming methane gas emissions from the country's oil and gas sector. The ...

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 ...

Gas flaring, a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, saw a significant increase in 2023, reaching the highest level since 2019. The World Bank's Zero Routine Flaring initiative, endorsed by ...

A common practice in the oil industry called flaring is believed to cut down on methane emissions by burning waste or excess gas in the process of extracting or processing oil. But flaring may not be ...