Valerie Volcovici

Washington — The US government unveiled rules to govern the use of voluntary carbon credits on Tuesday, seeking to boost confidence in a nascent

The U.S. government opened up on Friday competitive bidding that will close on Aug. 26 for $850 million in grants to help small oil and gas producers monitor and reduce methane from their operations, a major part of the Biden administration's plan to crack down on leaks of the potent greenhouse gas. The funding, made available through the administration's signature climate law called the Inflation Reduction Act, will specifically help small oil and natural gas operators reduce methane emissions and gain access to methane detection and reduction technologies. Some smaller, independent U.S. oil and gas operators had strongly opposed the Environmental Protection Agency's new methane standards that target hundreds of thousands of existing sources nationwide because they would place a financial burden on low-producing wells, as well as the agency's proposed methane fee on producers.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will review Texas' oversight of wells used for injecting into the ground wastewater and carbon dioxide related to oil drilling, over "substantial concerns" from environmental groups that they are behind a spate of well blowouts, sinkholes and seismic activity.

The U.S. Interior Department on Tuesday approved the ninth commercial-scale offshore wind project, bringing the Biden administration closer to its goal of deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity by 2030.

The Biden administration had anticipated a Supreme Court decision that limits federal regulatory powers to interpret ambiguous laws when crafting and reviewing major vehicle and power plant emissions rules, its climate adviser said on Tuesday.

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Green groups are split over whether President Joe Biden should step aside for another Democrat

Washington | Reuters —The Biden administration on Tuesday announced it would seek to curb U.S. emissions of powerful industrial greenhouse gases such as nitrous oxide as it enters a new phase in the national strategy to fight climate change under the Paris agreement.

In a significant policy shift, the United States is now backing a global treaty to reduce plastic production, putting it at odds with major plastic producers like Saudi Arabia and China.

PECOS COUNTY, Texas – On a sprawling ranch in Pecos County in late July, oil well control specialist Hawk Dunlap used a backhoe to uncover an abandoned or

Flying over the desert landscape of southeastern New Mexico in a four-seat helicopter, Stephen Aldridge could count around a dozen man-made lagoons brimming with toxic wastewater glistening between drill rigs and pumpjacks.