energy

The pandemic is adding renewed urgency to a critical debate: Just how quickly can the planet reduce its dependence on oil?

The amount of natural gas that oil companies burn off in Texas as a waste product could power every home in the state . It’s an industry practice known...

Energy producer BP said Wednesday it wants to eliminate or offset all carbon emissions from its operations and the oil and gas it sells to customers by…

Cities, states, businesses and electric utilities are setting ambitious goals to cut greenhouse gas emissions. But it's not clear exactly how they'll do that or whether it will actually work.

From Texas Standard: On Sunday thousands of fish, crabs and other sea life washed up dead on beaches surrounding Galveston Bay. The Texas Department of...

From Texas Standard : Energy is the invisible driver of nearly everything we do. It gets us to work, lights our homes – it even powers the equipment we...

Electricity demand in Texas is expected to hit record levels this summer, and with a thin margin of reserve power, the operator of the state's grid says…

On its face, you might think a bill to treat wastewater from oil and gas operations would get the support of environmental groups. But you'd be wrong.

Anadarko, an oil and gas production and exploration company, has assets in Mozambique, the Gulf of Mexico and, significantly, in Texas — where multinationals are doubling down on the Permian boom.

In the Gulf of Mexico, an oil spill triggered by a powerful hurricane has been leaking for more than 14 years with no solution in sight. The federal government is stepping in to try and contain it.

Lawmakers wrapped up two days of hearings Friday on a fire last month at a chemical storage facility in Deer Park. The fire at the plant owned by...

From Texas Standard: For the second time in a month, a fire broke out this week at a petrochemical plant near Houston. This time, it was at the KMCO...