Updated Sep 25, 2024
9/25/24
A North Dakota district judge has temporarily blocked a Biden administration rule that would require U.S. exploration and production (E&P) companies to reduce natural gas flaring from wells on federal and tribal lands.
The Department of the Interior (DOI) unveiled a proposed rule on Monday to curb methane pollution from oil and gas operations on federal and tribal lands, in part by imposing royalties on vented or flared natural gas.
ExxonMobil has been given the green light by federal officials to sequester carbon emissions deep underground in Wyoming, the first project of its kind to gain approval on federal lands.
California has reached a settlement with federal officials to cease leasing public land for natural gas and oil development in the central part of the state until potential risks are assessed.