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A new analysis found that under the IRA, some companies may be liable for fees that could bankrupt some operators.

The Inflation Reduction Act, the 2021 U.S. climate law abbreviated IRA, primarily reduces emissions through financial incentives, rather than binding rules.

Recent research suggests that the IRA’s methane fee could batter the oil and gas industry to the tune of more than $1 billion.

Trouble ahead for Diversified Energy, ConocoPhillips, Occidental, and CRC?

A Beaver County man has been indicted by a federal grand jury on multiple sex crimes involving a child.

The number of satellites that circle the globe is expected to rise dramatically over the next few years. Some of the current cohort of satellites bounce signals to our phones; others gather imagery of Earth’s surface. A growing field of satellite technology will be gathering information about greenhouse gas emissions.

Tackling methane emissions, a greenhouse gas 84 times more potent than CO2 in the short term, should be low-hanging fruit for oil and gas producers: something they can do cost-effectively, and with far greater climate impact than investing in renewables, or in further-out...