Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The cost of steel pipe used to line oil and gas wells rose after President Trump said he would impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/business/energy-environment/trump-oil-steel-tariffs.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Chris Wright, the founder of a fracking services company, argues that oil and gas are key to alleviating global poverty. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/climate/chris-wright-energy-secretary-nominee.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Tuesday: A conversation with state officials about Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to ban fracking and phase out oil extraction in California. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/04/us/california-ban-fracking.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment President Trump has made fracking a “Hail Mary” attack on Joe Biden in the industrial Midwest, but three weeks before Election Day, it does not seem to be working. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/13/climate/trump-biden-fracking.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Oil and gas companies are hurtling toward bankruptcy, raising fears that wells will be left leaking planet-warming pollutants, with cleanup cost left to taxpayers. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/12/climate/oil-fracking-bankruptcy-methane-executive-pay.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The fracking ban pushed by Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders epitomizes a Democratic quandary: Appeal to swing voters or energize a liberal movement? Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/27/us/politics/pennsylvania-democrats-fracking.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The tribe, exerting its sovereignty, brought the case over property damage caused by a 5.8-magnitude quake in September likely caused by fracking. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/04/us/pawnee-nation-oklahoma-oil-earthquake-lawsuit.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Most fracking-induced quakes in the United States are related to wastewater disposal from oil and gas wells. Scientists see a different culprit in Alberta. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/18/science/fracking-earthquakes-alberta-canada.html?partner=rss&emc=rss