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New Mexico Wants it ‘Both Ways,’ Insisting on Environmental Regulations While Benefiting from Oil and Gas

The tension is evident across from the northwest San Juan Basin, a rich natural gas reserve, to the Permian Basin, the most prolific oil and gas region in the country.

By Isabel Koyama, Sarah Suwalsky, Jimmy Cloutier and Zach Van Arsdale

A sign welcomes passersby to an “Energy Sacrifice Zone” outside of Counselor, New Mexico, on Oct. 26, 2021. The Greater Chaco region has become a flashpoint between environmental activists and the oil and gas industry, which is expanding into the oil-rich land. Credit: Jimmy Cloutier/Howard Center for Investigative Journalism

Flares light up the landscape after sunset on an oil patch in the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation on Oct. 27, 2021. North Dakota’s 2014 gas capture plan attempted to reduce flaring in the state, including on tribal land. Credit: Isaac Stone Simonelli/Howard Center for Investigative Journalism

How One Native American Tribe is Battling for Control Over Flaring

By Isaac Stone Simonelli, Maya Leachman and Andrew Onodera

Natural gas is flared at a gas compressor station in the Badlands of North Dakota outside the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation on Oct. 30, 2021. Pipeline capacity issues in the state are a primary reason for flaring, according to Loren Wickstrom, field manager of the Bureau of Land Management’s North Dakota field office. Credit: Isaac Stone Simonelli/Howard Center for Investigative Journalism

Oil and Gas Companies ‘Flare’ or ‘Vent’ Excess Natural Gas. It’s Like Burning Money—and it’s Bad for the Environment

By Nicole Sadek, Zoha Tunio and Sarah Hunt

A flare burns near Cotulla, Texas, on Oct. 26, 2021. The South Texas town is located within the Eagle Ford Shale, one of the country’s top oil and gas-producing regions. Credit: Aydali Campa/Howard Center for Investigative Journalism

How Greenhouse Gases Released by the Oil and Gas Industry Far Exceed What Regulators Think They Know

By Laura Kraegel, Mollie Jamison and Aydali Campa

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