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Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Facilities in Texas Emitted 1.6 Million Pounds of Regulated Pollutants During Last Week’s Icy Weather

Under Texas’ “enforcement discretion” policy, companies were allowed to vent or burn off pollutants, as long as they are reported. Recent weatherization requirements for power plants did not apply to gas processing plants.

By Dylan Baddour, Peter Aldhous

$Flares burning off gas at Belridge Oil Field and hydraulic fracking site which is the fourth largest oil field in California. Credit: Citizens of the Planet/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images$

Environmental Groups and Native Leaders Say Proposed Venting and Flaring Rule Falls Short

By Autumn Jones

Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Facilities in Texas Emitted 1.6 Million Pounds of Regulated Pollutants During Last Week’s Icy Weather

Under Texas’ “enforcement discretion” policy, companies were allowed to vent or burn off pollutants, as long as they are reported. Recent weatherization requirements for power plants did not apply to gas processing plants.

By Dylan Baddour, Peter Aldhous

Environmental Groups and Native Leaders Say Proposed Venting and Flaring Rule Falls Short

By Autumn Jones

Coal Mining Emits More Super-Polluting Methane Than Venting and Flaring From Gas and Oil Wells, a New Study Finds

By Phil McKenna

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

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

How One Native American Tribe is Battling for Control Over Flaring

By Isaac Stone Simonelli, Maya Leachman and Andrew Onodera

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

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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Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Facilities in Texas Emitted 1.6 Million Pounds of Regulated Pollutants During Last Week’s Icy Weather

Under Texas’ “enforcement discretion” policy, companies were allowed to vent or burn off pollutants, as long as they are reported. Recent weatherization requirements for power plants did not apply to gas processing plants.

By Dylan Baddour, Peter Aldhous

Environmental Groups and Native Leaders Say Proposed Venting and Flaring Rule Falls Short

By Autumn Jones

Coal Mining Emits More Super-Polluting Methane Than Venting and Flaring From Gas and Oil Wells, a New Study Finds

By Phil McKenna

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

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

How One Native American Tribe is Battling for Control Over Flaring

By Isaac Stone Simonelli, Maya Leachman and Andrew Onodera

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

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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