A knee-high pipe sticking out of the ground not far from a school. A gurgle in a pond on rolling farmland. A patch of forest undergrowth hiding a long-forgotten, leaking oil well. Relics like these ...

We found abandoned oil and gas wells were leaking methane into groundwater," study author Samuel Shaheen told Newsweek.

When it comes to greenhouse gasses, people tend to zero in on CO 2, which is responsible for the majority of global warming. But then there’s methane, which has driven about 30% of climate change, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration issued a final rule Wednesday aimed at curbing methane leaks from oil and gas drilling on federal and tribal lands, its latest action to crack down on ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration ...

Whether it's a puddle under your car or a grimy mess inside your engine bay, finding engine oil where it's not supposed to be is never an enjoyable experience. Normally, oil remains contained within ...

Dan Arthur, the president and chief engineer of ALL Consulting, stands beside a defunct oil well in the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve in Oklahoma on March 20, 2024. The well has not been used for years — ...