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Scott Rabinowitz, president of Grand Resources, stands near a pump jack in Sperry, Okla., on March 20, 2024.

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Why a tiny bit of oil can be a big deal

More than three-quarters of U.S. wells make just 6% of the country's oil. They're called marginal wells because of their small output. But they're a big deal to oil producers and environmentalists.

March 26, 2025
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  • Camila Domonoske
Elon Musk's xAI took over this factory in Memphis, Tenn., earlier this year. This is where it's building a supercomputer to fuel artificial intelligence.

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  • Business

How Memphis became a battleground over Elon Musk’s xAI supercomputer

A massive project headed by Elon Musk in Memphis, Tenn., to power AI has moved at breakneck speed. But it's stirring controversy around pollution emissions. The EPA says it’s looking into it.

September 14, 2024
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  • Dara Kerr
A flare burns natural gas at an oil well on Aug. 26, 2021, in Watford City, N.D. Oil and natural gas companies would have to pay a fee for methane emissions that exceed certain levels under a new rule proposed by the Biden administration.

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  • Environment

EPA proposes a fee aimed at reducing climate-warming methane emissions

The new fee is intended to encourage the oil and gas industry to lower emissions of methane and thereby avoid paying.

January 12, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
A flare burns off methane and other hydrocarbons as oil pumpjacks operate in the Permian Basin in Midland, Texas, Oct. 12, 2021.

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  • Climate

EPA aims to slash the oil industry's climate-warming methane pollution

New EPA rules require oil and gas companies to slash climate-changing methane from their operations.

December 02, 2023
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  • Jeff Brady
A flare to burn methane from oil production is seen in August 2021 on a well pad near Watford City, N.D.

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  • Climate

Biden tightens methane emissions rules, even as the U.S. pushes for more oil drilling

Oil and gas production is the nation's largest industrial source of methane, the main component of natural gas, and is a key target for the Biden administration as it seeks to combat climate change.

November 11, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Methane, the main component of natural gas, is also a byproduct of oil drilling.

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Research shows oil field flaring emits nearly five times more methane than expected

Scientists took a dozen research flights over major U.S. oil and gas fields to sample flare emissions. They found more methane than was supposed to be there.

September 29, 2022
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  • Laura Benshoff
A person picks through trash for reusable items as a fire rages at the Bhalswa landfill in New Delhi, April 27, 2022.

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  • Environment

Scientists say landfills release more planet-warming methane than previously thought

A study builds on research that shows landfills are the third-largest source of methane emissions globally, after oil and gas systems and agriculture.

August 11, 2022
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