Methane, a potent greenhouse gas and characterized as a major contributor to climate change, is both naturally occurring and a result of human activity. It has long been a target of federal regulatory ...

Federal environmental regulators on Monday ruled that Utah failed to meet requirements to clean up the ozone in the Uinta Basin, and that the state must take larger steps to clean up the region’s air ...

ODESSA — A Houston-based oil company with facilities in the Permian Basin agreed to pay $1.3 million in penalties and put in place new measures to reduce pollution, the Environmental Protection Agency ...