Whispers of renewed oil drilling in the Niger Delta may grow prospects for much-needed infrastructure and job creation.

The region is seeing a boom in fossil fuels just as the impacts of the climate crisis really bite. It’s raising thorny questions about who gets to benefit from planet-heating oil.

A Pacific drilling plan could inflame the president’s feud with California Gov. Gavin Newsom.

The rules for oil and gas extraction on public lands have been stagnant for decades. Oil and gas companies have paid 12.5 percent in royalties to the federal government for drilling on public lands ...

The City Council voted to move forward on Tuesday, Nov. 22, with the process of phasing out oil and gas extraction in Los Angeles, moving the city a step closer to banning oil drilling. Two committees ...

TOPSHOT - Ecuadorean activist Donald Moncayo Jimenez (49) chief coordinator of the Union of People Affected by Texaco (UDAPT) stands next to a "mechero" (gas flare) from the refinery operated by ...

Oil permitting in California isn't what it was before Gov. Gavin Newsom started making changes to the industry's regulatory regime in 2019. But depending what they're proposing, patient producers can ...

This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. When Joe Biden was a candidate to be his party’s nominee for President, he ...

At present, oil extraction in the United States sits at record levels of roughly 13.2 million barrels per day. No wonder oil is so expensive. Wait, what’s that you say? U.S. extraction at record ...