Kitchens are usually designed with outlets near where appliances go for a good reason — major appliances should be plugged ...

The program is intended to reduce emissions and groundwater, fire and gas-leak hazards tied to low-producing wells.

New research released by Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy and Resources for the Future (RFF) examines the environmental and job creation benefits of plugging orphaned and abandoned ...

In January, the Department of the Interior stated what many have suspected: there are far more orphaned oil and gas wells in the U.S. than previously estimated. In a memo, the agency wrote that more ...

It may be tempting to control an entire power strip with a smart plug, but there are some things you should know about this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Curtis Shuck of the Well Done Foundation places a fitting in an old gas well pipe during preparations for plugging in Cleveland, ...

Since the drilling of the first oil well in 1859, millions more oil and gas wells have been drilled across the nation. While oil and gas discovery brought in a new era of American energy by enabling ...

Orphaned wells can present a risk to the environment and public by emitting methane, contaminating groundwater, and/or impacting ecosystems. The National Academies will convene an ad hoc committee of ...

Bobby Wright says the seed of the idea was planted about a year and a half ago when he and his dad, Bob, were out on his grandparents’ ranch in Carter County, Oklahoma. Wright’s grandfather, Troy ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In January, the Department of the Interior stated what many have suspected: There are ...

Maria Burns watched with satisfaction as a three-story-high drilling rig made a racket in her front yard. Normally, the loudest thing on this residential street in Ashland, Ohio, would be the barking ...