Energy Economics

Eco-books coming out this month cover some of the most important topics on the planet — and give you some tools to help.

An added 25-cents-per-gallon fuel tax would hurt consumers, but something different could benefit the environment.

Burn, baby, burn: Experts express fear about the enormous climate impact of this boom in new fossil fuel development.

BP’s mistakes, rooted in regulator failures, revealed “such systematic failures in risk management that they place in doubt the safety culture of the entire industry.”

Oil surveys in the Atlantic Ocean could harm marine life without benefiting the US economy.

Texas Billionaire Jeffery Hildebrand’s operations have left a long trail of environmental and safety violations, with few repercussions.

Feds give company two years to install modern pipeline-testing technology.

Hilcorp Energy’s history of violating Louisiana coastal protection regulations leads to citizens’ Clean Water Act lawsuit.

Over the past 12 months, the company has been responsible for more than 23,000 gallons of oil spills.

Owner Jeffery Hildebrand’s emphasis on cost-cutting collides with Alaska regulators.