The U.S. House of Representatives unexpectedly canceled a vote on a bill that would defang the Endangered Species Act.

By Kiley Price

The Trump administration and congressional Republicans have spent the last year trying to defang the Endangered Species Act, the country’s bedrock conservation law. But one of the most aggressive and far-reaching attempts just faced a major setback—and concerns from within the party were at least part of the reason.

A Bill to Gut Endangered Species Protections Faced a Major Setback This Week

Pressure underneath the West Texas oilfields has caused blowouts and geysers in recent years. Now, salty water is spewing out of the ground in the town of Grandfalls.

By Martha Pskowski

Salty water is gurgling up from underground in the middle of the small Permian Basin town of Grandfalls, Texas.

An Oilfield Leak Springs Under a Permian Basin Baptist Church

More than 50 countries will gather in Colombia to try to develop real-world timetables to phase out oil and gas amid global energy shocks and petrostate stalling.

By Bob Berwyn

In an overheated and fractured world that’s lurching from one crisis to the next to feed its oil and gas addiction, collaboration toward an energy transition may seem unrealistic or even radical.

As the UN Global Climate Talks Lose Momentum, a Smaller Coalition Eyes a Fossil Fuel Exit