RICHMOND (CBS SF) -- The Bay Area Air Quality Management District dispatched inspectors to the Chevron refinery in Richmond Thursday morning after they received at least two complaints about flaring.

Congressional Democrats this week urged the Environmental Projection Agency to strengthen its proposal to regulate planet-warming methane gas emissions from the country's oil and gas sector. The ...

A common practice in the oil industry called flaring is believed to cut down on methane emissions by burning waste or excess gas in the process of extracting or processing oil. But flaring may not be ...

RICHMOND, Calif. -- Officials say a possible problem or maintenance issue may have caused the flaring at the Chevron Richmond Refinery located at 525 Castro Street Thursday morning. Contra Costa ...

A new study reveals more evidence that oil and gas companies are significantly under-reporting how much natural gas they burn off into the air in Texas. "Flaring" has hit record highs in Texas as ...

Gaslit: Second in a four-part series by the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at Arizona State’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication about the flaring and venting of ...

The recent Texas extreme weather events, energy supply shortages and power outages heightened attention to the issue of flaring in the oil and gas industry. Greenhouse gas emissions through routine ...