Matthew Brown

Associated Press

A corroded pipeline that ruptured and spilled 350,000 gallons of diesel fuel into a New Orleans area wetland did not have a fully functioning leak detection system at the time, according to federal records that also show the spill was larger than previously reported.

Pipeline's Safeguards Not Working in Louisiana Diesel Spill

The spill sent 350,000 gallons of diesel fuel into a wetland.

The Biden administration on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021, issued a solicitation for interest in developing solar power on public lands in Nevada, New Mexico and Colorado.

Biden Administration Moves to Expand Solar Power on U.S. Land

The projects would generate up to 465 megawatts of electricity.

A Los Angeles federal grand jury on Wednesday, Dec. 15 charged a Houston-based oil company and two subsidiaries for the oil spill off the California coast in October.

Texas Pipeline Company Charged in California Oil Spill

Prosecutors said companies failed to respond to eight leak detection alarms over a 13-hour period.

In this Oct. 22, 2012, file photo provided by the federal Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, the platforms Ellen and Elly stand offshore near Long Beach, Calif., in the BSEE's Pacific Region. Oil production in federal waters in the Pacific is down 90% over the past several decades and no new drilling leases have been sold in the region since the early 1980s.

Aging Equipment, Spills Test Ties Between Oil, California

A recent incident has renewed calls to end drilling in coastal waters.

Workers in protective suits walk by as dead marine life washed off on a beach after an oil spill in Newport Beach, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021.

California Pipeline Likely Damaged Up to a Year Before Spill

Investigators will pore over a year of data on ship movements near the area of the break.

Workers clean oil from the sand south of the pier in Newport Beach, Calif., Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. A leak in an oil pipeline caused a spill off the coast of Southern California, sending about 126,000 gallons of oil into the ocean, some ending up on beaches in Orange County.

Ship's Anchor May Have Caused Massive California Oil Spill

Federal transportation investigators said the pipe was split open at a depth of about 98 feet.

President Joe Biden suspended oil and gas lease sales in his first days in office — a move later blocked by a federal judge — and faced pressure from environmental groups to take similar actions on coal.

Climate Impact of Coal Sales from U.S. Lands Scrutinized

Almost half the nation's annual coal production is mined by private companies from leases on federal land.

This Feb. 21, 2012, file photo, shows equipment in the oil fields of the Uintah Basin, southeast of Vernal, Utah.

Trump Administration Cuts Oil, Gas Fees

The temporary breaks are intended to help companies with workforce problems or other issues due to the pandemic.

In this Nov. 7, 2019, file photo, the first panels of levee border wall are seen at a construction site along the U.S.-Mexico border, in Donna, Texas.

Border Work on Track; Rural Towns Fear Virus Spread

Major construction projects are moving forward along the U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico.

In this April 4, 2013, file photo, a truck carrying 250 tons of coal hauls the fuel to the surface of the Spring Creek mine near Decker, Mont. The Navajo Nation will not financially back bonds a tribal energy company needs for a trio of newly acquired coal mines off the reservation, the tribal president said Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019, explaining that it's too risky and his administration wants the company to move away from coal. The Navajo Transitional Energy Co. recently bought Montana's largest coal mine and two mines in Wyoming at auction after Cloud Peak Energy declared bankruptcy.

Tribe Won't Back Energy Company's New Mines

The Navajo Nation wants its energy company to move away from coal.

In this April 4, 2013 file photo, a truck carrying 250 tons of coal hauls the fuel to the surface of the Spring Creek mine near Decker, MT.

Deal Reached at Shuttered Montana Coal Mine

The Navajo Transitional Energy Company shut down the mine Thursday after Montana regulators insisted the company waive its immunity as a tribal entity from future lawsuits.

In this April 4, 2013 file photo, a truck carrying 250 tons of coal hauls the fuel to the surface of the Spring Creek mine near Decker, MT.

Navajo Company Shuts Coal Mine in Dispute

The dispute concerns whether the mine's new owner should be immune as a tribal entity from future lawsuits for environmental violations or reclamation costs.