The Yale Law Journal

Hannah Jacobs Wiseman

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The New Oil and Gas Governance

Tara K. Righetti, Hannah Jacobs Wiseman & James W. Coleman

Even as the United States has become the world’s leading producer of oil and gas, U.S. oil and gas governance has changed drastically. States have amended statutes, applied existing laws, and modified common law doctrine to move beyond a once-unilateral focus on maximizing production and address env…