MIDLAND, Texas—Over the past two years, the energy industry has seen over $300 billion in consolidation deals, which have understandably shrunk the pool of players in the oil and gas industry.

“It’s not easy to draft a good policy,” Daniel Conkle, a professor of constitutional law at IU’s Maurer School said. The panel notably included Vivian Winston, a member of IU’s Board of Trustees, who ...

While the Clean Air Act requires the E.P.A. to review protections against air pollution from power plants every eight years, the nitrogen oxide limits lagged for 18 years. The new standard is the ...