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The Myth of ‘Clean Coal’ Might Finally Die
As coal goes down the drain, so, too, are inefficient programs to prop it up. News spread this week that the investigative arm of Congress,…
Oil prices are surging: Here’s why not everyone is cheering
Crude has climbed by 75 percent since November as vaccinations raise hopes of a swift economic rebound. Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/3/11/bb-oil-prices-are-surging-heres-why-not-everyone-is-cheering Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this story…
California City Becomes First in the U.S. to Ban New Gas Stations
Officials from Petaluma, California have decided their city has enough places to fill up gas-powered cars. Last week, the local city council unanimously voted to ban new…
Sea turtles affected in Israeli oil spill given surprise cure: mayo
Israel’s Nature and Parks Authority has called an oil spill on 120 miles of the country’s Mediterranean coast line one of the country’s worst ecological…
Planning 500,000 charging points for EVs by 2025, Shell becomes the latest company swept up in EV charging boom
Shell’s plan to roll out 500,000 electric charging station in just four years is the latest sign of an EV charging infrastructure boom that has…
How a Coal Mine in Montana Could Screw the Navajo Nation
The overwhelming economic consensus is that coal is out, renewables are in. Yet one company, associated with the Navajo Nation, doesn’t seem to have gotten…
Big Oil’s Lies Are Finally Getting the Public Scrutiny They Deserve on Social Media
After the Capitol was overrun by insurrectionists, Chevron sent out a tweet calling for a “peaceful transition of the U.S. government.” Brand tweets are always…
Federal court strikes down Trump’s coal-friendly EPA climate rules
A federal appeals court has struck down the Trump administration’s plan to relax restrictions on power plant greenhouse emissions. A US court of appeals said…
Biden to yank Keystone XL permit on first day of presidency
President-elect Joe Biden will rescind the cross-border permit for TC Energy’s Keystone XL pipeline on his first day in office, three sources confirm to POLITICO….
Judge allows contested Arctic oil lease sale to go ahead
A federal judge on Tuesday denied a bid to thwart the Interior Department’s plan to sell oil drilling leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge….
Last-minute White House decision opens more Arctic land to oil leasing
Donald Trump’s administration announced on Monday that it has made final its plan to open up vast areas of once-protected Arctic Alaska territory to oil…
How fossil fuel companies are knowingly scheming to profit from climate change
In early March 2020, New York Magazine published an excellent article the went behind the scenes of a Shell corporate conference. It’s a long read,…
Deteriorating Oil Tanker Threatens the Red Sea, Scientists Warn
An abandoned tanker carrying 1 million barrels of oil is at risk of spilling its toxic cargo into the Red Sea, a group of concerned…
The World Will Be Nearly 6 Degrees Hotter Unless It Invests in a Green Recovery
A new United Nations report—yeah, another one—warns that the world is on track to exceed the level of global warming laid out in the Paris…
Exxon Continues Unprecedented Tumble
When the fossil fuel industry finally winds down in the coming decades, 2020 will stand as a pivotal year. Major corporations have been knocked off…
Secret Exxon Documents Show the Firm May Never Recover
The economic fallout of the covid-19 pandemic has hit the oil industry hard, and Exxon in particular is feeling it. Internal documents show the company’s…
Gretchen Whitmer orders shut down of Great Lakes oil pipeline for ‘violating public trust’
‘Enbridge has imposed on the people of Michigan an unacceptable risk of a catastrophic oil spill in the Great Lakes that could devastate our economy…
San Francisco Just Banned Natural Gas In New Buildings
San Francisco is banning the use of natural gas in any new buildings, requiring them to rely on the electric grid instead. That makes it…
The oil industry actually hasn’t done that well under Trump
The oil industry’s fortunes have been withering on President Donald Trump’s watch, with dozens of oil companies falling into bankruptcy as weak crude prices take…
Trump’s final pitch to Pennsylvania: I love fracking
President Donald Trump crisscrossed Pennsylvania on Monday in a frenzied attempt to pull out a critical victory with a singular message: fracking, fracking, fracking. At…
Suit: Feds ignore risk of huge spills to endangered species
Environmental groups have asked a federal court to toss out the Trump administration’s assessment of how oil and gas activity could affect endangered species in…
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