Category: #FossilFuels

The slope of permafrost where an 810-foot section of the pipeline is secured has started to shift as it thaws, causing braces holding up the…

China, India, Indonesia, Japan and Vietnam plan to build more than 600 coal power units Five Asian countries are jeopardising global climate ambitions by investing…

A senior Exxon lobbyist was caught on tape admitting that the company has been running a behind-the-scenes campaign to combat regulation on plastics and PFAS,…

A recently leaked draft report written by some of the world’s top climate scientists blamed disinformation and lobbying campaigns — including by Exxon Mobil —…

Monthly increases would amount to less than 0.5 million barrels per day, a source told Reuters news agency. Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/7/1/opec-could-add-2m-bpd-of-oil-to-market-by-december-report Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this…

Republicans and the energy industry have long sought to open the remote area, as Democrats, environmental groups and some Alaska tribes have worked to keep…

Russia’s national oil company has begun construction on a massive project in the Arctic that officials say will produce 25 million tons of oil each…

The Biden administration on Wednesday defended in the U.S. District Court for Alaska a massive ConocoPhillips oil and gas project approved during the Trump-era, per…

“Today was a stark warning for Big Oil,” said Bess Joffe, of the Church Commissioners for England, with executives “being held to account by investors…

History was made at ExxonMobil’s annual shareholder meeting Wednesday when investors essentially staged a coup, voting to oust at least two members of the board…

More than a dozen Republican state treasurers are threatening to pull assets from large financial institutions if they agree to decarbonize their lending and investment…

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) directed the state to  stop issuing new fracking permits by January 2024. Source: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/550041-california-to-stop-issuing-fracking-permits-by-2024 Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this story…

In the run-up to the White House’s virtual climate summit on April 22-23, environmental groups and now major corporations are presenting a united front in…

There’s a scientific consensus that coal, oil, and gas are frying the planet and will have to be phased out completely to secure a livable…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…