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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…
Tribes make new move to shut down Dakota Access Pipeline
Native American tribes opposed to the Dakota Access Pipeline once again have asked a federal judge to stop the flow of oil while the legal…
Trump’s Bureau of Land Management director is serving illegally and refuses to leave his post
William Perry Pendley is currently the head of the US Bureau of Land Management. Well, maybe. After being nominated to temporarily serve as BLM director…
Libya to resume oil production at largest field amid talks
Libya’s national oil company announced it is resuming production at the country’s largest oil field as rival officials from eastern and western Libya began peace…
Venezuela receives gasoline from Iran amid surge in protests
Three ships loaded with gasoline from Iran have started to reach fuel-starved Venezuela amid simmering social unrest across the South American country Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/venezuela-receives-gasoline-iran-amid-surge-protests-venezuela-goods-ships-unrest-nicolas-maduro-b725034.html Droolin’…
Five-mile stretch of oil slime washes up on Florida beach after Hurricane Sally
<p>One official said that it was possible Hurricane Sally had whipped up oil still in the Gulf from the devastating Deepwater Horizon Spill a decade…
Trump’s climate change rollbacks to drive up U.S. emissions
President Donald Trump’s rollback of Obama-era climate regulations will cause the United States to pump an extra 1.8 billion tons of greenhouse gases into the…
100,000 march in Mauritian capital after catastrophic oil spill kills dozens of dolphins
One national newspaper calls the demonstration a ‘turning point’ for the country Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/mauritius-oil-spill-protests-dolphins-dead-port-louis-a9695591.html Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this story and shared it with you….
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