Carbon Dioxide, Radio Isotopes, The Keeling Curve, And The Greatest Cover Up In History
New research shows the fossil fuel and auto industries were fully aware of the damage their products were doing as early as 1954.
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8th Circuit Rules Minnesota Suit Against Exxon, API, & Koch Industries Can Be Heard In…
A federal appeals court has ruled that a suit against Exxon and others can be tried in Minnesota state court.
API Smashes Brakes As Momentum For Methane Action Grows
Originally published by Union of Concerned Scientists, The Equation. By Julie McNamara, senior energy analyst with the Climate & Energy program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. The American Petroleum Institute? Blink once. Touting its work with the Environmental Protection Agency? Blink twice. On methane regulations? Scrunch, unscrunch. Oh, this should be good. For … [continued]
Gas Stations Dry As Pipeline Shutdown Drives Panic, Chaos
Long lines of drivers waited at gas stations across the South yesterday — except for the stations that had already run out of gas — as the shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline caused panic buying and chaos. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said the “crunch” in the Southeast will take several … [continued]
API Carbon Tax Announcement Met With “Baptists & Bootleggers” Derision
The American Petroleum Institute (API) said Thursday it supports a federal tax on carbon dioxide as a “framework” to address climate change, along with a call for minimizing “duplicative regulations,” but with few details. The announcement from the largest trade group representing the oil and gas industry was criticized from across the political … [continued]
Trump’s Last-Ditch Effort to Drill the Alaskan Wilderness
The Trump administration is making a last-minute push to sell oil rights in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Firms can now select which swaths of pristine Alaskan wilderness they would like to drill, and they could bid on leases before President Trump leaves office in January.
D.C. Attorney General Is Suing Oil & Gas Companies For Their Misinformation Campaigns
Attorney General Karl A. Racine of D.C is suing four of the largest oil and gas companies in the world. He spoke at a news conference and said that ExxonMobil, BP, Royal Dutch Shell, and Chevron have all violated the District’s consumer protection law.
Big Oil Faces A Formidable Foe In Fight Against Electric Vehicles
Electric utilities are keen on electric vehicles these days — they see them as a future revenue source. Utilities from California to Florida to Michigan are sponsoring the installation of public charging stations, and some are offering rebates to customers for installing home chargers. To date, at least 50 utilities in 25 states have launched or proposed programs to encourage the buildout of charging infrastructure.
Other Nations Support Electric Cars. In The US, They’re Supposedly A Threat To Gas Tax…
Governments in Europe and China are trying to speed up the adoption of electric vehicles by offering subsidies and incentives, and it’s working. In Norway, EVs are exempt from taxes, and drivers receive perks such as free parking and reduced tolls. Almost 60 percent of new cars sold in the country in March were fully electric. China’s combination of incentives and mandates is acting as a magnetic force, sucking the global EV industry out of America and Europe and into China, where over a million electric cars were sold in 2018.
Oil & Gas Industry Not Giving Up On Atlantic Coast Offshore Drilling
Offshore oil and gas drilling has some fans on the Atlantic coast, and and they are rallying behind API’s new “Explore Offshore” campaign.
