November 2nd, 2020 | by Vijay Govindan
Given the US president's pro fossil fuel behavior, the question is simple: How come he has done major damage to ExxonMobil and Big Oil? I can't answer that directly, but I can show how severe the damage has been
June 15th, 2020 | by Johnna Crider
Last week I wrote about Louisiana's HB197, a bill that would violate the First Amendment rights of Louisiana. This bill was especially harsh on black protesters who have been protesting the construction of a $94 billion petrochemical plant that would double our state's toxic emissions
March 3rd, 2020 | by Johnna Crider
An Alberta oil company, X-Site Energy Services, handed out promotional stickers at job sites for workers to wear on their hard hats. These stickers had a cartoon image of Greta Thunberg, who is now 17, being sexually assaulted
February 26th, 2020 | by Johnna Crider
A new study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggests that US lawmakers opposing environmental protections get rewards from the oil and gas industry
February 4th, 2020 | by Frugal Moogal
As I write this, Tesla stock has soared for the second day straight to over $900. Even as someone who has become more bullish on the stock thanks to my research, I'll be the first to tell you that I can't honestly say that I understand why this movement is happening all at once and so suddenly, nor does it seem that anyone else does
January 4th, 2020 | by Paul Fosse
The Saudi government sold off a small 1.5% share of the largest oil company in the world (Aramco) about a month ago. Aramco has huge reserves and it has proven it can produce that oil at a low cost. This oil doesn't require risky deep sea platforms, fracking, or traveling to the Arctic circle to drill
November 14th, 2019 | by Guest Contributor
It’s a tale for all time. What might be the greatest scam in history or, at least, the one that threatens to take history down with it. Think of it as the climate-change scam that beat science, big time
April 27th, 2019 | by Nexus Media
Small, nimble startups are leading the shift to electric cars, while big U.S. automakers and oil majors are struggling to keep up
April 26th, 2017 | by Steve Hanley
At the Bloomberg New Energy Finance conference in New York on April 25, Joel Couse, chief economist for Total, predicted that sales of electric cars will surge from about 1% globally in today's new car market to up to 30% of the market by 2030. If that happens, he says, demand for petroleum based fuels "will flatten out, maybe even decline." Total is one of the world's largest oil producers. His forecast surprised many people at the conference
May 16th, 2016 | by Matthew Klippenstein
In episode #26 of Cleantech Talk, Matthew and I tackled Tom Moloughney’s vision for the BMW i5, how BMW could potentially compete with Tesla Motors and the Tesla Model 3. We then chatted about a fascinating recent acquisition -- Total's majority control acquisition of Saft -- and the general topic of Total's apparent leadership among oil companies in the transition to clean energy
February 13th, 2016 | by Dr. Elie Chachoua
For the past few decades, the simple message “no time to lose” has fallen on deaf ears, leaving many of [&hellip
June 11th, 2015 | by Guest Contributor
Originally published on Energy Post. By Karel Beckman They are the biggest companies in the world and they are making [&hellip
October 14th, 2014 | by Sandy Dechert
Central California, already painfully stressed by the worst drought in 50 years (which the US Drought Monitor designates as “extreme [&hellip
July 6th, 2010 | by Susan Kraemer
Today, PG&E formally came out in opposition to Prop 23, the oil-company-sponsored ballot initiative that is designed to shut down [&hellip
April 21st, 2010 | by Susan Kraemer
This November, Texas oil companies hope to dupe California voters into repealing their own clean energy bill; AB32. The oil [&hellip
March 18th, 2010 | by Susan Kraemer
The state’s Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) today released a report further discrediting a $54,000 oil-sponsored study that falsely exaggerated the [&hellip
May 28th, 2008 | by Sarah Lozanova
As a barrel of oil hovers around $130, the news has been bombarding us with the obvious effects of high [&hellip
