Tag: oil drilling
West Texas fracking boom sputters as Apache Corp. admits firm lost...
The losses are “a preview of the impacts of the inevitable decline of the oil and gas industry on a broad scale.”
California’s multibillion-dollar problem: The toxic legacy of old oil wells
Thousands of wells across the state, including near residential areas, have been left inactive for years and are in need of cleanup.
How oil companies avoided environmental accountability after 10.8 million gallons spilled
Louisiana still hasn’t finished investigating 540 oil spills after Hurricane Katrina. The state is likely leaving millions of dollars in remediation fines on the table — money that environmental groups say they need as storms get stronger.
Trump administration plans to open more of California public land to...
“Expanding extraction of dirty fossil fuels on our public lands threatens the health of our communities and the future of our climate."
Judge blocks oil and gas drilling on 300,000 acres in Wyoming...
"This is the Holy Grail ruling we've been after, especially with oil and gas."
Judge rejects sale of public lands for fracking, halts drilling in...
"[The] agency must consider the cumulative impact of GHG [greenhouse gas] emissions generated by past, present, or reasonably foreseeable BLM lease sales in the region and nation.”
Indigenous organizers halted plans for oil drilling in the Amazon
After months of protest, the government scaled back its plans – at least temporarily.
Trump’s push for offshore oil drilling
Offshore oil drilling: regularly disastrous – and unnecessary.
‘Nero drilling while Rome burns:’ US oil and gas production soars...
Experts warn that the rush for new oil and gas drilling in 2018 will have consequences for the climate, but there are ways to slow it down – or even stop it.
Why are federal workers selling oil drilling rights in the midst...
The invisible handshake between the Interior and extractive industries originated at its founding.
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Appeals court upholds order limiting ICE arrests at Quaker, Sikh and Baptist houses of...
The Justice Department never argued a compelling government interest before the district court, and the Fourth Circuit held that defense waived.
Lorain County caseworkers reach day 180 of a strike over a dollar an hour
Union officials told the bargaining chair the walkout may be the longest in Ohio public sector history, a claim the county's newspaper could not confirm. Commissioners point to an $11 million deficit.
Oracle drops lawsuit over Wisconsin rules that shield utility customers from data center debt
Twenty-three states had approved special rates for the largest power users by May, and Oracle's own credit rating now sits below the threshold Wisconsin regulators set.
Netanyahu Throws “Poison Pill” into Gaza Deal as Kushner Meets with Hamas & Israel:...
President Trump’s son-in-law and envoy Jared Kushner met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Monday after Israel rejected a 15-point plan for Gaza promoted by President Trump’s “Board of Peace.” The proposal would have seen Hamas gradually disarm and turn over governance of Gaza to an international force in exchange for Israel’s withdrawal from the besieged territory.
Israel, supported by Kushner, is pushing for a deal whereby it “would not be obliged to conduct any of its obligations unless and until Hamas was fully disarmed,” says Middle East analyst Mouin Rabbani. “This is essentially Israel throwing a poison pill into an agreement by including conditions that can never be met.”
Rabbani argues that Jared Kushner is not a suitable negotiator because there is a “very intimate ideological, political connection between the Kushners and Israel.”
Forest Service files proposal to rescind the roadless rule on more than 44 million...
The rule's own text puts the 2001 protections at 58.5 million acres, and comments close at midnight on September 21.