Tag: Oil
Scientists have found oil from the Deepwater Horizon blowout in fishes’...
As oil and gas production moves into ever-deeper waters, the goal should be to respond faster, more effectively and with a better understanding of what’s happening in real time.
Oil refineries face shutdowns as demand collapses
In other words, facing a mounting glut and no ability to lower output further, some refineries may simply need to shut down entirely.
Oil execs, anxious about public support, claim halting fossil fuel production...
“As a legal matter this claim is laughable so it’s better thought of as a PR stunt.”
Mexico is letting an oil company destroy protected mangroves for an...
Satellite images posted on Quartz show the cleared land to accommodate the construction.
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 lagged in capping century-old oil wells leaking under homes of...
On November 28, 2015, Roger Majano, plagued by a noxious smell
overwhelming his Los Angeles neighborhood, heaved a jackhammer onto the
walkway...
This problem with fracked oil and gas wells is occurring ‘at...
Just look to its track record, and don't expect any surprises.
Congress needs to end war profiteering now
War is bad for nearly everyone. But as long as we allow the leaders of our privatized war economy to reap unlimited rewards, their profit motive for war in Iran — or anywhere — will persist.
Forecast for 2020: More oil trains, fires, spills, and the rise...
If past is prelude, the regulatory and market conditions show North America is poised for another rise in “bomb trains.”
Oil companies were not held accountable for 10.8 million gallons of...
Scientists predict that future storms, which will increase in intensity due to the climate crisis, will exacerbate environmental damage.













