In 2021, Value of USA–Canada Energy Trade Rose from 2020 Lows

Credit to Author: U.S. Energy Information Administration| Date: Tue, 10 May 2022 14:16:12 +0000

In 2021, the value of U.S. energy imports from Canada totaled $102 billion, which is 76% higher compared with 2020. The value of U.S. energy exports to Canada totaled $21.9 billion, 40% higher compared with 2020, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Crude oil and petroleum products combined accounted for 89% of the […]

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No More Russian Oil: How Europe Could Cut 35% Of Its Transport Oil Demand

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 06 May 2022 07:00:23 +0000

T&E briefing outlines how Europe could cut 35% of its transport oil demand. Russia is the 2nd biggest oil exporter in the world and Europe is its biggest customer. Russia currently supplies one out of every four barrels of oil consumed in Europe, two thirds of which is used in transport. The UK has announced […]

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REpowerEU: Europe’s Chance to Say Bye to Fossil Fuels

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 06 May 2022 05:25:51 +0000

REpowerEU is an opportunity to create an EU level strategy and support mechanisms to lower oil demand in the near term. In this position paper, T&E highlights top priorities. Originally published on Transport & Environment. REpowerEU is the EUʼs flagship strategy to reduce Europeʼs energy dependance on Russia, planned for publication on the 18th of May. […]

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NREL Calculates Lost Value of Landfilled Plastic in U.S.A.

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 04 May 2022 23:51:37 +0000

With mountains of plastic waste piling up in landfills and scientists estimating that there will be more plastics by weight than fish in the ocean by 2050, the growing environmental challenge presented to the world by plastics is well understood. What is less well understood by the scientific community is the lost energy opportunity. In […]

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5 Ways To Cut Oil & Gas Use Through Clean Transportation (Video)

Credit to Author: World Resources Institute| Date: Sun, 01 May 2022 23:37:54 +0000

There’s never been a better time to reduce reliance on fossil fuels. Oil and gas prices are skyrocketing as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with gas prices exceeding $4 a gallon in the United States in March 2022 and more than $10 a gallon in other countries. Meanwhile, the world is already experiencing […]

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Lawsuit Challenges USPS Gas-Guzzling Truck Plan

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 03:57:55 +0000

Lawsuit Challenges U.S. Postal Service Plan to Buy 150,000 Gas-Guzzling Trucks WASHINGTON — The Center for Biological Diversity, CleanAirNow, Sierra Club, and 16 states filed lawsuits in California federal court today challenging the U.S. Postal Service’s decision to replace its aging fleet with close to 150,000 gas-burning delivery trucks. Last year the Postal Service, under […]

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Lessons from Sweden’s Anti-Putin, Pro-Climate Energy Model

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2022 15:10:07 +0000

Learning from Sweden & their Pro-Climate, Energy Model By David Lapp-Jost As Russian tanks continue to roll into Ukraine, western European gas consumers pay the bill to the tune of many hundreds of millions of Euros daily and watch helplessly, unable to cut off the gas without shaving 6.5% off GDP. This war highlights the […]

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ExxonMobil Is Banning LGBTQ & BLM Flags From Being Flown At Its Offices

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2022 05:00:06 +0000

ExxonMobil plans to ban the LGBTQ-rights flag as well as the Black Lives Matter flag from being flown outside during Pride month in June, and the company is catching hell for it. Some say this is not important in light of the harm Exxon and other oil companies are causing to our planet, but it’s […]

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