Big Oil — PBS Frontline Series On An Industry That Lies To Get What It Wants
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2022 15:07:29 +0000
PBS Frontline series is must see TV this Earth Day.
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Is the US Stockpiling Dirty Oils? How Greater Data Transparency Can Reduce the Climate Impacts
Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2022 07:21:46 +0000
How Greater Data Transparency Can Reduce the Climate Impacts of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve In response to Russia’s war in Ukraine, President Biden authorized the largest-ever Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) drawdown in March 2022. The economic benefits may appear clearcut, but the environmental impacts of SPR withdrawal are less certain. It is essential that policymakers […]
EIA Expects Summer U.S. Real Gasoline & Diesel Prices To Be The Highest Since 2014
Credit to Author: U.S. Energy Information Administration| Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2022 03:57:47 +0000
In our Summer Fuels Outlook, a supplement to our April 2022 Short-Term Energy Outlook, we expect retail gasoline prices to average $3.84 per gallon (gal) this summer driving season, April through September, compared with last summer’s average price of $3.06/gal. After adjusting for inflation, this summer’s forecast national average price would mark the highest retail gasoline and […]
Indigenous leaders, protesters gather in Vancouver to oppose Trans Mountain pipeline
Credit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2022 20:59:49 +0000
The federal government said in February that no more public money would go toward the pipeline as its new projected price tag increased to $21.4 billion.
Read moreEU Foreign Ministers Must Lead On Immediate Sanctions On Russian Oil
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2022 11:00:37 +0000
Despite five rounds of sanctions, the EU is still sending Putin $285m a day to feed its dependance on imported oil, writes T&E in an open letter.
It’s Time for Charles Koch to Testify About His Climate Change Disinformation Campaign
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2022 03:16:30 +0000
The US House Oversight and Reform Committee kicked off its investigation of the fossil fuel industry’s decades-long climate change disinformation campaign last fall by inviting top executives from BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell to testify about their role and subpoenaing their companies for internal documents. The committee followed up that hearing — during which the executives […]
Global Shipping Less Of CO2e Problem Today Than Aviation, More By End Of Century
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2022 18:05:08 +0000
With just the readily available solutions of electrification where viable and increased efficiencies across the board, in addition to the loss of demand from fossil fuels and raw iron ore, global shipping will see about 50% of the emissions in 2100 as it did at peak before COVID-19. Replacing bunker fuel with low-carbon alternatives is necessary for the rest.
Putin: Europeans Are Obsessed With Cars, Will Not Cut Oil Demand
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2022 16:00:46 +0000
Putin is convinced that Europeans are so obsessed with their cars that they will not quit using them, no matter what he does in Ukraine. Let’s prove that he is wrong, writes András Lukács of Clean Air Action Group Hungary.
Let’s Prove Putin Wrong On European Fossil Fuel Addiction!
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2022 16:00:46 +0000
Putin is convinced that Europeans are so obsessed with their cars that they will not quit using them, no matter what he does in Ukraine. Let’s prove that he is wrong, writes András Lukács of Clean Air Action Group Hungary. The European Union relies on imports for 96% of its crude oil supply, and about […]
Europe’s Oil Majors Bought $100 Billion from Russia since Annexation of Crimea
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2022 15:06:53 +0000
Oil majors cannot be trusted to put ethics before profit, says Transport & Environment: $100bn from Russia since Annexation of Crimea Total, Shell and BP bought $100 billion in Russian oil between 2015 and 2021 following Russia’s annexation of Crimea, new analysis shows. Transport & Environment (T&E), who carried out the study, says Big Oil has shown […]