Vancouver became the first city to sign an initiative called the “Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty,” an effort along the lines of earlier global agreements that the world put into place to prevent nuclear war and the destruction of Earth’s ozone …
Category: Fossil Fuels
Big Oil Comes to Africa
According to the American Energy Society, here’s what’s happening in Africa with respect to oil exploration and extraction: Uganda, Kenya and Total are building a pipeline to carry Ugandan oil to the Kenya coast. South Africa’s offshore Luiperd Block might be larger than 500 million …
Bloomberg: Exxon’s Plan for Surging Carbon Emissions Revealed in Leaked Documents
From Bloomberg Green: Exxon Mobil Corp. has been planning to increase annual carbon-dioxide emissions by as much as the output of the entire nation of Greece (17% — see graph), an analysis of internal documents reviewed by Bloomberg shows, setting …
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Questionable Design
I took the photo here in a trendy new Italian restaurant on California’s Central Coast. The owner of the place had done all the design (and construction) himself, and thus could answer my questions about what this was and how …
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Drilling in the Pristine Arctic Wilderness
I urge you to join me in signing this petition to ask Chevron not to drill in the arctic wilderness. Having said that, I have news: Chevron doesn’t give a damn what you or I think of them. There are …
Environmental Terrorism
The American Energy Society reports the following recent cases of terrorism associated with the oil industry’s infrastructure: • Syria. The Arab Gas Pipeline between the Syrian towns of Ad Dumayr and Adra exploded, and the attack has been attributed “almost certainly” to …
Big Oil in Big Trouble: ExxonMobil, Oldest Member of the Dow 30, Ushered Out
The pandemic has pushed the oil industry into a position where it’s hemorrhaging money. Recently we learned that ExxonMobil, a Dow component since 1928 (then Standard Oil), has left the DJIA, replaced by something of greater relevance to today’s world. …
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Thinking of Drilling in the Arctic?
I’m not, but if I were, I’d think twice, based on the reasoning presented here from the Arctic Refuge Defense Campaign. These folks mean biz.
Oil Industry on a Propaganda Roll
What’s ExxonMobil’s motive for offering you to “test your knowledge about the oil and gas industry?” Is it: a) Providing Americans the opportunity to educate themselves on the breadth of the industry. This includes the value it provides to society, …
Alarm Over Eco Crisis Grows Amid Fears Ship Leaking Oil Near Mauritius Could Break in Two
As reported here: Urgent efforts to contain an oil spill off the coast of Mauritius reportedly ramped up on Monday due to fears that a cracked ship spilling fuel into the Indian Ocean—polluting nearby coral reefs, mangrove forests, and beaches of …
