I light up whenever I come across a new article by Dr. Michael T. Klare, a professor at Hampshire College and the author, most recently, of The Race for What’s Left. (A documentary movie version of his book Blood and …
Category: Fossil Fuels
The U.S. Highway System Is More Than Just a Few Thousand Miles of Macadam
It’s the 60th anniversary of the signing of U.S. President Eisenhower’s Federal Highway Act, which established the Interstate Highway System. On this occasion, let’s note a few aspects of the project that bear mentioning in the context of our modern-day …
The U.S. Highway System Is More Than Just a Few Thousand Miles of Macadam Read More »
Saying No To Coal: Champagne Corks Popping in Oakland, CA
Those looking for an excuse to celebrate something today may wish to check out yesterday’s unanimous decision made by the Oakland City Council to ban the handling and storage of coal in a marine terminal under development at the former …
Saying No To Coal: Champagne Corks Popping in Oakland, CA Read More »
ExxonMobil Has 73,100 Employees. What’s Going Through Their Heads?
I thought readers would enjoy the comments by an Instagram follower, as presented below. Caption: That is Rex Tillerson, CEO of ExxonMobil, explaining how his company plans to extract every molecule of petroleum from the Earth and sell it as …
ExxonMobil Has 73,100 Employees. What’s Going Through Their Heads? Read More »
Fossil Fuel Companies Duking It Out with 7.3 Billion People with Lungs
Caption: Only one side can win.
Our Patience With Oil Train Wrecks Is At An Ebb
Here’s a piece that covers one of the many hidden costs associated with petroleum: cleaning up oil train wreckages. That, in and of itself, wouldn’t qualify it as unique, or even terribly interesting, given how increasingly common these disasters are …
Will Divestiture Affect the Oil Companies?
A reader notes: The share price of oil companies has been more affected by the low price of oil due to oversupply than any “ethical” investor movement. Yes, that’s been true thus far. But does the future always look like …
Exxon and Climate Change: Does the Criminal Case Have Merit?
A reader explains how the criminal case against ExxonMobil (for covering up the truth about fossil fuels and climate change) has no merit, partially on the basis that Exxon shareholders are happy right now. Yes they are, but it’s not …
Exxon and Climate Change: Does the Criminal Case Have Merit? Read More »
Big Coal Mounts an Attack
From the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC): Just weeks from now, NRDC and its allies will be fighting in the D.C. Circuit Court to defend the Clean Power Plan in one of the most important courtroom battles ever for our …
Sobering Notes on the Transportation Sector
I had lunch today at the annual ACTExpo (alternative fuel vehicles) conference with Steven Johnston, an extremely senior consultant to the transportation industry, based in Michigan. I thought I’d simply list a few of his viewpoints that I found most …
