Frequent commenter MarcoPolo makes two interesting points in his recent post: 1) It’s hypocritical for some Americans to smugly claim a moral victory for less U.S. emissions, while exporting emissions-creating industries overseas, while as customers, re-importing the manufactured products of …
Category: Fossil Fuels
In the Absence of an Energy Policy, Shell’s Withdrawal from the Arctic Is Far from the Last Word on the Subject
With the Alaskan pipeline (pictured) flowing at only about one-quarter capacity, one can only imagine the disappointment that the governor of the state, Bill Walker, felt about yesterday’s announcement that Shell Oil had scrapped its plans to drill in the …
Tagged with: Alaskan pipeline, energy policy, governor Bill Walker, migrate away from fossil fuels (especially oil and coal) at the maximum possible rate that is sane and practical, opening Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for drilling, Shell’s Withdrawal from the Arctic, We need to get some oil in the pipeline quick
Shell Abandons Arctic Drilling
After encountering crude deposits of disappointing size, Shell has decided to withdraw from oil exploration in the arctic, meaning that, at least for now, the assault on that pristine environment will not go forward. Obviously, it’s a great moment for …
Big Oil Faces Big Legal Trouble
As I predicted a few years ago, the oil companies are headed in the direction that the tobacco industry took 50 years ago. They: • Conducted research that confirms the damage that its product causes • Aggressively denyied the truth …
The Two Faces of Fossil Fuel Consumption
Here’s an interesting article that analyses the schizophrenic nature of our society. We know that climate change is caused in large measure by the consumption of fossil fuels, but we spend $200 billion per year subsidizing them. Spoiler alert: The …
A Week of Environmental Victories and Defeats: Just Another Day At the Office
The “bottomless war chest” of the oil companies has succeeded in gutting the State of California’s proposed Senate Bill 350, a measure calling for a 50 percent cut in petroleum use by 2030. On Wednesday, state law-makers announced that a …
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Tagged with: 50 percent cut in petroleum use by 2030, bottomless war chest of the oil companies, Environmental Victories, gutting the State of California’s proposed Senate Bill 350, Natural Resources Defense Council, University of California sold off about $200 million of direct holdings in coal and tar sands companies
Justice May Be Nigh in Ecuador's Case Against Chevron
Over the past few years, I’ve written several articles calling out Chevron’s nauseating behavior in defiling the rain forests and people of Ecuador. As I’m fond of saying, there are over 200,000 groups around the world whose mission and purpose …
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Oil!
According to the Writer’s Almanac, today is the 156th anniversary of the first oil well, which was drilled in Titusville, Pennsylvania. Although petroleum had been seen and used much earlier, this was humankind’s first foray into exploration for the stuff. We all …
Note on Carbon Capture and Sequestration
A. J. Shaka, professor of Chemistry at the University of California at Irvine writes: I dislike CCS (carbon capture and sequestration) because, to me, it seems like a bait and switch to rationalize continued use of fossil fuels. I’m with …
Sierra Club’s “Beyond Coal” Campaign Has Been Incredibly Effective
For some reason, not everyone shares my approval of the Sierra Club. Say what you will, but their Beyond Coal campaign has succeeded in forcing the retirement of one coal plant every 10 days for 5 straight years. 200 coal …
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