Category: Fossil Fuels

Our society lives with more or less constant reminders that fossil fuels, while extremely well suited to the 20th Century need to be phased out as quickly as feasible. Some of these reminders are more spectacular than others, as shown …

Pipeline Rupture Creates “Eye of Fire” in Gulf of Mexico Read More »

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As presented in the article linked here, a senior ExxonMobil lobbyist has been captured on camera claiming that the oil giant is waging a secret war on climate change legislation. The covert recordings was filmed by Greenpeace UK.  Did anyone …

ExxonMobil CEO Apologizes After Covert Recording of Key Lobbyist Reveals Oil Behemoth’s Battle Against Climate Legislation Read More »

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As Bill McKibben notes here, it really hasn’t been a good couple of days for Big Oil. Are investors concerned about the baking of the planet at the hands of the fossil fuel industry, or are they worried about the …

Some Bad Days for Big Oil, and More To Come Read More »

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Energy consultant and 2GreenEnergy supporter Gary Tulie reports from his home in Buckinghamshire, England (see pic):  A rising tide of legal cases, and shareholder action is putting increasing pressure on fossil fuel companies to actively work on reducing their climate …

The Long Arm of the Law Is Pursuing Fossil Fuel Companies Read More »

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From the American Energy Society: Every coal fired power plant in the world has a specific size requirment, and the same is true for all industries that require ore from waste rock as well as metal oxide powders. The process …

Axing Coal, Like Any Other Improvement, Offers a Range of Benefits Read More »

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If you believe in voting with your wallet and your conscience, you’ll want to stay as far as possible from any Chevron gasoline station.  None of the Big Oil companies is a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and Exxon Mobil’s a …

Targeted With Probably the Most Vicious Corporate Counterattack in American History Read More »

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A great deal of the environmental damage that was done during the Trump administration is either already repaired or is in the process of becoming so.  Many of these issues took a mere stroke of the pen (or click of …

Ending Fossil Fuel Subsidies? Read More »

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Apparently, Sen. Joe Manchin (D- W.Va.) accepted thousands of dollars in donations from a political action committee founded by a fellow Senate Democrat, progressive Jeff Merkley (D-OR), who wants to put “every coal electricity generating plant in a museum,” a …

Coal and Politics in West Virginia Read More »

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From Desmog, an organization whose mission is: “Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science.” Finally, as President Joe Biden entered the White House he signed a slew of executive orders on January 20, including rejoining the Paris climate agreement …

In the U.S., a New Day Dawns for Energy and Environmental Responsibility Read More »

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From NPR: One of the Trump administration’s biggest environmental rollbacks suffered a stunning setback Wednesday, as a decades-long push to drill for oil in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ended with a lease sale that attracted just three bidders — …

Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Will Remain Pristine Read More »

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