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Oil and Gas Firms Reward Politicians When They Vote Against the Environment, Finds New Study
By Dana Drugmand
on
It is no secret that many members of Congress particularly on the Republican side are in the pockets of their fossil fuel funders. The strategy of these special interests is to keep loyal lawmakers...
us/To Many's Dismay, Permian Produces More Gas and Condensate Instead of Oil and Profits
By Justin Mikulka
on
As oil prices plummet, oil bankruptcies mount, and investors shun the shale industry, America’s top oil field — the Permian shale that straddles Texas and New Mexico — faces many new challenges tha...
uk/Focus Shifts to Scottish Environmental Protection Agency’s Big Oil Interests as Flaring Continues at Shell-Exxon Plant
By Guest
on
By George Kerevan for Bella Caledonia The beginning of February 2020 saw a repeat of intense flaring at the Shell-Exxon petrochemical complex at Mossmorran, near Cowdenbeath in Fife, lighting up t...
uk/New BP CEO Ends 'Greenwashing' Ad Campaign
By Frances Rankin
on
BP’s new CEO Bernard Looney made a big announcement this week, saying he wants to “reinvent” the company and ensure it has “net-zero” carbon emissions by 2050.    But alongside such headline-grabb...
us/California Lagged in Capping Century-old Oil Wells Leaking Under Homes of LA Residents Plagued by Illness and Odors
By Marissa Pianko
on
On November 28, 2015, Roger Majano, plagued by a noxious smell overwhelming his Los Angeles neighborhood, heaved a jackhammer onto the walkway in front of his property at 323 Firmin Street. It was ...
EU Plans to Measure True Climate Impacts of LNG Imports From US Fracked Gas
By Justin Mikulka
on
With growing evidence that the climate impacts of natural gas are comparable to coal, the European Commission is planning to study ways to reduce methane emissions across the life cycle of natural ...
us/Report Attacks Industry Campaign to Fix Natural Gas’s Climate PR Problem
By Dana Drugmand
on
A new report from advocacy group Food and Water Watch argues that fracking and continued reliance on natural gas is detrimental to addressing climate change. The report, which calls out the fossil ...
us/Advocates Call on EPA to Expand Air Pollution Monitoring of Refineries After 10 Found Emitting High Benzene Levels
By Julie Dermansky
on
Available for the first time, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) air monitoring data from over 100 U.S. oil refineries shows that 10 facilities have exceeded federal limits for cancer-causing be...
uk/UK Government Using Investor Group to Fund Fossil Fuel Projects Abroad
By Sophie Yeo
on
The UK government is continuing to fund fossil fuel projects abroad through a little-known investment group, despite recent promises to scale back its foreign investments in polluting schemes. Con...
us/California Communities Argue Their Climate Liability Suits Are Based on Fossil Fuel Disinformation Campaigns
By Dana Drugmand
on
In back-to-back hearings before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday, lawyers representing California cities and counties suing fossil fuel companies over localized climate impacts argued t...

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Oil and Gas Firms Reward Politicians When They Vote Against the Environment, Finds New Study
ByDana Drugmand
on

It is no secret that many members of Congress particularly on the Republican side are in the pockets of their fossil fuel funders. The strategy of these special interests is to keep loyal lawmakers...
us/To Many's Dismay, Permian Produces More Gas and Condensate Instead of Oil and Profits
ByJustin Mikulka
on

As oil prices plummet, oil bankruptcies mount, and investors shun the shale industry, America’s top oil field — the Permian shale that straddles Texas and New Mexico — faces many new challenges tha...
uk/Focus Shifts to Scottish Environmental Protection Agency’s Big Oil Interests as Flaring Continues at Shell-Exxon Plant
ByGuest
on

By George Kerevan for Bella Caledonia The beginning of February 2020 saw a repeat of intense flaring at the Shell-Exxon petrochemical complex at Mossmorran, near Cowdenbeath in Fife, lighting up t...
uk/New BP CEO Ends 'Greenwashing' Ad Campaign
ByFrances Rankin
on

BP’s new CEO Bernard Looney made a big announcement this week, saying he wants to “reinvent” the company and ensure it has “net-zero” carbon emissions by 2050.    But alongside such headline-grabb...
us/California Lagged in Capping Century-old Oil Wells Leaking Under Homes of LA Residents Plagued by Illness and Odors
ByMarissa Pianko
on

On November 28, 2015, Roger Majano, plagued by a noxious smell overwhelming his Los Angeles neighborhood, heaved a jackhammer onto the walkway in front of his property at 323 Firmin Street. It was ...
EU Plans to Measure True Climate Impacts of LNG Imports From US Fracked Gas
ByJustin Mikulka
on

With growing evidence that the climate impacts of natural gas are comparable to coal, the European Commission is planning to study ways to reduce methane emissions across the life cycle of natural ...
us/Report Attacks Industry Campaign to Fix Natural Gas’s Climate PR Problem
ByDana Drugmand
on

A new report from advocacy group Food and Water Watch argues that fracking and continued reliance on natural gas is detrimental to addressing climate change. The report, which calls out the fossil ...
us/Advocates Call on EPA to Expand Air Pollution Monitoring of Refineries After 10 Found Emitting High Benzene Levels
ByJulie Dermansky
on

Available for the first time, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) air monitoring data from over 100 U.S. oil refineries shows that 10 facilities have exceeded federal limits for cancer-causing be...
uk/UK Government Using Investor Group to Fund Fossil Fuel Projects Abroad
BySophie Yeo
on

The UK government is continuing to fund fossil fuel projects abroad through a little-known investment group, despite recent promises to scale back its foreign investments in polluting schemes. Con...
us/California Communities Argue Their Climate Liability Suits Are Based on Fossil Fuel Disinformation Campaigns
ByDana Drugmand
on

In back-to-back hearings before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday, lawyers representing California cities and counties suing fossil fuel companies over localized climate impacts argued t...