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us/California Communities Argue Their Climate Liability Suits Are Based on Fossil Fuel Disinformation Campaigns
By Dana Drugmand
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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...
us/Peak Permian Oil Production May Arrive Much Sooner Than Expected
By Justin Mikulka
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In mid-January, Adam Waterous, who operates the private equity firm Waterous Energy Fund, made a prediction about the crown jewel of the U.S. shale oil industry, the Permian shale play that straddl...
uk/Reliance on Coal Divides European States
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By Kieran Cooke for Climate News Network Two European states with a traditional reliance on coal are taking radically different paths as the climate crisis worsens. Both countries are in the Euro...
us/'They're Done': CNBC's Jim Cramer Says Fossil Fuel Industry 'In the Death Knell Phase'
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By Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams. Originally published on Common Dreams under CC BY-SA 3.0 US. Climate campaigners drew attention to CNBC's Jim Cramer's comments on Friday, January 31 that he's “...
The Hunt for Fugitive Emissions in the Permian’s Oilfields
By Julie Dermansky
on
Meaningful regulation of the fracking industry is a non sequitur to Sharon Wilson, organizer for Earthworks’ Oil & Gas Accountability Project. She supports her em...
us/'Like Handing Out Blankets Affected With Smallpox': US Called to End Oil Exports to Thwart Climate Crisis
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By Jake Johnson, Common Dreams. Originally published on Common Dreams under CC BY-SA 3.0 US. A new report released Tuesday by Oil Change International and Greenpeace USA found that reinstating the...
us/Groups Funded by Oil Industry Bash Plan to Reduce Northeast's Dependence on Oil
By Dana Drugmand
on
Last month New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu announced the state would not be participating in the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI), a regional cap-and-trade program aimed at reducing ...
us/Defying Climate Goals, New York Approves Rate Hike to Pay for New Natural Gas Infrastructure
By Justin Mikulka
on
One of the first tests of New York’s ambitious climate plan didn't go well, as the New York Public Service Commission voted on January 16 to raise electricity rates on customers by $1.2 billion ove...
us/This Problem With Fracked Oil and Gas Wells Is Occurring 'at an Alarming Rate'
By Justin Mikulka
on
On February 15, 2018, a fracked natural gas well owned by ExxonMobil's XTO Energy and located in southeast Ohio experienced a well blowout, causing it to gush the potent greenhouse gas methane for ...
1982 American Petroleum Institute Report Warned Oil Workers Faced 'Significant' Risks from Radioactivity
By Sharon Kelly
on
Back in April last year, the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency decided it was “not necessary” to update the rules for toxic waste from oil and gas wells. Torrents of wastewater...

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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...
Analysis
us/Peak Permian Oil Production May Arrive Much Sooner Than Expected
ByJustin Mikulka
on

In mid-January, Adam Waterous, who operates the private equity firm Waterous Energy Fund, made a prediction about the crown jewel of the U.S. shale oil industry, the Permian shale play that straddl...
uk/Reliance on Coal Divides European States
ByGuest
on

By Kieran Cooke for Climate News Network Two European states with a traditional reliance on coal are taking radically different paths as the climate crisis worsens. Both countries are in the Euro...
us/'They're Done': CNBC's Jim Cramer Says Fossil Fuel Industry 'In the Death Knell Phase'
ByGuest
on

By Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams. Originally published on Common Dreams under CC BY-SA 3.0 US. Climate campaigners drew attention to CNBC's Jim Cramer's comments on Friday, January 31 that he's “...
The Hunt for Fugitive Emissions in the Permian’s Oilfields
ByJulie Dermansky
on

Meaningful regulation of the fracking industry is a non sequitur to Sharon Wilson, organizer for Earthworks’ Oil & Gas Accountability Project. She supports her em...
Series: Permian Problems: Fracking Industry's Promised Land Turns Sour
Series: Fracking the Permian
us/'Like Handing Out Blankets Affected With Smallpox': US Called to End Oil Exports to Thwart Climate Crisis
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on

By Jake Johnson, Common Dreams. Originally published on Common Dreams under CC BY-SA 3.0 US. A new report released Tuesday by Oil Change International and Greenpeace USA found that reinstating the...
us/Groups Funded by Oil Industry Bash Plan to Reduce Northeast's Dependence on Oil
ByDana Drugmand
on

Last month New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu announced the state would not be participating in the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI), a regional cap-and-trade program aimed at reducing ...
Series: Koch vs Clean
Series: Koch vs Clean
us/Defying Climate Goals, New York Approves Rate Hike to Pay for New Natural Gas Infrastructure
ByJustin Mikulka
on

One of the first tests of New York’s ambitious climate plan didn't go well, as the New York Public Service Commission voted on January 16 to raise electricity rates on customers by $1.2 billion ove...
us/This Problem With Fracked Oil and Gas Wells Is Occurring 'at an Alarming Rate'
ByJustin Mikulka
on

On February 15, 2018, a fracked natural gas well owned by ExxonMobil's XTO Energy and located in southeast Ohio experienced a well blowout, causing it to gush the potent greenhouse gas methane for ...
Series: Finances of Fracking: Shale Industry Drills More Debt Than Profit
Series: Fracking Finances
1982 American Petroleum Institute Report Warned Oil Workers Faced 'Significant' Risks from Radioactivity
BySharon Kelly
on

Back in April last year, the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency decided it was “not necessary” to update the rules for toxic waste from oil and gas wells. Torrents of wastewater...