by Lena Groeger ProPublica Last week several [1] media [2] outlets [3] obtained the federal Bureau of Land Management’s draft of proposed rules [4] requiring fracking companies to disclose the chemicals they pump into the ground. Such disclosure requirements have been championed by environmentalists for years and were endorsed by President Obama in the State [...]
Environmental groups in Maine have decided that tar sands oil from western Canada wasn’t their cup of tea even though the pipeline company behind the scenes said it really wasn’t there’s either, at least for now. As the Sierra Club was saying “no sir” to tar sands oil in Maine, one of the former GOP [...]
MOEX Offshore 2007 LLC has agreed to settle its liability in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in a settlement with the United States valued at $90 million, announced the Department of Justice, the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today. Approximately $45 million of the $90 million settlement is going directly [...]
The U.S. new sanctions initiative, strongly supported by Israel, to impose new sanctions against Iran, is designed to punish it for its purported covert nuclear weapons program by imposing new restrictions on Tehran. As a result, many of Iran’s oil customers are scrambling to avoid collateral damage to their economies. The sanctions’ potential fallout is [...]
The Checks and Balances Project released an online video shining a spotlight on an “oil shale boondoggle” by Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.). An online ad campaign which links back to the video starts this afternoon in National Journal, Politico, The Hill, and the Colorado Springs Gazette. “Speaker Boehner and Rep. [...]
Pity the poor Eastern Europeans. Fifty years under the domination of their massive Soviet eastern neighbor then the collapse of Communism there two decades ago offered undreamed of opportunities to join both the European Union and NATO. But they still remain dependent on the Russian Federation for the majority of their oil and gas needs, [...]
EIA projects that increased oil, natural gas and renewable energy production and energy efficiency improvements will reduce U.S. reliance on imported energy sources WASHINGTON, DC – The Annual Energy Outlook 2012 (AEO2012) Reference case released today by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) presents updated projections for U.S. energy markets through 2035. The Reference case [...]
Big Oil is determined to use its astronomical profit levels, courtesy of American taxpayer subsidies thank you very much, to influence the upcoming 2012 election. They have launched a “Vote 4 Energy” campaign in which they will try to persuade voters that it is in their best interest to vote for Republican candidates that will [...]
by Joaquin Sapien ProPublica New York’s emerging plan to regulate natural gas drilling in the gas-rich Marcellus Shale needs to go further to safeguard drinking water, environmentally sensitive areas and gas industry workers, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has informed state officials. The EPA’s comments, in a series of letters this week to the state’s [...]
Audio recorded during an American Petroleum Institute (API) commercial shoot reveals how the oil industry plans to stage citizen support for its agenda to influence the 2012 elections. The ads, which API officials said will launch in January and air during CNN’s election coverage, aim to demonstrate authentic citizen support for the oil industry’s agenda. [...]
BOSTON, MA. www.LicataRisk.com — has released a new case study on the BP oil spill disaster, pointing out both obvious and hidden details that show BP ignored its own internal risk procedures while acknowledging that the Gulf facility was considered a “nightmare well.” According to the study, authored by Frank Licata, president of Licata Risk [...]
Growing domestic energy consumption in the world’s largest oil exporter, Saudi Arabia, threatens its ability to adequately supply world markets, said a report from London-based think tank Chatham House. The report, posted on the Chatham House website Wednesday, said without significant policy changes, rising Saudi energy consumption could deprive the world of 2 million barrels [...]
The last decade has seen a sustained campaign by the hydraulic fracturing (‘fracking”) industry against its critics, as the fracking industry in the U.S. alone was worth an estimated $76 billion in 2010 and is projected to grow to $231 billion in 2036 if only those pesky environmentalists can be sidelined. According to Washington’s energy [...]
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