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Archive for month: April, 2016

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Fuel Freedom Staff

Chevron increases planned job cuts to 8,000

April 29, 2016
Source: The Houston Chronicle
/in What's The Buzz staff /by Fuel Freedom Staff

Chevron Corp. plans to shed 8,000 jobs, or 12 percent of its workforce, by the end of the year as anemic oil prices make it too expensive to keep many drilling rigs in the field, executives said Friday.

Fuel Freedom Staff

There will be pandemonium: The end of the old oil order has already begun

April 29, 2016
Source: TomDispatch
/in Economy, What's The Buzz staff /by Fuel Freedom Staff

It is hard to overstate the significance of the Doha debacle. At the very least, it will perpetuate the low oil prices that have plagued the industry for the past two years.

Fuel Freedom Staff

A cellulosic ethanol milestone

April 29, 2016
Source: Forbes
/in What's The Buzz staff /by Fuel Freedom Staff

Have we finally reached the long-promised realization of commercial cellulosic ethanol?

Fuel Freedom Staff

‘Keystone-ization’ is the fossil fuel industry’s new nightmare

April 29, 2016
Source: Grist
/in What's The Buzz staff /by Fuel Freedom Staff

“Another Pipeline Rejected” is now the go-to headline for updates on new fossil fuel infrastructure in the United States. Does the growing file of scrapped pipeline plans forecast the “Keystone-ization” of our energy future? Yes.

Fuel Freedom Staff

American cars on track to double fuel efficiency

April 28, 2016
Source: Scientific American
/in What's The Buzz staff /by Fuel Freedom Staff

A growing number of vehicles are meeting or surpassing federal fuel economy standards, though improvements to cars outpace those to trucks, according to a new analysis by the Consumer Federation of America.

Fuel Freedom Staff

CNN viewers see far more fossil fuel advertising than climate reporting

April 28, 2016
Source: Media Matters
/in Environment, What's The Buzz staff /by Fuel Freedom Staff

CNN aired almost five times as much oil industry advertising as climate change-related coverage in the one-week periods following the announcements that 2015 was the hottest year on record and February 2016 was the most abnormally hot month on record.

Fuel Freedom Staff

Oil jumps 2 percent despite glut, hits 2016 peak

April 28, 2016
Source: Reuters
/in Economy, What's The Buzz staff /by Fuel Freedom Staff

Oil markets jumped 2 percent on Thursday, hitting 2016 highs for a third straight day as a weaker dollar had investors shrugging off record high U.S. crude inventories and relentless pumping by major producers.

Fuel Freedom Staff

Ethanol groups criticize U.S. climate plan for excluding biofuels

April 27, 2016
Source: Ethanol Producer
/in What's The Buzz staff /by Fuel Freedom Staff

Leading up to the Paris Agreement, countries submitted individual plans, known as Intended National Determined Contributions, which outline how they plan to meet greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets. While 37 countries have included biofuels in their INDCs, the U.S. has not.

Fuel Freedom Staff

VW presentation in ’06 showed how to foil emissions tests

April 27, 2016
Source: The New York Times
/in Environment, What's The Buzz staff /by Fuel Freedom Staff

A PowerPoint presentation was prepared by a top technology executive at Volkswagen in 2006, laying out in detail how the automaker could cheat on emissions tests in the United States.

Landon Hall

How natural gas can increase the sources of octane

April 27, 2016/1 Comment/in Environment, Policy Cafe lhall /by Landon Hall

Natural gas normally gets a great deal of attention as a feedstock for power generation: As the U.S. makes the gradual transition from coal, natural gas has taken center stage in the spotlight because it burns more cleanly than coal. Read more →

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