Hottest months on record have something in common
The run of planetary heat has rewritten the record books.
Archive for year: 2016
Kuwaiti parliament dissolves, setting stage for early poll
Kuwait’s ruler dissolved parliament by royal decree Sunday over unspecified security concerns as low oil prices squeeze government coffers, setting the stage for early elections in the tiny country.
Scientists accidentally discover efficient process to turn CO2 into ethanol
Scientists at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee have discovered a chemical reaction to turn CO2 into ethanol, potentially creating a new technology to help avert climate change.
Exxon asks court to toss out New York State’s climate change case
Exxon Mobil Corp asked a federal court on Monday to throw out a subpoena from New York State that would force the oil company to hand over decades of documents as part of a wide-ranging inquiry into whether it misled investors about climate change risks.
How Apple scaled back its titanic plan to take on Detroit
Apple Inc. has drastically scaled back its automotive ambitions, leading to hundreds of job cuts and a new direction that, for now, no longer includes building its own car, according to people familiar with the project.
Deepwater Horizon oil disaster extends its toxic reach
Occupational health experts now believe it created a toxic mix that sickened thousands of locals—including some of the 47,000 people that worked in some capacity on BP’s cleanup operation—crippling them with chemically induced illnesses that doctors are unable to treat.
Saudi Arabia, where even milk depends on oil, struggles to remake its economy
Low crude prices and the war in Yemen have sent a shock through the kingdom’s budget and forced it to revise its social contract even as it seeks to diversify its businesses.
LIfe under ISIS: Iraqis choke as sabotaged oil wells blaze
ISIS militants had set the wells on fire hoping to obscure the view of Iraqi and coalition warplanes, but it didn’t stop Iraqi forces from driving them out of town in late August.
Gen. Clark: Building a Navy that runs on ethanol
Homegrown fuels will help to insulate America from price shocks and foreign manipulation, all while protecting our environment.
Today is Oilfield Prayer Day in Oklahoma, and all faiths may observe
Oklahoma’s oil and gas sector, one of the biggest in the country, is in bad shape. So bad that the state’s governor has called for divine intervention.
