Schwarzenegger to sue Big Oil for ‘first degree murder’
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s next mission: taking oil companies to court “for knowingly killing people all over the world.”
Archive for year: 2018
A new generation of activists, born next to an oil refinery
This 10-square-mile South Los Angeles community, population 50,000, has the dubious distinction of having some of the worst air quality in a city that already has the country’s worst ozone levels.
Tesla Model 3 quality is terrible, but will it matter to buyers?
The build quality of the early Model 3 we tested in late February was, in a word, appalling.
U.S. shale boom has led to big payoffs, but energy independence isn’t one — nor should it be
Energy independence has been a U.S. energy policy unicorn ever since the oil crises of the 1970s. However, true energy independence is not economically feasible or even desirable, owing to the globalization of crude oil markets
White House sets biofuel meeting; Trump will not attend
The White House has made preliminary plans for a meeting on Monday between rivals in the corn and oil industries to discuss potential changes to the nation’s biofuels policy, two sources familiar with the planning told Reuters.
Oil CEO to Trump: Tariffs will help OPEC, hurt U.S. jobs
The oil industry is warning President Trump that steel tariffs could threaten America’s energy boom.
Oil and corn tout dueling studies on future of U.S. biofuel program
Big oil and big corn are touting opposing studies released this week on proposed biofuels policy reforms under consideration by the Trump administration, part of an ongoing clash between the two sides over the future of the program.
Zinke suddenly pulls land in home state of Montana from oil and gas lease sale
The Bureau of Land Management has removed about 17,300 acres of land in central Montana from an upcoming oil and natural gas lease auction, just a week before the scheduled sale.
Interior Secretary gets strong GOP resistance to drilling plan, starts backing off
If Zinke carves out exceptions for all these states, the idea of cross-Atlantic oil drilling could be dead.
Zinke says Interior should be a partner with oil companies
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke says his agency should be a partner with oil and gas companies that seek to drill on public land and that long regulatory reviews with an uncertain outcome are “un-American.”
