The White House meeting could set the stage for negotiations over possible legislation to overhaul the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard – a 2005 law that requires refiners to blend increasing amounts of biofuels like ethanol into the nation’s gasoline each year.
Now, for the first time in decades, more carbon dioxide is being generated by transportation than is produced by generating electric power. How you get there matters more than ever.
TransCanada Corp’s existing Keystone pipeline has leaked substantially more oil, and more often, in the United States than indicated in risk assessments the company provided to regulators before the project began operating in 2010.
At that rate, Bloomberg says, Tesla will have depleted its cash reserves by Monday, Aug. 6, 2018.
Former Shell Oil President John Hofmeister said that, though it’s been weeks since Hurricane Harvey hit the Gulf Coast, “we’re not back up and running yet at full strength in the refinery system, and until that happens, I think we’re going to see upward pressure” on prices.
In the current super-charged world of pipeline politics, no decision was ever going to be that straightforward.
Powered by a massive battery and capable of hauling 80,000 pounds, it can ramble 500 miles between charges. It’ll even drive itself — on the highway, at least.
The Keystone pipeline running from Canada across the Great Plains leaked Thursday morning, spilling about 5,000 barrels of oil — or 210,000 gallons — southeast of the small town of Amherst in northeast South Dakota.
Researchers found a relationship between long term air pollution and osteoporosis, a condition in which your bones become weaker and more likely to break.
African-Americans face a disproportionate risk of health problems from pollution caused by the oil and gas industry, and the situation could worsen as President Donald Trump dismantles environmental regulations, according to a report issued on Tuesday by a pair of advocacy groups.
