The future of cars is here and it’s sadder than ever
I don’t know how many times I heard that hydrogen was the next big thing in the car world. It’s the most plentiful element in existence! It’s a wonderfuel! This is the future!
Brazil’s black market pipeline: Gangs hijack Petrobras’ oil, fuel
In September, police investigating a wave of killings in the northern Rio de Janeiro suburbs followed a tip to the isolated scrubland near the massive Duque de Caxias oil refinery.
Industry and environmentalists can both win on fuel economy. Here’s how.
Environmentalists are picking the wrong fight. There is a deal to be made on fuel economy that reduces costs for the auto industry and still cuts massive amounts of oil consumption both in the near and long term. The re-opened review provides the launching point.
A squabble at Iraq’s oldest oil field could rock global supplies
A territorial dispute in northern Iraq threatens to disrupt oil output at a field containing as much crude as Norway, even as U.S.-backed forces prepare what could be a decisive blow against Islamic State militants in the nearby city of Mosul.
DOE study: Military veterans make up nearly one-fifth of ethanol industry workforce
A new Department of Energy (DOE) study on employment in the U.S. energy sector shows that America’s ethanol industry employs a significantly larger share of military veterans than any other segment of the energy industry.
Self-healing membrane extends life of hydrogen fuel cells
Fuel cells, which offer a cleaner, more efficient alternative to the combustion of gasoline and other fossil fuels, are an important enabling technology for the nation’s energy portfolio.
Oil drillers face an angry mob in Mexico’s guerrilla country
The outrage was over oil, specifically the government’s plan to auction off a swath of land around their farming community to private drillers.
30 years of oil and gas pipeline accidents, mapped
The sheer number of incidents involving America’s fossil fuel infrastructure suggests environmental concerns should go beyond Standing Rock.
Op-ed: Oil and gas lobby’s objections to methane rule don’t hold up
The Senate is currently considering repealing the Bureau of Land Management’s Methane and Natural Gas Waste Rule, prohibiting the federal government from ever creating similar guidelines in the future.
Constructing a successful oil train resistance movement, in three parts
In December 2013, a couple of neighbors from an upscale residential development on the Central Coast attended a community meeting at a middle school in Arroyo Grande.
