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California Regulators Allowed Oil Industry To Drill Hundreds Of Wastewater Injection Wells Into Aquifers With Drinkable Water
California Regulators Allowed Oil Industry To Drill Hundreds Of Wastewater Injection Wells Into Aquifers With Drinkable Water The fallout from the ongoing review of California’s deeply flawed Underground Injection Control program continues as new documents reveal that state regulators are investigating more than 500 injection wells for potentially dumping oil industry wastewater into aquifers protected under the […]
Book review: “The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels”. Really?
Book review: “The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels”. Really? I first heard about Alex Epstein’s book ‘The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels’ via an unsurprisingly fawning review over at the SkeptEco blog. Its premise is so ludicrous that normally I wouldn’t read it, never mind review it. There is no “moral case for fossil fuels”, just as there […]
Oil Majors’ Profits Take A Beating
Oil Majors’ Profits Take A Beating The first quarterly earnings reports since the collapse of oil prices are in and the numbers show a significant deterioration in profits for the oil majors. Royal Dutch Shell went first on January 29, revealing a big jump from the same quarter a year ago, but down from the third quarter […]
Why we are at Peak Oil Right Now
Why we are at Peak Oil Right Now In this life nothing is certain. Therefore I am not declaring, absolutely, that we are at peak oil, only that it is a near certainty. But I am putting my reputation on the line in making the claim that the period, September 2014 through August 2015 will be the […]
A clash of epistemologies: why the debate on climate change is going nowhere.
A clash of epistemologies: why the debate on climate change is going nowhere. A few weeks ago, someone barreled into the comment section of a post on climate change on the blog of the Italian Society of Chemistry (SCI) with a series of attacks against climate science and climate scientists. The ensuing clash was all in Italian […]
Can Saudi Arabia Diversify Away From Oil?
Can Saudi Arabia Diversify Away From Oil? The Saudi government hopes new special economic zones can spur foreign investment and lessen the Kingdom’s reliance on oil. Regulatory reforms are needed, however, to convince foreign firms that Saudi Arabia has more to offer than just cheap energy. Just off the coast of the Red Sea, about […]
Was Shell the First Big Oil Company to Publicly Accept the Science of Climate Change and its Consequences?
Was Shell the First Big Oil Company to Publicly Accept the Science of Climate Change and its Consequences? The DeSmog UK epic history series investigates the divide that opened up between chief executives and shareholders who were anxious that company operations and profits could be undermined by climate change. The heavy-handed attack from lobbyists on the Intergovernmental Panel […]
‘The Drop in Oil Price Means We Need More Action on Climate Change Not Less’
‘The Drop in Oil Price Means We Need More Action on Climate Change Not Less’ This month, a powerful article in Nature highlighted yet again that most of the world’s oil, coal and gas needs to stay in the ground, if we want to prevent dangerous climate change. This is the “unburnable carbon” analysis that President Obama and Bank […]
Our Renewable Future
Our Renewable Future Or, What I’ve Learned in 12 Years Writing about Energy (7000 words, about 25 minutes reading time) Folks who pay attention to energy and climate issues are regularly treated to two competing depictions of society’s energy options.* On one hand, the fossil fuel industry claims that its products deliver unique economic benefits, and […]
China’s interest in mining Antarctica revealed as evidence points to country’s desire to become ‘Polar Great Power’
China’s interest in mining Antarctica revealed as evidence points to country’s desire to become ‘Polar Great Power’ New evidence has emerged of China’s interest in exploiting Antarctica’s minerals despite an international agreement preventing it. It is thought the icy continent has abundant supplies of oil, gas, coal and iron ore. An emerging polar power, China […]
Fossil Fuel Use is Limited by Climate, if Not by Resources.
Fossil Fuel Use is Limited by Climate, if Not by Resources. We appear to be living in rather peculiar and unsettling times. A year ago, discussions and fears were over the high oil price, which until September 2014, had been above $100 a barrel http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/09/09/markets-oil-idUKL3N0RA1L220140909. The price rose to $115 in June 2014, but has subsequently […]
Could Global Tide Be Starting To Turn Against Fossil Fuels?
Could Global Tide Be Starting To Turn Against Fossil Fuels? From an oil chill in the financial world to the recent U.S.-China agreement on climate change, recent developments are raising a question that might once have been considered unthinkable: Could this be the beginning of a long, steady decline for the oil and coal industries? by […]
Boom Goes The Dynamite: The Crashing Price Of Oil Is Going To Rip The Global Economy To Shreds
Boom Goes The Dynamite: The Crashing Price Of Oil Is Going To Rip The Global Economy To Shreds If you were waiting for a “black swan event” to come along and devastate the global economy, you don’t have to wait any longer. As I write this, the price of U.S. oil is sitting at $45.76 […]
Energy round-up: unburnable oil
Energy round-up: unburnable oil Three things you shouldn’t miss this week Chart: Unburnable carbon Source: The Guardian Chart: Price Chart for Crude Oil Brent Source: Baker Hughes …click on the above link to read the rest of the article…
Vast reserves of fossil fuels should be left untapped
Vast reserves of fossil fuels should be left untapped Researchers have identified the major producers of coal, gas and oil that stand to lose most financially if agreement is reached on radical cuts needed to avoid dangerous climate change. LONDON, 8 January, 2015 − The sheer scale of the fossil fuel reserves that will need to […]
