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Small Laws, Great Crimes: the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Act
Small Laws, Great Crimes: the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Act It’s been said that small laws breed great crimes. The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Act is such a law. The crimes committed against the people in its name are legion. But it got even more criminal last week when the Colorado Supreme Court decided the protection […]
Climate Advocates Underestimate Power of Fossil Fueled Misinformation Campaigns, Say Top Researchers
Climate Advocates Underestimate Power of Fossil Fueled Misinformation Campaigns, Say Top Researchers Climate action advocates have underestimated the strength and sophistication of decades-long fossil fuel-funded misinformation campaigns and need a coordinated set of strategies to fight back, say leading academics. Among those strategies, say the three researchers from Yale and Brown University, are promoting financial transparency, suing misinformers and their […]
There’s No Sugarcoating Canada’s Oil Crisis
There’s No Sugarcoating Canada’s Oil Crisis Has financial disaster been averted in Canada’s oil and gas industry? ‘Disaster’ is all relative. Let’s just say 2019 is going to be a difficult year following a tough set of recent circumstances. One thing we know is that the recent episode of bargain-basement commodity prices—triggered by a regional […]
Warning: A ‘Shrinking Window’ of Usable Groundwater
Warning: A ‘Shrinking Window’ of Usable Groundwater New analysis reveals that we have much less water in our aquifers than we previously thought — and the oil and gas industry could put that at even greater risk. We’re living beyond our means when it comes to groundwater. That’s probably not news to everyone, but new […]
BC earthquakes and fracking
BC earthquakes and fracking As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information There is no fracking going on right now in northeastern British Columbia, the epicenter of the province’s oil and gas production. Hydraulic fracturing operations have been shut down there for a month due to earthquakes […]
The Infiltrator
THE INFILTRATOR How an Undercover Oil Industry Mercenary Tricked Pipeline Opponents Into Believing He Was One of Them A former Marine working for the private security firm TigerSwan infiltrated an array of anti-Dakota Access pipeline groups at Standing Rock and beyond. JESSE HORNE STILL struggles to talk about the day he was kicked out of […]
The Mediterranean Pipeline Wars Are Heating Up
The Mediterranean Pipeline Wars Are Heating Up Things have been quite active in the Eastern Mediterranean lately, with Israel, Cyprus and Greece pushing forward for the realization of the EastMed pipeline, a new gas conduit destined to diversify Europe’s natural gas sources and find a long-term reliable market outlet for all the recent Mediterranean gas […]
Schumer vs. the Climate: Manchin’s Criminally Insane Promotion
Schumer vs. the Climate: Manchin’s Criminally Insane Promotion Hell hath no fury like Chuck Schumer scorned. If I read Chuck Schumer correctly, he generally assumes his progressive opponents are powerless wimps and that he can just serve his Wall Street and AIPAC masters without taking our views or feelings into account. Or even that we’re […]
Fracking Future Shock in Colorado
Fracking Future Shock in Colorado If fracking treated all people equally, that is, if every person in Colorado were threatened with anywhere from 10 to 50 fracked wells in their neighborhood, the oil and gas industry would be long gone. But it doesn’t, so only a minority of Coloradans reap the whirlwind in the state’s […]
The Race Is On: Big Oil Rushes To Supply The 1 Billion Disconnected
The Race Is On: Big Oil Rushes To Supply The 1 Billion Disconnected Supermajors are taking on more renewable energy commitments lately as they prepare for a less carbon-intensive future. Some of them are going a step further, coupling these green commitments with humanist causes such as providing access to energy to part of the […]
From Obama to Trump, Climate Negotiations are Being Run by the Same Crew of American Technocrats
FROM OBAMA TO TRUMP, CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS ARE BEING RUN BY THE SAME CREW OF AMERICAN TECHNOCRATS ON MONDAY, THE Trump administration hosted an event on behalf of the fossil fuel industry at the United Nations climate talks in Poland, known as COP24. It was almost identical to the one it hosted at last year’s climate […]
Countries that Blocked ‘Welcoming’ of Major Climate Science Report at UN Talks have Dozens of Delegates with Ties to Oil, Gas, and Mining
Countries that Blocked ‘Welcoming’ of Major Climate Science Report at UN Talks have Dozens of Delegates with Ties to Oil, Gas, and Mining Dozens of delegates from four countries that forced the UN climate negotiations to weaken language around the acceptance of a major climate science report have ties to the oil, gas and mining industries. […]
Oil, Gas Drilling In Canada Set For A Decline
Oil, Gas Drilling In Canada Set For A Decline Drilling for oil and gas in Canada will likely decline by 5 percent in 2019, the Petroleum Services Association of Canada has forecast, blaming pipeline capacity shortages and the resultant discount in Canadian heavy to the West Texas Intermediate benchmark for the outlook. The PSAC said […]
Big Oil Walking A Tightrope As Prices Rise
Big Oil Walking A Tightrope As Prices Rise Supermajors have had a great year so far, and their third-quarter results, to be released over the next couple of weeks, are likely to strengthen this impression. But this does not necessarily mean that investors will reward them. Investors have become a lot more careful in the […]
