Energy companies and other businesses are no longer liable for accidentally killing migratory birds, the Trump administration announced Friday in a decision hailed by industry insiders. A legal memo by the U.S. Interior Department reverses a longstanding agency practice and last-minute ruling released by the Obama administration in January 2017. The Obama-era policy meant that […]
LLOG Exploration Company, LLC drastically underestimated the amount of oil its fractured pipeline spilled into the Gulf of Mexico last week. The oil and gas operator first estimated that it spewed about 340,000 gallons of oil. Now, according to a Coast Guard announcement, the company is now reporting a discharge of 672,000 gallons—about two times […]
Michigan’s Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) issued a violation notice to Energy Transfer Partners after its Rover pipeline project spilled water containing gasoline into wetlands near Pinckney. The violation notice was issued after the department’s Water Resources Division (WRD) staff received a complaint on Wednesday regarding a petroleum odor coming from water discharged from the […]
By Julia Conley Public interest groups spoke out Monday about a White House event at which Vice President Mike Pence touted the Trump administration’s deregulation efforts. President Donald Trump did not attend the “Cut the Red Tape” event due to the attack in Las Vegas, but the meeting went on as planned with the White […]
Two of the world’s largest auto companies announced major strides this week in their development of electric vehicles, marking the latest milestone in a significant shift towards EVs in the automobile industry. On Monday, General Motors unveiled plans to roll out 20 new entirely electric car models by 2023, with two of the new EVs […]
As debate continues on the spending bill, dozens of environmental amendments could receive votes. Here are some to watch: Harvey Response Many amendments relate to the role of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the funding of its crucial functions. In light of the tragedy of Hurricane Harvey, some of these amendments highlight the […]
Scotland announced plans to end the sale of new gas and diesel-powered cars by 2032 and fast-track the development of a country-wide charging network for electric vehicles. “Our aim is for new petrol and diesel cars and vans to be phased out in Scotland by 2032—the end of the period covered by our new climate […]
By Redacted Tonight The “Oil to School” pipeline, the fossil-fuel industry’s effort to pour pro-petrol propaganda into K-12 classrooms, is more widespread and pernicious than previously thought, a new investigation has shown. Big oil can exploit the fact that schools are underfunded, and provide resources and then take the opportunity to write the resources which […]
By Andy Rowell For years, environmentalists have warned that due to climate change, there will be billions of barrels of oil that we will never be able to burn. These reserves will become what has increasingly been called “stranded assets.” To give you one example: In a new report, Friends of the Earth argued that […]
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