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Biden Backs Massive Alaska Drilling Project Approved Under Trump

Biden Backs Massive Alaska Drilling Project Approved Under Trump

By Jake Johnson The Biden administration is facing backlash from climate activists and scientists after filing a court brief Wednesday in defense of a major Trump-era Alaska drilling project that’s expected to produce up to 160,000 barrels of oil a day over a 30-year period — a plan that runs directly counter to the White […]

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    Philadelphia Oil Refinery’s Toxic and Racist Legacy Continues in Cleanup

    Philadelphia Oil Refinery’s Toxic and Racist Legacy Continues in Cleanup

    The sprawling Philadelphia Energy Solutions oil refinery has poisoned the Greys Ferry neighborhood for 150 years, and continues to do so even after it closed in 2019 following numerous explosions, Reuters reports. The scale of the toxic legacy left by the East Coast’s oldest and largest refinery — including poisonous waste fuels poured onto the […]

    Shell Claims It Reached Peak Oil Production in 2019

    Shell Claims It Reached Peak Oil Production in 2019

    Fossil fuel giant Shell says it has already reached peak oil production. In a statement on Thursday, the Netherlands-based company said that its carbon dioxide emissions had peaked in 2018 at 1.7 gigatonnes per year and its oil production had peaked in 2019. “Our accelerated strategy will drive down carbon emissions and will deliver value […]

    Biden Likely Plans to Cancel Keystone XL Pipeline on Day One

    Biden Likely Plans to Cancel Keystone XL Pipeline on Day One

    President-elect Joe Biden is planning to cancel the controversial Keystone XL pipeline on the first day of his administration, a document reported by CBC on Sunday suggests. The words “Rescind Keystone XL pipeline permit” were reportedly listed on a briefing note shared by the Biden transition team with U.S. stakeholders as part of a roundup […]

    Trump Rushes To Sell Oil Drilling Leases in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

    Trump Rushes To Sell Oil Drilling Leases in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

    The lame duck Trump administration is making a rushed last-minute push to sell leases to oil companies in the long-protected Arctic National Wildlife Refuge before Inauguration Day, numerous outlets reported. On Monday, the Interior Department issued a “call for nominations” asking oil companies to request specific parcels of land to be made available for drilling. […]

    Huge Victory: Seismic Blasting Is Halted in Atlantic Ocean

    Huge Victory: Seismic Blasting Is Halted in Atlantic Ocean

    By Andrea Germanos The federal government and fossil fuel industry announced at a legal hearing Thursday that seismic blasting will not be carried out in the Atlantic Ocean this year—and possibly not in the near future either—a development welcomed by conservation groups who lobbied forcefully against what they said would have been an “unjustified acoustic […]

    Four Environmental Fights on the 2020 Ballot

    Four Environmental Fights on the 2020 Ballot

    By Tara Lohan Maybe we can blame COVID-19 for making it hard to hit the streets and gather signatures to get initiatives on state ballots. But this year there are markedly fewer environmental issues up for vote than in 2018. While the number of initiatives may be down, there’s no less at stake. Voters will […]

    Oil Demand May Have Peaked in 2019, BP Report Says

    Oil Demand May Have Peaked in 2019, BP Report Says

    We may have already passed peak demand for oil. This suggestion comes from an unlikely source: fossil-fuel giant BP. The company released its annual Energy Outlook report Monday, and found that oil demand may have already peaked in 2019, as the rise in renewable energy intersects with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, The Guardian […]