Texas leads U.S. oil production to 43-year high
According to a report released this week by the U.S. Energy Information Administration, U.S crude oil production in 2015 reached its highest level since 1972.
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Entries by Landon Hall
What it would really mean if Trump pulls the U.S. out of the Paris climate agreement
It does indeed appear that the consequences for international diplomacy, and for the planet, would be considerable.
Trump has a chance to pull U.S. out of climate accord
“If a country wants to just walk away from its obligations,there’s little recourse for the rest of the world other than diplomatic pressure, I think.”
Trump win raises questions about U.S. pledge in climate deal
The election of a U.S. president who has called global warming a “hoax” alarmed environmentalists and climate scientists and raised questions Wednesday about whether America, once again, would pull out of an international climate deal.
Taking aim at the clean-energy holy grail: Turning water into fuel
It’s not exactly alchemy, but something magical is taking place inside an 8-foot-tall steel box at a Bucks County industrial park: The humming SimpleFuel machine is converting water into clean hydrogen motor fuel.
After years of delay, climate talks face a new problem: speed
Efforts to build a new global deal to tackle climate change were for many years criticised for moving at a glacial pace. But this week climate negotiators meeting in Morocco find themselves facing an entirely new problem: a deal that, astonishingly, has come into effect more than three years ahead of schedule.
Smog chokes Delhi, leaving residents ‘cowering by our air purifiers’
For days, many in Delhi have been living as if under siege, trying to keep the dirty air away from their children and older parents.
Tesla to end unlimited free use of supercharging stations
Electric car maker Tesla Motors has decided to stop offering unlimited free use of its 734 fast charging stations worldwide, just months before it’s scheduled to start selling a mass-market electric car.
OPEC sees peak oil demand in 2029 on Paris climate accord
OPEC said Tuesday that oil demand could peak by 2029 if the Paris climate agreement is fully executed.
The Paris agreement on climate change is official. Now what?
Rapid technological advances in areas like electric cars are not enough to stop the world’s long climb in oil consumption, let alone reverse it.
