Shale trailblazer turns skeptic on soaring U.S. oil production
The former EOG CEO questions growth forecasts, says U.S. oil isn’t ‘big bad wolf’ disrupting energy markets
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Trump’s EPA concludes environmental racism is real
A new report from the Environmental Protection Agency finds that people of color are much more likely to live near polluters and breathe polluted air—even as the agency seeks to roll back regulations on pollution.
The world is embracing SUVs. that’s bad news for the climate.
It’s the car of the future. It’s taking off in markets all over in the world. The electric vehicle? Hardly. It’s the S.U.V., the rugged, off-road gas-guzzler that America invented and the world increasingly loves to drive.
Harley Davidson’s EV debut could electrify the motorcycle industry
Yes, the iconic symbol of American steel and piston popping internal combustion is shifting to voltage.
Even oil companies are now saying climate change will hurt their business
For the first time oil and gas companies are openly grappling with a less-than-certain future where climate change and related advances in other energy sources make them less dominant.
Oil companies to reap windfall in tax cuts, but shareholders get the lion’s share
Houston energy companies have reported at least $20 billion in tax benefits from the recently enacted tax overhaul, but whatever savings the firms realize will likely go to well-heeled investors rather than support the local economy through hiring, pay raises and expansions.
Judge explains order halting Louisiana pipeline construction
A federal judge who halted construction of a crude oil pipeline through a Louisiana swamp concluded that the project’s irreversible environmental damage outweighs the economic harm that a delay brings to the company building it.
U.S. advisory panel pushes for lower offshore oil royalties
Oil executives urged the Trump administration to slash the rates their companies pay to harvest natural gas and crude from beneath U.S. waters.
Another break for Foxconn? EPA office led by Gov. Walker’s former aide to decide smog pollution rules
Armed with years of air quality testing and other evidence, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency tentatively concluded late last year that most of southeast Wisconsin needs to take more aggressive action to reduce lung-damaging smog.
Gas prices this summer are expected to hit a four-year high
Gas prices this summer are expected to be the most expensive since 2014, closing in on $3 per gallon, according to a new report from the Oil Price Information Service.
