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Entries by Fuel Freedom Staff
What is the government doing to prevent the next oil pipeline disaster?
Spring has finally arrived in Michigan, which for many of us means renewed hope that Enbridge, the company responsible for spilling more than 1 million gallons of tar sands oil into the Kalamazoo River in 2010, will finally leave us alone.
Canadian legislation is about oil, not terrorism, official says
A British Columbia aboriginal leader told the parliamentary committee studying Bill C-51 that the legislation was designed mainly to disrupt opposition to expansion of Alberta’s oilsands industry.
Utah confirms spike in infant deaths in oil and gas boomtown
Donna Young was right. In 2013, more infants died in Vernal, Utah, than was normal for the area.
Low oil prices help Arctic avoid a ‘gold rush’ scenario
The plunging price of oil over the past nine months has forced many if not most energy companies to cut back drastically on spending, especially on projects in Arctic waters, where exploration and drilling are more difficult and expensive. But the Norwegian government says such delays could pay off in the long run.
How should journalists treat candidates who deny climate change?
In the not-so-distant past, it would not have been unusual or unseemly for journalists to identify political candidates making grossly unscientific assertions–that aliens walk among us, say, or the moon is made of green cheese — as crackpots. Climate change, however, seems to have made cowards of the press.
Paris emergency measures to combat smog hailed as a success
Emergency measures introduced in Paris to halve the number of vehicles on the roads after a noxious smog descended on the French capital have been hailed as a success.
Switching to electric cars would help cool down cities
Electric cars can do more for the environment than cut back on air pollution and fossil fuel use — they can make sweltering summers more bearable, too. Researchers have determined that EVs create a cooling effect in urban areas, since they aren’t producing heat that builds up in traffic jams.
Oil giant BP drops membership with ALEC
Major oil-and-gas corporation BP announced Monday it is parting ways with the American Legislative Exchange Council, marking just the latest—and likely most significant—departure of a blue-chip company from the conservative group in recent months, National Journal has learned.
Pickens: Why I see $70 oil by year’s end
Energy entrepreneur Boone Pickens said Thursday he sees $70-a-barrel oil by year’s end, and between $80 and $90 within 12 to 18 months.
