An agency that oversees the safety of the nation’s pipelines has failed to follow through on congressional reforms that could have made a difference in a May break that created the largest coastal oil spill in California in 25 years, a House committee chairman said Tuesday.
Several other recent studies of a possible solar minimum have concluded that whatever climate effects the phenomenon may have will be dwarfed by the warming caused by greenhouse gas emissions.
International sanctions imposed to force Iran to curb its nuclear program have halved its oil exports to just over 1 million barrels per day since 2012, and hammered its economy.
Iran and a group of six nations led by the United States said they had reached a historic accord on Tuesday to significantly limit Tehran’s nuclear ability for more than a decade in return for lifting international oil and financial sanctions.
You may have heard that the world could be in for 20 feet of sea level rise even if it meets its climate goal of keeping warming below 2°C.
That rise would vastly reshape coastlines around the world. Specifically, 444,000 square miles of land that’s home to more than 375 million people today will be swallowed up by the oceans. To really understand that, photos do the trick.
Refineries and chemical plants struggling to find enough experienced people to replace a swell of retiring workers are hoping to scoop up some engineers laid off by oil and gas firms.
The IEA said lower oil prices were likely to last well into 2016.
Scientists have warned that marine life will be irreversibly changed unless CO2 emissions are drastically cut.
On the upside, this electricity boom has helped these countries lift themselves out of poverty. But it’s also meant a rapid rise in carbon-dioxide emissions — and if coal continues to be the world’s energy source of choice, we’ll have little hope avoiding drastic global warming.
Notable transactions in the period include the $158M IPO for Green Plains Partners and the $68.6M IPO for Arcadia BioSciences, the crop trait company.
