The beginning of the end for the oil age
In coming years, presuming no substantial geopolitical shocks, oil demand will struggle to keep pace with oil supply, keeping pressure on oil prices.
Airplanes may soon(ish) face EPA global warming emissions cuts, too
The Environmental Protection Agency issued a draft finding that, if finalized, would trigger federal rules to curtail greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. commercial aviation.
U.S. ousts Russia as top world oil, gas producer in BP data
The U.S. has taken Russia’s crown as the biggest oil and natural-gas producer in a demonstration of the seismic shifts in the world energy landscape emanating from America’s shale fields.
U.S. shale oil boom grinds to a halt as OPEC keeps pumping
The shale oil boom that turned the U.S. into the world’s largest fuel exporter and brought $3 gasoline back to America’s pumps is grinding to a halt.
Is gas a weapon in the fight against climate change?
The bosses of the four biggest polluting companies in history talking about how they can help solve global warming may seem like the height of hypocrisy.
Public comment period for EPA’s ethanol standards to begin Wednesday
The public comment period for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s proposed ethanol blending standard three years will formally begin Wednesday.
Why U.S. oil companies clash with EU peers on global warming
The fight against climate change has opened a trans-Atlantic rift in an industry often seen as a monolith — Big Oil.
G7 leaders agree to phase out fossil fuel use by end of century
The G7 leading industrial nations have agreed to cut greenhouse gases by phasing out the use of fossil fuels by the end of the century, the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, has announced, in a move hailed as historic by some environmental campaigners.
Iraq to form special ‘oil army’ to fend off ISIS threat
Iraq is mobilizing a 27,000 strong army of security personnel to protect its oil and energy facilities from attacks by Islamic State insurgents.
New research suggests global warming is accelerating
As humans emit more greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, the Earth continues to warm. When I use the term “warm”, I mean there is an increase in thermal energy (heat) contained in the oceans and atmosphere of this planet.
