American industry wastes insane amounts of gas by burning it off. It doesn’t have to.
While not quite as cheap and plentiful as water, gas is sufficiently cheap and plentiful that American industry squanders it on a regular basis.
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Alaska: Obama’s poster child for global warming
Starting Monday, President Obama is going to greater lengths than any president before him has — at least in terms of air miles — to circumvent the central conundrum that several presidents and countless environmentalists before him have faced: by the time the effects of global warming are obvious to every American, and every global citizen for that matter, it will be too late to act.
Alaska experiences dramatic climate change
President Obama’s summer climate change tour will culminate in the Alaskan Arctic next week, putting him in a setting that has experienced the country’s most dramatic climatic changes and one that Obama hopes will help him boost public support.
North Dakota’s oil and gas industry not expected to meet next flaring goal, seeks delay
North Dakota’s oil and gas industry and the state’s top oil regulator are asking a panel to delay the next goal for reducing the flaring of natural gas, citing unforeseen circumstances including a glut of cheap gas, stalled infrastructure projects and difficulty obtaining permits and right-of-way for pipelines.
Global sea levels climbed 3 inches since 1992, NASA research shows
Sea levels worldwide rose an average of nearly 3 inches (8 cm) since 1992, the result of warming waters and melting ice, a panel of NASA scientists said on Wednesday.
Gov. Jerry Brown takes aim at oil companies over ‘highly destructive’ product
Gov. Jerry Brown, who is in the middle of a political battle over climate-change legislation, took aim at oil companies Monday, saying they sell a “highly destructive” product.
A new study suggests Beijing air pollution is even worse than thought
Breathing Beijing’s air is the equivalent of smoking almost 40 cigarettes a day and calculates that air pollution causes 1.6 million deaths a year in China, or 17 percent of the total.
Study finds climate change makes California’s drought worse
Aug 20 Climate change has aggravated California’s devastating drought, causing between 8 and 27 percent of the dry conditions afflicting the nation’s most populous state, a study released on Thursday has found.
WSPA lies: Oil companies are at it again … and California is the target
All over California, people are receiving very expensive-looking full-color, multi-page mailers and being subjected to radio spots announcing something called the California Gas Restriction Act of 2015. These turn out to be part of a massive and highly dishonest oil company campaign denouncing one of the best and most exciting bills that has been considered by the California legislature in a decade.
This is why Shell wants to drill in the Arctic
Yahoo Finance Senior Columnist Michael Santoli believes the big energy exploration and production companies are playing the long game here.
