Oil’s dream to grow in plastics dims as Coke turns to plants
Companies that make packaging from plants instead of fossil fuels are starting to challenge the oil industry’s ambition to increase the supply of raw materials for plastics.
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Americans love trucks: Does that mean fuel economy doesn’t matter anymore?
The Trump administration crusade to wipe out every vestige of Obama-era policies, including auto fuel economy standards, will continue in 2018, but environmental and consumer advocates are pushing back hard.
How Big Oil lost control of its climate misinformation machine
It is one of the largest, longest and most consequential misinformation efforts mounted against mainstream science by an industry.
Trump administration halts study of offshore oil inspections
The Trump administration has halted an independent scientific study of offshore oil inspections by the federal safety agency created after the 2010 spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
The Trump administration just halted an offshore oil drilling inspection study
The Trump administration halted an independent offshore oil drilling review, the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine reported on Thursday.
Photos: Drilling America’s heritage
Under Secretary Ryan Zinke, the Interior Department has become a rubber stamp for the oil and gas industry.
Arctic Refuge has lots of wildlife—oil, maybe not so much
The U.S. Geological Survey estimates the area could contain 4.3 billion to 11.8 billion barrels of technically recoverable oil. The USGS gives the higher figure only a five percent probability.
Nearly 100 million pounds of toxic chemicals used in oil wells near homes, schools, study says
About 98 million pounds of cancer-causing chemicals and highly corrosive acids were used in thousands of Los Angeles County oil wells over the past four years, potentially exposing nearby residents to public health risks, according to a study released last week by an anti-oil drilling coalition.
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge battle ends, but drilling not a given
It was hardly a footnote in most national stories on the issue, but Congress’ passage of the Republican tax bill will be a chapter in Alaska’s history books.
Oil and gas plumes found at site of 13-year-old leak in Gulf
Federal regulators have found fresh evidence of an “ongoing oil release” at the site of a 13-year-old oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, where chronic sheens often stretch for miles off Louisiana’s coast, according to government lawyers.
