Oregon’s clean fuels program off to a great start
Oregon’s CFP completed a very successful first year, but it remains under attack, so it’s a great time to review how the policy works, the results of its first year, and its prospects for the future.
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Living on top of forgotten oil and gas wells
It came as news to Jeff Parsek that state records show there is an abandoned oil and gas well in his driveway.
Inside the debate over repealing curbs on methane leaks
A deadline is fast approaching for Republican lawmakers who want to undo an Obama-era regulation that aims to limit the emissions of methane — a powerful greenhouse gas — from energy production sites on public lands.
Where oil rigs go to die
When a drilling platform is scheduled for destruction, it must go on a thousand-mile final journey to the breaker’s yard. As one rig proved when it crashed on to the rocks of a remote Scottish island, this is always a risky business.
Pentagon wants offshore drilling ban maintained in eastern Gulf
The Pentagon wants to continue a ban on offshore drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico that’s set to expire in five years.
U.S. will lose jobs if it quits Paris climate deal: U.N.
The United States will shoot itself in the foot if it quits the Paris climate accord because China, India and Europe will snap up the best power sector jobs in future, U.N. Environment chief Erik Solheim said on Thursday.
Exxon Mobil’s outdated equipment and procedures led to Torrance explosion, agency says
Exxon Mobil Corp. relied on outdated procedures and used equipment that was older than its safe operating life, which led to a 2015 explosion at the Torrance refinery, endangering 150,000 nearby residents, a federal agency said Wednesday.
North Dakota: the oil spill state
North Dakota is an oil-drenched state. In the year ending on May 1, 2017, according to the state’s Department of Health, the state’s oil and gas industry reported 745 involved oil spills — on average, a spill every 11 hours and 45 minutes.
Combining three vehicle technologies could nearly eliminate auto emissions
A new report finds that layering autonomous and electric tech with ride-sharing could cut carbon emissions 80 percent by 2050.
Colorado investigators link fatal home explosion to Anadarko well
Colorado investigators have linked a fatal home explosion last month to a faulty gas line connected to an old well owned by Anadarko Petroleum.
