Pipeline leaks 18,000 gallons of crude oil onto Oklahoma farmland
State and federal agencies are investigating what caused a crude oil pipeline to leak thousands of gallons of oil onto surrounding farmland in Kingfisher County last week.
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Tar sands pipeline threatens our endangered orcas
Southern Resident killer whales—one of the United States’ most iconic and endangered species—are now facing a new and formidable threat: Big Oil. This time, in the form of the newly approved Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline.
Trump to issue new order calling into question two decades of national monument designations
President Trump will sign an executive order Wednesday instructing the Interior Department to review national monument designations his three predecessors have made over the past 21 years, according to administration officials and GOP lawmakers, a move that could upend protections that previous presidents have put in place in Utah and elsewhere across the country.
Here’s how air pollution kills 3,450,000 people a year
A study released in the journal Nature found that in 2007, air pollution led to the premature deaths of 3.45 million people worldwide—a number equivalent to the population of the state of Connecticut. And to add insult to injury, air pollution doesn’t respect borders.
Methanol: a planet-friendly energy source?
The fossil fuel fight goes on for USC scientists as they develop a new method for creating reversible hydrogen storage based on methanol, with no carbon emissions, in the last major paper co-authored by USC’s first Nobel laureate, the late George Olah.
EU to propose linking CO2 emissions for trucks, cars to road toll charges
The European Commission is to propose making cars, trucks, buses and vans pay higher road toll charges the more CO2 they emit as it seeks to cut road transport’s carbon footprint, two EU officials said.
Leftovers on restaurant diners’ plates will be turned into compost, biofuel
Food left on diners’ plates that goes back to restaurant kitchens in Sacramento County will go into the compost bin instead of landfills.
Oil company vows pollution relief for Utah; air advocates skeptical
Utah air advocates and regulators are praising Chevron’s announcement that it will produce cleaner gasoline at its Salt Lake City oil refinery.
Wal-Mart aims to slash one gigaton of emissions by 2030
Wal-Mart has launched a “sustainability platform” that will invite its suppliers to join the retail giant in pledging to cut greenhouse gas emissions from operations and supply chains.
BP oil and gas leaks under control, but Alaskans want answers
Activists want to know what triggered the blowout at BP’s Prudhoe Bay oil well and whether ‘this is something that could be more pervasive.’
