Opposition builds against oil, gas leases near Zion National Park
Longtime Las Vegas businessman Chuck Dimick spent about 15 years searching for just the right piece of land in Utah to use as a weekend getaway spot.
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EPA chief Pruitt: U.S. should ‘exit’ Paris climate agreement
Scottt Pruitt’s statement puts him at odds with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, the former chief executive of ExxonMobil, and some major U.S. coal companies.
Utah’s Bears Ears monument is a rock star for night skies — and mineral resources
Supporters of national monuments say that, even under government ownership, federal lands in the West are being fragmented by new roads and oil and gas rigs, and are calling for stronger conservation measures to protect them.
Op-ed: It’s time Oregon clean up its dirty diesel problem
It wasn’t long after I was diagnosed that I learned that railroad workers, firefighters, truckers, miners and others like me who worked with diesel engines and diesel exhaust face an increased risk of several kinds of cancer.
Small California towns are facing off against oil companies — and winning
Last fall, as presidential candidate Donald Trump promised America more oil and coal production, a small refinery town in Northern California stood up against its biggest employer and taxpayer.
Carbon dioxide levels could reach their highest point in 50 million years by the end of the century
Continuing to burn fossil fuels at the current rate could bring atmospheric carbon dioxide to its highest concentration in 50 million years, jumping from about 400 parts per million now to more than 900 parts per million by the end of this century, a new study warns.
MEPs vote to ban the use of palm oil in biofuels
MEPs have voted overwhelmingly to ban biofuels made from vegetable oils including palm oil by 2020, to prevent the EU’s renewable transport targets from inadvertently contributing to deforestation.
Flight turbulence to get three times more common because of CO2
Turbulence strong enough to bounce unbuckled passengers around an aircraft cabin could become three times more common as carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere rise, experts predict.
Thousands of defects found on oil train routes
When a freight train derailed in the Montana town of Culbertson, spilling 27,000 gallons of crude oil, investigators blamed the 2015 accident on defective or missing fasteners used to hold the tracks in place.
Owner of leaking Alaska gas pipeline now dealing with oil spill nearby
Hilcorp Alaska, owner of an underwater pipeline leaking natural gas into Alaska’s Cook Inlet, is now responding to a second pipeline spill in the same vicinity. That one was spewing oil.
