Tag: Fossil Fuels

Deb Haaland

Energy and Environment

Deb Haaland in no-win situation over Biden federal drilling ban

Josh Siegel · December 23, 2020 11:36 am

Energy and Environment

GOP group claims its carbon tax is better for the economy than climate mandates

Josh Siegel · December 18, 2020 10:45 am

Energy and Environment

Biden chooses Deb Haaland as interior secretary to help curb emissions on federal land

Josh Siegel · December 17, 2020 7:32 pm

Oil and gas producers generally resort to flaring when there is insufficient pipelines and other infrastructure to transport the natural gas for use.

Energy and Environment

US oil lobby launches program to reduce emissions from flaring of natural gas

Josh Siegel · December 16, 2020 11:37 am

ExxonMobil late last year made new commitments setting short-term targets for reducing emissions and beginning to publish data on the use of its products, and also back-tracked on a plan to substantially increase spending on oil and gas production.

Energy and Environment

Oil giant Exxon commits to emissions reductions in line with Paris Agreement

Josh Siegel · December 14, 2020 3:13 pm

Green No Deal

Varad Mehta · December 4, 2020 4:00 am

Democrats have long been successful in blocking Republican efforts to allow energy exploration in a 1.5 million acre section of the 19.6 million acres of ANWR known as the â1002 area,â where billions of barrels of crude oil lie beneath the coastal plain.

Energy and Environment

Trump to fast-track sale of oil drilling rights in Arctic refuge before Biden takes office

Josh Siegel · December 3, 2020 4:07 pm

Brian Deese said Congress is far behind on the issue of climate change, making the politics "very challenging." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Energy and Environment

Liberal climate activists rethink war over Biden economic adviser pick

Josh Siegel · December 3, 2020 11:33 am

Lawsuits are necessary to "start extracting money from the fossil fuel industry," James Hansen says. (AP Photo/Matt Brown, file)

Seven reasons a world without fossil fuels is not practical

Yves Siegel · November 24, 2020 2:37 pm

Kids protest climate change.

Paris climate treaty puts America last

Stephen Moore · November 20, 2020 4:00 am

Republicans and Democrats are more divided over the issue of climate change going into the November election, but support more wind and solar. (iStock Photo)

Energy and Environment

George W. Bush’s EPA chief thinks Biden will revert agency to pre-Trump era

Abby Smith · November 20, 2020 4:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined at left by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., speaks to reporters in advance of President Donald Trump's State of the Union speech, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019.

Energy and Environment

Here’s what congressional Republicans are thinking on climate following the election

Josh Siegel · November 12, 2020 11:18 am