Latest Stories in Fossil Fuels - Page 6
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How Can the Interior Secretary Really Believe an Arctic Oil Spill Won't Happen?
The Interior Secretary has said that it's highly likely Shell will get approval to drill in the Arctic, soon. He also apparently thinks Shell has magic technology that cleans up oil spills.
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This Land is Coal's Land
Tons of U.S. public land is used for coal mining and drilling for gas. Essentially none is used for solar, wind, and geothermal.
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Natural Gas Companies May Have Colluded to Keep Land Prices Low in Michigan
An investigation reveals that Chesapeake and Encana traded emails talking about working together so they weren't outbidding one another. Whether it's enough for criminal antitrust action remains to be seen.
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The Sky Is Pink: There's No Safe Cigarette & There's No Safe Fracking (Video)
Josh Fox's new 18-minute anti-fracking video: If you have no idea what fracking is, watch it; if you think you know about fracking, still watch it.
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US Gov's Sham Coal "Auctions" Cost You $29 Billion
Coal companies and the Bureau of Land Management have long enjoyed what may be a too-tight relationship. BLM routinely holds "auctions" where the only bidder is a single coal company. The non-competitive arrangements means cheap coal—at your expense.
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Fox News Got Gas Prices Hilariously Wrong
Remember those predictions that gas prices would hit $8 this summer? If not, you don't watch enough Fox News.
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Is It Really a Coal Auction When Only One Company Bids?
In the Bureau of Land Management's upcoming lease auction for over 700 million tons of coal on public land in Wyoming, there's likely only to be one bidder: Peabody Energy
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Interior Secretary Gleefully Hails Resumption of Oil Drilling in Vicinity of BP Spill
Or... Ken Salazar does a good impersonation of Peter Kent.
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Shell's Arctic Oil Rigs to Get 24/7 Federal Inspectors
Inspectors from the Bureau of Safety and Environmental enforcement will "diligently review and monitor Shell's proposed activities."
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Coal Use Climbing Worldwide to Highest Level in 40 Years
Large increases in coal use in the Asia-Pacific region offset record declines in coal burning in the United States in 2011.
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New York Fracking Proposal Creates "Sacrifice Zones" in Poor Counties
The New York governer's draft proposal on fracking seems like a decent compromise at first, but on further consideration is short-sighted enshrining of environmental injustice.
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Stopping Keystone XL: Talking Dirty (Oil)
It's been a big week for Keystone XL tar sands oil news - here are some highlights.
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IEA's Golden Age of Natural Gas Will Usher in a Dark Age for Civilization & Nature
The IEA's "Golden Rules" scenario will ensure temperature rise of 3.5°C, well above what's needed to prevent dangerous climate change, and what nations have agreed to do.
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There's So Much Fracking in Pennsylvania That Indie Bands and World-Famous Hitchhiking Directors Can't Find Hotels
So this is a pretty surreal story.
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Ol' Keystone XL Will Raise Gas Prices After All: New Report
Wasn't this thing supposed to lower gas prices and create like 10 million jobs?
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The Charcoal Bicyclists of Deforestation-Ravaged Mozambique
After chopping, burning, and packaging up what was once old growth forest, this charcoal-hauling cyclist will embark on a 70 km ride to sell his goods.
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Two-Thirds of US Land Leased by Oil Industry Not Used
Yet the oil industry wants access to more land...
