Latest Energy Headlines
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Hurricane Harvey Shutters Key Oil, Gas Operations in Texas
Aug 27 2017 // Key oil and gas facilities along the Texas Gulf Coast have temporarily shut down as Hurricane Harvey pounds the region with torrential rain and high winds, virtually assuring gasoline prices will rise in the storm’s...
Harvey Set to Bring ‘Catastrophic’ Flooding Across Texas
Aug 23 2017 // Harvey, which could strengthen into the first hurricane to strike Texas since 2008, forced workers off Gulf of Mexico platforms, sent cotton rallying and has airlines preparing for flight disruptions. Tropical Storm...
Declarations
Aug 21 2017 // TVA Coal Ash Ruling “While the decision to build the Ash Pond Complex is in the past, the consequences of that decision continue today, and it now falls on the Court to address them.” — U.S. District...
Despite Reduction in Oil, Gas Wastewater Injections, Oklahoma Quakes Continue
Aug 16 2017 // The disposal of wastewater from oil and gas production by injecting it deep into the ground has been linked to a dramatic increase in earthquake activity in Oklahoma since 2009. Injection rates have declined recently...
$7M in BP Oil Spill Fines to Create 300 Conservation Jobs
Aug 11 2017 // About $7 million in BP oil spill penalties will create 300 conservation jobs in Gulf of Mexico states. Jeff DeQuattro of The Nature Conservancy said that employment will ramp up over three years: 10 people working in each...
Swing Voters in California Climate Deal Among Top Oil Money Recipients
Aug 9 2017 // California Assembly members considered swing votes on legislation to reduce carbon emissions by charging polluters were among the top recipients of donations from oil companies, an analysis of campaign finance filings...
Shell Plans to Restart Europe’s Biggest Oil Refinery After Recent Fire
Aug 9 2017 // Royal Dutch Shell Plc will attempt on Friday to restart one of two crude units at Europe’s biggest oil refinery that were halted by a fire late last month, a person with knowledge of the matter said. European diesel...
New Regulations to Improve Safety at California Oil Refineries Finalized
Aug 8 2017 // New regulations designed to strengthen workplace and environmental safety at oil refineries across the state were finalized this week. The regulations, which take effect on Oct. 1, include recommendations of the...
California’s Jones Tells Oklahoma’s AG, Insurance Commissioner and Others He Stands by Climate Initiative
Aug 7 2017 // Responding to top government officials in oil, gas and coal producing states that threatened to sue over his state’s climate initiatives, California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has pretty much said: bring it...
California Commissioner Counters AGs, Other Commissioners over Climate Initiative
Aug 7 2017 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones fired off a letter to the 12 oil state attorneys general and one governor from states like Texas and Oklahoma over threats to sue him if he did not stop his Climate Risk Carbon...
Report Calls out $361M of Euro Insurer Assets in Expanding Coal Concerns
Aug 3 2017 // A climate activist group is calling out a handful of European insurers for having significant holdings in fossil fuels despite pledges by the companies to be more climate friendly. A report released today alleges that...
Fracking-Related Water Problems Raise Issues in West Texas
Aug 3 2017 // A West Texas land baron and oilman is on the verge of pumping 5.4 million gallons of water a day from far under the desert mountains here and piping it 60 miles to the nation’s most bountiful oil field, the Permian...
Drug Use Common Among West Texas Oil Field Workers
Aug 1 2017 // Eddy Lozoya never failed a drug test in the three years he hauled water and sand across the West Texas oil patch, even though he used at least $200 a day in cocaine to keep his eyes open on brutally long days behind the...
EPA Wants 7 Oklahoma Oil Well Injection Sites Shuttered
Aug 1 2017 // The Environmental Protection Agency has requested oil producers stop injecting wastewater in seven well sites in northeast Oklahoma to halt saltwater contamination in the area. The EPA’s request comes nearly a year...
California Commissioner Takes Aim at Oil, Coal Producing States
Jul 28 2017 // Responding to top government officials in 12 oil and gas producing states that threatened to sue over the state’s climate initiatives, California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones said: bring it on. In June, Oklahoma...
California Commissioner Counters AGs, other Commissioners over Climate Initiative
Jul 28 2017 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has fired off a letter to the 12 oil state attorneys general and one governor from states like Texas and Oklahoma over threats to sue him if he did not stop his Climate Risk...
UK to Ban Sales of Fossil Fuel Powered Cars by 2040 to Cut Air Pollution
Jul 26 2017 // The UK became the latest European country to mark the end of the line for diesel and gasoline fueled cars as automakers such as Volvo race to build electric vehicles or face the consequences of getting left behind. In...
3 Coastal California Communities Sue Oil Companies over Sea-Rise
Jul 19 2017 // Three ocean-front California local governments are taking legal action against oil companies, saying oil giants have known for almost 50 years that fossil fuels are changing the climate and causing sea rise. Northern...
Contractor Cuts Texas Oil Pipeline; 1,200 Barrels of Crude Spilled
Jul 17 2017 // Authorities say about 50,000 gallons of crude oil spilled after a contractor accidentally cut an underground pipeline in Central Texas. A spokesman for Magellan Midstream Partners, Bruce Heine, says the contractor was...
Feds Fine Exxon $165K over Explosion, Worker Injuries Louisiana Oil Refinery
Jul 13 2017 // ExxonMobil Corp. has been fined about $165,000 by U.S. regulators for safety lapses including inadequate training and equipment maintenance over an explosion that injured four workers at an aging Baton Rouge, Louisiana,...
