This Philadelphia Refinery Is the Country’s Worst Benzene Polluter. Trump Wants To Keep It Open
Trump-aided behind-the-scenes shenanigans may keep a horrifically toxic refinery in business.
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Iraq Is on the Brink of an Energy Crisis
A case study of the struggle for influence in Iraq.
Read more...‘Uninsurable and Unhedgeable’: Central Banks Warn of Financial Crisis from Climate Change
The world’s most powerful financial institutions are sounding the alarm that “a new global financial crisis triggered by climate change would render central banks and financial supervisors powerless.”
Read more...The War in Libya Will Never End
Looking at the gap between posturing and positions in Libya
Read more...This Problem With Fracked Oil and Gas Wells Is Occurring ‘at an Alarming Rate’
Well casing failures are a growing problem for an industry chasing profitability by cutting corners for its shale gas fracking operations.
Read more...Local Climate Policy Run Amok, Bellingham Edition
Bellingham, Washington tries to take on climate change….and their well-intentioned plan misses an elephant in the room.
Read more...Wolf Richter: The Great American Shale Oil & Gas Bust: Fracking Gushes Bankruptcies, Defaulted Debt, and Worthless Shares
A surge in frcking bankruptcies is fueled by collapsing prices for oil and natural gas; no end to the pain is in sight.
Read more...US Still at Risk of Iran Retaliation on Oil and Other Fronts
Why the US is vulnerable to Iran disrupting Middle East energy supplies or targeting critical non-oil infrastructure.
Read more...Oil and Gas Emissions Are Reversing Progress from Coal’s Decline
More grim emissions news….
Read more...The Real Reason the U.S. Is Interested in Iran
An Iran backgrounder that attempts to explain America’s obsession.
Read more...We Broke Down the Last Decade of Climate Change in 7 Charts
Some key climate change factoids.
Read more...Soil Science, Climate Change, and Property
Our understanding of soil is changing fast with new science. But can soil science help prevent global warming? Or, if the problems are political, not scientific, what is the political barrier?
Read more...Energy Analysts Deliver More Bad News for US Fracking Industry’s Business Model
The old business model of firms borrowing money from investors while hoping for future payouts on record-breaking wells no longer works.
Read more...Argentina Wants a Fracking Boom. The US Offers a Cautionary Tale
Argentina attempts to push fracking, despite its poor economic prospects – even worse than the industry’s lossmaking record in the US.
Read more...Coal Is Dead, But China Is Reviving It
Bad climate news: coal is far from over.
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