From my feed at Quora.com, a reader asks: What are the biggest obstacles/challenges facing the energy industry? Do you literally mean “challenges facing the energy industry,” e.g., the oil companies? If so, you need to understand that this is very …
Category: Fossil Fuels
A Weird Time for the U.S. to Approve the Extraction of Fossil Fuels on Federally-Owned Land
Unfortunately, the folks at Greenpeace are best known for their civil disobedience. I say “unfortunately,” not that I have a problem with refusing to comply with harmful laws, but because the vast majority of what these people do is far …
From Guest Blogger Lizzie Weakly: Understanding the Sudden Decline in Gas Prices
Driving is not as expensive as it has traditionally been in recent years, largely because gas prices– one of the largest day-to-day expenses with driving– have been low. While over 200,000 oil workers have lost their jobs, many consumers have …
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State of New York To Use "Martin Act" To Prosecute ExxonMobil
As an observer of the justice system here in the United States, I have always wondered about the need for laws that are created to help prosecutors go after certain specific types of criminals. For example, we’re far more indignant …
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Hey ExxonMobil: There's an Intense Little Girl with a Sharp Instrument Headed Your Way
As it becomes increasingly clear that ExxonMobil is facing a category-5 hellstorm of legal onslaught from our Justice Department over the oil giant’s conspiracy to deceive the world about climate change, I find myself ever more alert to metaphors that …
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Different Reasons to Love Renewable Energy
I had an experience yesterday at the Renewable Energy Finance Forum in San Francisco that I thought I’d share. Right before lunch, I took the opportunity to pose a question to the panel on the stage, prefaced with this announcement: …
Pipeline Rejected!
Needless to say, this is fantastic news, primarily from the perspective that Mr. Steyer notes below. I.e., it’s an announcement that my country does, in fact, have an energy policy, one that contemplates the welfare of the world’s people and …
Can One Discuss the Future of Mobility without Mentioning Climate Change? Apparently So.
As I write this I’m listening to a wonderful webinar on mobility, featuring presentations from Shell Oil and the market research giant Frost and Sullivan. There is a fantastically complex array of different forces that are rapidly transforming our world …
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By All Means, Come Live in the US—Just Manage Your Expectations Carefully
In a recent survey, thousands of people from all over the world were asked if they aspired to emigrate from their homeland into another country, and, of those who answered in the affirmative, the United States was by far the …
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Who Manufactures the "News" We Receive?
Here’s a quote from today’s edition of The Writer’s Almanac that I hope readers will find relevant: Today is the birthday of … pioneering broadcast journalist Fred W. Friendly (pictured)….a large persuasive man, with strongly held opinions, (who) frequently butted heads with the …
