Tag: Oil

"Like so much of what Trump is pursuing now, this is a targeted strike against environmental justice and racial justice."

Marathon “worked with powerful oil-industry groups and a conservative policy network financed by the billionaire industrialist Charles G. Koch to run a stealth campaign to roll back car emissions standards.”

"An energy policy that doubles down on fossil fuel use is not the right path. We need an ambitious, job-centric plan that is grounded in emissions reductions.”

Nationalization as a way to wind down the sector, tackle the climate crisis and create a just economic transition.

No matter how this pandemic finally plays out, the post-Covid-19 world is bound to have a very different look from the pre-pandemic one and energy use is likely to be among the areas most affected by the transformations underway.

Are we any closer to preventing a similar—or worse—catastrophe?

“The crash that we’re seeing in the oil and gas and petrochemicals industry is a recent intensification of what has been a very long-term trend.”

As oil and gas production moves into ever-deeper waters, the goal should be to respond faster, more effectively and with a better understanding of what’s happening in real time.

In other words, facing a mounting glut and no ability to lower output further, some refineries may simply need to shut down entirely.

“As a legal matter this claim is laughable so it’s better thought of as a PR stunt.”