"Wind Tops Coal In U.S. Power, Marking Its Rapid Ascent"
"Wind generated more electricity nationally than coal on three separate days over the past six weeks, according to an E&E News review of federal data."
Source: ClimateWire, 04/22/2020
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"Pandemic: Coal Company With Pruitt Ties Among Loan Recipients"
"A coal mining company with ties to Scott Pruitt, and a handful of companies serving the oil and natural gas industry, are among the beneficiaries of a loan program Congress established to help small businesses get through the coronavirus pandemic."
Source: Greenwire, 04/22/2020
For Oil Market Data, You Don’t Need Slippery Sources
Tracking the oil market — or more precisely, the price of oil — will tell you a great deal about environmental issues, whether it be fracking, pipelines, land use, toxic emissions or more. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox helps you follow the data for your stories. Plus, a Backgrounder on Big Oil and how it drives not just energy but environment stories.
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"Economic Toll Endangers Key Climate Goal: Cleaner Cars"
"The economic downturn triggered by the novel coronavirus pandemic threatens to stall multistate goals to put more clean cars on the road."
Source: ClimateWire, 04/21/2020
"Oil Spirals Below Zero in ‘Devastating Day’ for Global Industry"
"The day started like any other gloomy Monday in the oil market’s worst crisis in a generation. It ended with prices falling below zero, thrusting markets into a parallel universe where traders were willing to pay $40 a barrel just to get somebody to take crude off their hands."
Source: Bloomberg, 04/21/2020
Turmoil in World Oil Markets Tips Environmental Scales Too
The dramatic drop in demand for oil, driven by the shutdown of world economies by coronavirus, has meant a corresponding fall in prices. And that has profound environmental implications. But it’s a complicated dynamic to assess. Our Issue Backgrounder provides a look under the hood of Big Oil, and explains what it means for environment reporters. Plus, a Reporter’s Toolbox for tracking the data.
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Analysis: "For Oil and Its Dependents, It’s Code Blue"
"The great price collapse of 2020 will topple companies and transform states."
Source: The Tyee, 04/20/2020
"A Decade Later, Gulf Residents Suffer From BP’s Toxic Legacy"
"The people who cleaned up the 200 million-gallon Deepwater Horizon oil spill say they are still dealing with the health and economic fallout."
Source: HuffPost, 04/20/2020
"U.S. Weighs Paying Drillers to Leave Oil in Ground Amid Glut"
"The Trump administration is considering paying U.S. oil producers to leave crude in the ground to help alleviate a glut that has caused prices to plummet and pushed some drillers into bankruptcy."
Source: Bloomberg, 04/17/2020
"Tribes Press Judge To Halt US-Canada Pipeline As Work Starts"
"Native American tribes and environmental groups pressured a federal judge on Thursday to shut down work on the disputed Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to Nebraska, citing fears that workers could spread the coronavirus and construction could damage land."
Source: AP, 04/17/2020
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