Energy & Fuel

"South Sudan Ignores Reports On Oil Pollution, Birth Defects"

"The oil industry in South Sudan has left a landscape pocked with hundreds of open waste pits, the water and soil contaminated with toxic chemicals and heavy metals including mercury, manganese, and arsenic, according to four environmental reports obtained by The Associated Press."

Source: AP, 02/14/2020

"Trump’s Path to Weaker Fuel Efficiency Rules May Lead to a Dead End"

"Last April, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Andrew Wheeler, proclaimed at an auto show ... that he would soon roll back President Barack Obama’s stringent fuel efficiency standards. ... Nearly a year later, the rollback is nowhere near complete and may not be ready until this summer — if ever."

Source: NY Times, 02/14/2020

"Oregon LNG Terminal, First on West Coast, Up for FERC Decision"

"Oregon appears on a collision course with federal regulators whose environmental review of what would be the West Coast’s first liquefied natural gas export terminal is replete with factual errors, missing data, and a lax reading of environmental law, according to state agencies."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 02/13/2020

"Trump ‘Turns Back Clock’ By Luring Drilling Companies To Pristine Lands"

"The Trump administration has offered oil companies a chunk of the American west and the Gulf of Mexico that’s four times the size of California – an expansive drilling plan that threatens to entrench the industry at the expense of other outdoor jobs, while locking in enough emissions to undermine global climate policy."

Source: Guardian, 02/13/2020

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