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Energy Transformation Key to Achieving Global Emissions Reductions Goals

Posted on May 4, 2018 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

A global energy transformation is required in order to hold global mean temperature rise below the 2 degrees C climate tipping point, according to IRENA.

The Interior Department is In Bed With the Oil and Gas Industry

Posted on April 9, 2018 by Gina-Marie Cheeseman | 0 Comments

President Trump signed an executive order last year promoting energy independence. The day after, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke issued two orders with the intention of implementing Trump’s executive order. They promote the development of energy, including oil and gas, on public lands. Reuters recently reported that oil and gas drillers only bid on a “tiny fraction” of Gulf of Mexico…

Zinke Strips Away Protections, Reduces Public Comment Period on Federal Lands

Posted on February 9, 2018 by Gina-Marie Cheeseman | 0 Comments

Expect more oil and gas drilling on federal lands. A new policy implemented by the Trump administration rolls back oil and gas drilling policies for federal land implemented in 2010 by the Obama administration. A recent Bureau of Land Management memo states that public review and disclosure of environmental harm from drilling and fracking will be eliminated. Stripping away protections…

Drill baby, drill. Trump seeks to expand offshore drilling along U.S. coasts

Trump Administration Opens Up U.S. Coasts To Offshore Drilling

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Gina-Marie Cheeseman | 0 Comments

“Drill baby drill” is more than a mantra by those that want to increase domestic output of fossil fuels. It is a way of life, as the recent proposal by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke to increase offshore drilling on both coasts proves. Zinke’s proposal would make over 90 percent of the acreage within the National Outer Continental…

Trump, U.S. Energy Policy and the Warming Climate

Posted on December 20, 2017 by Andrew Burger | 2 Comments

Pres. Trump’s energy and climate policies will put the US further behind in the global drive to reduce emissions and isolate the country internationally, according to the World Resources Institute.

EIA lowballs estimations for renewable generation 2016

Wrong Again: Electrical Generation from Renewable Blows Past EIA Forecast

Posted on February 27, 2017 by Thomas Schueneman | 0 Comments

Forecasts from the Energy Information Administration have consistently underestimated the growth of renewable energy development in the United States, a trend that persisted through 2016. The latest EIA Electric Power Monthly report shows continued rapid growth from all renewable energy sources through December 31, 2016. Electrical generation from solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, and hydropower sources accounted for 15.34 percent of the total for…

New generating capacity in the US continues to outpace gas and other fossil fuels

New U.S. Capacity from Renewable Sources Far Outpace Natural Gas

Posted on May 5, 2016 by Thomas Schueneman | 1 Comments

The first quarter of 2016 is one of lopsided records. First there are the monthly temperature records, with February the most unusually warm on record followed by March, with yet a new record deviation. In the midst of these increasingly worrisome records is another, offering hope that the response to these changing climate patterns is underway. The latest “Energy Infrastructure Update” report…

Energy Transformation Key to Achieving Global Emissions Reductions Goals

The Interior Department is In Bed With the Oil and Gas Industry

Zinke Strips Away Protections, Reduces Public Comment Period on Federal Lands

Trump Administration Opens Up U.S. Coasts To Offshore Drilling

Trump, U.S. Energy Policy and the Warming Climate

Wrong Again: Electrical Generation from Renewable Blows Past EIA Forecast

New U.S. Capacity from Renewable Sources Far Outpace Natural Gas

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