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Bad News: Record Oil Imports into China in 2023

April 19, 2024 admin 0 Comments Angola, Brazil, China, clean transport, Congo, crude oil, Electric vehicles, Fossil Fuels, Iraq, Kuwait, Malaysia, Norway, Oil, Oman, qatar, research, Russia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, us oil, usa

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 23:31:19 +0000

China is well known as the world’s leading electric vehicle (EV) market. More than half of the world’s EV sales have occurred there in recent years. It is a standard of the rapid, uplifting EV revolution. In 2023, 25% of auto sales in China were sales of full electric vehicles. … [continued]

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How Can You Tell Fossil Fuel Executives Are Lying? Their Lips Are Moving!

April 18, 2024 admin 0 Comments clean power, clean transport, climate change, Coal, energy security, Europe, Fossil Fuels, national security, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 12:16:27 +0000

Fossil fuel companies have been lying to the public for more than 50 years. It’s time we stopped listening to them.

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U.S. Interior Department Takes Action to Protect Taxpayers from Offshore Oil & Gas Decommissioning Costs

April 18, 2024 admin 0 Comments boem, bureau of land management, bureau of land management (blm), bureau of ocean energy management, bureau of ocean energy management (boem), deb haaland, department of the interior (doi), Fossil Fuels, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, us bureau of land management

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 03:50:15 +0000

Updated regulations for the offshore oil and gas industry will strengthen risk management and financial assurance requirements WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior today announced a final rule from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to protect taxpayers from covering costs that should be borne by the oil and … [continued]

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U.S. Interior Department Finalizes Action to Ensure Fair Return to Taxpayers, Strengthen Accountability for Oil & Gas Operations On Public Lands

April 16, 2024 admin 0 Comments bureau of land management (blm), deb haaland, department of the interior (doi), Fossil Fuels, natural gas, Oil, press releases

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 23:52:30 +0000

Final rule will improve responsible stewardship of America’s lands, better protect cultural and natural resources, and implement changes directed by Congress WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior today announced a final rule to revise the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) oil and gas leasing regulations, which will ensure a balanced … [continued]

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U.S. Crude Oil Exports Reached a Record in 2023

March 23, 2024 admin crude oil, Fossil Fuels, Oil, oil exports, us oil

Credit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 03:22:41 +0000

U.S. crude oil exports established a record in 2023, averaging 4.1 million barrels per day (b/d), 13% (482,000 b/d) more than the previous annual record set in 2022. Except for 2021, U.S. crude oil exports have increased every year since 2015, when the U.S. ban on most crude oil exports was … [continued]

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4 Countries Could Account for Most Near-Term Petroleum Liquids Supply Growth

March 23, 2024 admin Brazil, Canada, Fossil Fuels, guyana, Oil, oil production, opec, US, us oil

Credit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 03:00:47 +0000

In 2023, the world produced an estimated 101.8 million barrels per day (b/d) of petroleum and other liquids: mostly crude oil but also lease condensate, natural gas liquids, biofuels, and other liquids from hydrocarbon sources. We expect the global petroleum and other liquids supply to increase by about 0.4 million … [continued]

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Aramco CEO Blasts Energy Transition “Fantasy” At CERAWeek 2024

March 22, 2024 admin amin nasser, aramco, cebaweek 2024, clean power, Fossil Fuels, iea, international energy agency (iea), jennifer granholm, methane gas, natural gas, Oil, oil demand, oil production, opec, policy & politics, saudi aramco

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 06:24:15 +0000

CERAWeek 2024 featured an address by Aramco CEO Amin Nasser in which he called a transition away from fossil fuels “a fantasy.”:

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Natural Gas Isn’t Burning Nearly As Cleanly As We Thought

March 22, 2024 admin Alberta, Canada, carbon emissions, clean power, climate change, Energy, Fossil Fuels, green economy, investment, methane, natural gas, Oil

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 15:35:18 +0000

Remember those golden days when natural gas was a clean-burning bridge fuel, a nice way to reduce emissions as we ditched coal and switched to renewables? It was such a pleasant fantasy, while it lasted. Remember how the USA has a shared dream that it has world-beating emissions reductions because … [continued]

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India’s Report Card Against Short List Of Climate Actions Is Better Than Most Realize

March 19, 2024 admin air quality, biofuels, carbon emissions, carbon pricing, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Coal, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy Storage, ev sales, Fossil Fuels, green economy, grid, hydroelectric, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, India, india solar power, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit / public transit, motorcycles + scooters, natural gas, nuclear energy, Oil, policy & politics, pumped hydro storage, renewable energy, Smart Grid, Solar energy, subsidies, trains / rail, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 22:59:51 +0000

For several years I’ve been iterating The Short List of Climate Actions That Will Work. The work of organizations like Mark Z. Jacobson’s Stanford team around energy and Carbon Drawdown’s around everything are excellent in different ways, but also indigestible to most people. The short list really is that. It’s … [continued]

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