News & Articles on Fossil Fuels
Fossil Fuels ares not renewable, obviously. They are listed here for organizational reasons. I don’t write about fossil fuels–as a rule. However, fossil fuels and those who promote them are not going away quietly. Thus, I felt it necessary to include the topic to distinguish articles that are not about nuclear power or renewable energy.
Why the world’s third-largest economy is still betting on coal
By
Umair Irfan
Japan, the world’s third-largest economy, is leaning into coal power, a striking move at a time when the climate crisis is accelerating and most of its economic peers are cutting back on the high-polluting energy source.
Orphan Wells in California – An Initial Assessment of the State’s Potential Liabilities
By
Judson Boomhower
The analysis finds that 5,540 wells in California may already have no viable operator, and that the potential net liability for the State appears to be about $500 million, after subtracting available bonds. An additional 69,425 economically marginal and idle wells could become orphaned in the future.
Japan’s promotion of coal-fired power plants spurred U.N. to reject Abe’s request to address September climate summit
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The United Nations rejected Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s request to speak at its climate summit last September, government sources said Thursday, apparently due to the government’s promotion of coal-fired power plants.
ROBERT PRICE: Can you imagine Bakersfield without oil? EPA does
By
Robert Price
Telling Kern County that California has reached the end of oil is like telling a cowboy to go home because the cattle drive has no more cattle. What now? A cowboy has to feed his family.
ROBERT PRICE: State’s new energy blueprint can’t leave Kern County in the dark
By
Robert Price
Four years before Gov. Gavin Newsom set in motion the managed decline of California’s oil industry, Aera Energy CEO Christina Sistrunk was asking questions about the mechanics, and wisdom, of such an undertaking.
Canada Subsidizes Fossil Fuels, Can’t Talk Climate Change In Election Year
By
Michael Barnard
During election year information sessions for charities in June, Elections Canada told them that any ads by environmental charities mentioning climate change during the election period could be consider partisan and hence subject to significant changes in charity status. This is because the formal position of one of the registered parties, the People’s Party of Canada (PPC), has a stated position of global warming denial.
