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ExxonMobil Makes US Energy Policy
May 29, 2012
The American government's energy policy is as murky as crude oil. Political divisions have kept lawmakers from agreeing on a single direction to follow, so depending on who is in power, energy policy shifts from one ideology to the other.
A far more stable energy policy can be found in the ethos of ExxonMobil. The corporation favors profiting from American dependence on fossil fuels and that policy is unswayed by political winds. That stability, combined with hundreds of billions of dollars, means the most coherent and influential energy policy in America comes from that of ExxonMobil, according to Steve Coll, president of the New America Foundation.
Clean Up This Fracking Mess!
May 18, 2012
Well, well, well, now that's a deep subject...especially if you are talking about the use of hydraulic fracturing to create natural gas wells.
There's a lot of frack and forth in the debate about drilling for natural gas using hydraulic fracturing. Some Americans shake in fear of earthquakes and polluted ground water potentially caused by hydrolic fracturing, or fracking. Others believe natural gas can provide a less-polluting alternative to other fossil fuels like oil and coal.
Geologists on both sides of the fracking rift say the other side has feet of clay and lacks rock hard data. Mountains of controversy uplift as the tectonic forces of industry, environmentalism, science and social justice collide.
Pollution May Be the Cause of Earth’s Expanding Tropical Belt
May 17, 2012
Manmade pollutants, such as black carbon and tropospheric ozone, are most likely what’s causing the tropical belt expansion northward, a new study says.
In the Southern Hemisphere, depletion of stratospheric ozone has previously been shown to be the cause of tropical expansion. But, in the Northern Hemisphere, the main cause appears to be black carbon and tropospheric ozone pollution, the study says.
Brazil Navy investigates new oil spill off coast
May 17, 2012
(Reuters) - An oil spill was discovered off Brazil's coast near the country's Espirito Santo state, Brazil's Navy said on Thursday, the latest in a series of spills that have raised questions about the safety of a massive expansion of the country's oil production capacity.
The Navy said it has sent a team to investigate and has no immediate estimate of the spill's size.
Oil workers returning home after work offshore said there was an oil stain about 1 kilometer (0.6 mile) long on the ocean near the P-57 oil platform operated by Petrobras, Brazil's state-controlled oil company, the Folha de S. Paulo daily newspaper reported.
Suspected oil along Yellowstone River investigated; tests near spill site come back clean
May 16, 2012
BILLINGS, Mont. — Montana officials said Wednesday they are investigating several sites with suspected oil left over from an Exxon Mobil pipeline break last year, but recent testing shows one such site just downstream of the spill to be crude-free.
The July 1 accident spilled an estimated 1,500 barrels of crude, or 63,000 gallons, into the Yellowstone River near Laurel.
In recent weeks, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks workers have found sheens or other evidence of oil at several sites downstream of the spill, said agency spokesman Bob Gibson.