Fossil Fuels

Fossil fuels include coal, oil, gas and other fossil fuel-related issues such as fuel economy standards, carbon emission standards and fuel-efficient design. We also examine efforts to reduce the use of fossil fuel through the use of alternative energy sources like wind and solar power.

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Rio+20, Natural Gas Lobby, NRC, Camp David Declaration

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Rio+20, Natural Gas Lobby, NRC, Camp David DeclarationHere's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 11 items. The World Business Council for Sustainable ...

May 23, 2012

The Impact of Fracking

The Impact of Fracking Fracking and Our Energy Future brings a panel of experts and activists together to discuss the impact of hydraulic-fracturing natural gas ...

May 23, 2012

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Bonn Climate Talks, New Zealand ETS, IRIS Review

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Bonn Climate Talks, New Zealand ETS, IRIS ReviewHere's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 11 items. UN climate chief Christiana Figueres said that ...

May 18, 2012

EL Pro AEP Sustainability Report: Carbon Emissions Rise 1.5%, Revenues up 4.8%

AEP Sustainability Report: Carbon Emissions Rise 1.5%, Revenues up 4.8%American Electric Power's total CO2 emissions rose just shy of 1.5 percent from 2010 to 2011, while revenues rose 4.8 percent over that time period, ...

May 9, 2012

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Production Tax Credit, Light Bulbs, Buffett on Keystone

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Production Tax Credit, Light Bulbs, Buffett on KeystoneHere's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 11 items. President Barack Obama urged Congress to extend ...

May 9, 2012

North America Has Capacity to Store 500 Years of CO2 Emissions

North America Has Capacity to Store 500 Years of CO2 EmissionsNorth America's geological formations have the capacity to store 500 years of carbon dioxide emissions, according to an atlas produced by the United States, Canada ...

May 4, 2012

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Keystone XL, Korea ETS, Fracking Rules, Clean Energy Standard

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Keystone XL, Korea ETS, Fracking Rules, Clean Energy StandardHere's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 10 items. TransCanada is expected to reapply for its ...

May 4, 2012

Delta Airlines Buys Oil Refinery to Control Fuel Prices

Delta Airlines Buys Oil Refinery to Control Fuel PricesDelta Airlines has agreed to buy a refinery from oil giant ConocoPhillips in an effort to reduce its $300 million-a-year jet fuel bill. The ...

May 2, 2012

Gamma Light Tech Cuts Ships’ Fuel, Emissions ‘by 75%’

Gamma Light Tech Cuts Ships’ Fuel, Emissions ‘by 75%’Engineers with Gamma Light & Heavy Industries have developed a propulsion system that can maneuver a ...

April 30, 2012

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Hess, BNSF, Columbia Fines; Calif. Buildings, Bioeconomy Blueprint

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Hess, BNSF, Columbia Fines; Calif. Buildings, Bioeconomy BlueprintHere's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes nine items. The EPA says it temporarily put ...

April 27, 2012

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Chevron, Mexico Low-Carbon Bill, Oil Market Speculation

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Chevron, Mexico Low-Carbon Bill, Oil Market SpeculationHere's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 10 items. The new Brazilian prosecutor of the case ...

April 23, 2012

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Fracking Controls, China Aviation Plan, CVS Settlement

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Fracking Controls, China Aviation Plan, CVS SettlementHere's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 10 items. The Obama administration has set national standards ...

April 20, 2012

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Deepwater Horizon, Shell Oil Sheen, YPF Nationalization, Keystone XL, LNG Exports

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Deepwater Horizon, Shell Oil Sheen, YPF Nationalization, Keystone XL, LNG ExportsHere's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 18 items. A presidential commission investigating the 2010 Gulf ...

April 18, 2012

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Canada Vehicle Emissions, Natural Gas, TSCA, Petroleum Reserve

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Canada Vehicle Emissions, Natural Gas, TSCA, Petroleum ReserveHere's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 10 items. Canada issued greenhouse gas emissions rules that ...

April 16, 2012

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Biofuels, Herbicide Ruling, MA Energy Bill

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Biofuels, Herbicide Ruling, MA Energy BillHere's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes eight items. Six biofuel trade associations filed a ...

April 11, 2012

Higher MPG Standard Likely to Bring $4.8bn in Profits for Automakers, Study Says

Higher MPG Standard Likely to Bring $4.8bn in Profits for Automakers, Study SaysThe global auto industry will likely earn an extra $4.76 billion, or 5.3 percent, in profits in 2020 due to proposed U.S. gas mileage and ...

April 9, 2012

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Calif. Chemicals, Refinery Agreement, Loan Program Revived

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Calif. Chemicals, Refinery Agreement, Loan Program RevivedHere's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 10 items. The California Department of Toxic Substance ...

April 9, 2012

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: E15 Registrations, EPA Delays, BPA in Packaging

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: E15 Registrations, EPA Delays, BPA in PackagingHere's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 13 items. The EPA approved the first applications for ...

April 4, 2012

Renewable Energy Is No Longer a Pipe Dream

Renewable Energy Is No Longer a Pipe DreamIn October 2011, the global population reached seven billion. It is on its way to more than nine billion, and it took ...

April 2, 2012

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Shell Blocks Activists; BP Funds, Iran, Great Lakes Wind

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Shell Blocks Activists; BP Funds, Iran, Great Lakes WindShell has won an injunction, issued by a federal district court in Alaska, expanding the scope of an earlier restraining order that blocked Greenpeace activists ...

April 2, 2012