Oil & Gas

Clean Energy Backs Natural Gas Vehicle Legislation

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. is adding its support for the New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions (NAT GAS) Act recently introduced in Congress. The federal ...

April 2, 2009

Shell Scales Back Renewable Energy Investments

Royal Dutch Shell has angered "green" groups by announcing plans to scale back its renewable energy business to focus on oil, gas and biofuels, reports the ...

March 18, 2009

Obama’s Budget Relies on Cap-and-Trade to Offset Costs

President Obama's economic team Feb. 26 released details of his nearly trillion-dollar budget - to be funded in part by cap-and-trade limits on carbon emissions - revealing how the energy and environment sectors are likely ...

February 26, 2009

Obama’s Budget Might Include Revenue From Carbon Tax

By 2013, President Obama wants to reduce the government deficit to $533 billion, or half its current level. To accomplish this, he will, in part, lean ...

February 23, 2009

Total CEO Predicts Approach of Peak Oil

The CEO of Europe’s third largest energy group predicts the world will never be able to produce more than 89 million barrels of oil a day, ...

February 17, 2009

Bumpy Start For Oil Industry, Administration

Oil industry executives are encouraging the government to open more offshore regions to exploration and production. However, the new Interior Secretary, Ken Salazar, recently rejected a Bush ...

February 12, 2009

Shell Accused of Greenwashing, Again

Royal Dutch Shell has been accused of exaggerating environmental policies in the past, and a new ad they’ve recently released is once again causing the ...

February 4, 2009

Coal Plant Ditched for Gas and Wind.

Regulatory uncertainty and environmental lawsuits forced developers of the Highwood Generating Station to halt work on a controversial planned coal-fired generating plant, replacing it with one powered by natural gas and wind turbines, reports ...

February 3, 2009

Obama Fuel Ruling Headed For Compromise

President Obama's order to the Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider its earlier ban on Californian tough greenhouse gas emissions is likely to end in a compromise that automakers and environmentalists can live with, writes ...

February 3, 2009

EIA Releases ‘Annual Energy Outlook 2009′

The Energy Information Administration released their Annual Energy Outlook 2009, presenting a number of U.S. energy consumptions and production projections for the next few decades. Some ...

January 21, 2009

Lower Fuel Prices Hurt U.S. Hybrid Sales

Just last summer, high fuel prices were helping to drive consideration of hybrids. But as the prices of fuel tumble to about $2 a gallon, so is American's appetite for hybrid ...

January 6, 2009

Green Business 2008 – Environmental Leader’s Most Popular Stories

With 2008 just out the door, it's a good time to look back at the green business issues and news items popular with top sustainability executives. Here are Environmental Leader's top green business stories for ...

January 5, 2009

P&G Reduces Bill for Energy Conservers

Northern and central California energy customers are among the most energy-efficiency conscious in the US, said Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), which has started a program to reward them for their ...

December 23, 2008

ExxonMobil Fails to Comply With 2005 Court Ruling

ExxonMobil will fork over some $6.1 million as a penalty for its violation of the terms of a 2005 court order concerning the Clean Air Act agreement, announced the Department ...

December 18, 2008

RGGI Power Plant Emissions Down 16% in 2008

Total power plant emissions in 2008 are on track to be about 16 percent below the prescribed cap level in 2009, according to a report from Environment Northeast (pdf). Generation from ...

December 17, 2008

UK Companies Warn Govt. About Impending Oil Crisis

A recent report from the Industry Taskforce on Peak Oil and Energy Security, an industry lobby group which includes Virgin, Yahoo, Solarcentury and transport operator Stagecoach, warns the UK government that supplies of cheap, easily ...

December 16, 2008

Many Petroleum Execs Anticipate Rise of Alternatives

Half of the respondents interviewed for a Deloitte Oil & Gas industry study believe that the U.S. could run out of reasonably priced oil within the next 25 years, and a similar number - 56 ...

December 10, 2008

Fortuna Energy Turns To PA Wells As NY Debates Regulatory Issues

Oil prices have been failing and the economy is in a recession but Fortuna Energy is spending at least $160 million to develop infrastructure to drill up to 40 natural gas wells ...

December 9, 2008

Greenpeace: Certified ‘Sustainable Palm Oil’ Not Eco-Friendly

Greenpeace said the first shipload of palm oil certified as “sustainable oil” from United Plantations, does not meet the criteria set for an environmentally friendly product. Greenpeace says the company does ...

November 13, 2008

Want A Green Brand? Increase Your Green Ad Budget

For the second year, the U.S. Climate Brand Index is dominated by manufacturing and auto brands with big ad budgets, with GE retaining its top spot and Toyota retaining second place. Honda ...

October 31, 2008

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