Petroleum

November 23rd 2021

The Real Impact Biden’s Strategic Oil Release Will Have on Gas Prices

'I don’t think this is a bad thing for them to try this now and try and ease the burden on the American consumer.'

Energy Molly Taft Nov 23

Biden Releases the Oil to Combat Soaring Gas Prices

The move is part of a global effort to bring down energy prices that have soared as countries emerge from the pandemic.

Energy Mack DeGeurin Nov 23

November 19th 2021

The Real Reason Gas Prices Are So High Right Now

It's not the Biden administration's energy policies nor Big Oil illegally manipulating prices.

Energy Molly Taft Nov 19

October 28th 2021

Republicans Slobbered All Over Themselves to Apologize to Big Oil CEOs

In an absurd spectacle on Thursday, Republicans expressed a deep love for the fossil fuel industry—which just so happens to be one of their biggest donors.

Climate Change Brian Kahn Oct 28

October 13th 2021

A Tiny Alabama Company Owns More Gas Wells Than Exxon

Diversified Energy isn't a household name, but it's gobbling up other producers' aging, methane-leaking gas wells.

Energy Dharna Noor Oct 13

October 8th 2021

The ABCs of Big Oil: How the ‘Father of Forestry’ Inspired Big Oil

On the third episode of The ABCs of Big Oil podcast, we look at why the oil and gas industry wanted to propagandize high schoolers.

Climate Change Dharna Noor Oct 8

October 5th 2021

Huntington Beach High School May Want to Change Its Mascot After This Oil Spill

Should it really be any surprise that this disaster hit a city that has a high school football team called the Oilers?

Energy Dharna Noor Oct 5

September 24th 2021

The ABCs of Big Oil: Why the Fossil Fuel Industry Infiltrated Schools

On the first episode of The ABCs of Big Oil podcast, we get into why fossil fuel firms would want to educate kids in the first place.

Climate Change Dharna Noor Sep 24

September 16th 2021

The Beginning of the End of Oil Is Here for Los Angeles County

The most populous county in the country just banned new oil wells and could begin revoking existing permits.

Energy Dharna Noor Sep 16

July 8th 2021

Oil From the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Disaster Continues to Spread in Disturbing Ways

The effects of this infamous oil spill are still being felt more than a decade later.

Energy George Dvorsky Jul 8

June 2nd 2021

The First Constitutional Fight Over Oil Drilling in the Caribbean Ramps Up in Guyana

Two Guyanese climate activists are taking their nation’s government to court. Late last month, the plaintiffs filed a lawsuit alleging that a deal Guyanese officials struck with Exxon allowing the energy company to expand its oil production off the country’s coast violates their right and the right of future generations to a healthy environment. “These…

Climate Change Dharna Noor Jun 2

May 12th 2021

UK Government Gives ‘Climate Champion’ Award to Executive at Massive Canadian Oil Company

“Climate champion” and producing more than 10 million barrels of tar sands oil a year are not exactly synonymous in most people’s minds. But that’s the exact title the British government decided to bestow on an executive at one of the most powerful oil companies in Canada. To mark six months until the major climate…

Climate Change Molly Taft May 12

April 10th 2021

Big Oil Fed State Educators Stats Used to Push Back on Biden’s Climate Goals

For years, Big Oil has cozied up to American public schools—and now they seem to be cashing in their chips. New emails appear to show that some elected officials in charge of public schools may have been helped in attacking the Biden administration’s recent decision to pause oil and gas leasing on federal land by…

Climate Change Molly Taft Apr 10

April 2nd 2021

Mike Rowe’s New Discovery+ Show Is Big Oil-Funded Propaganda

Reality show host Mike Rowe’s new series Six Degrees, which is currently streaming on Discovery+ and will soon air on television, begins how I expected it would: with him on screen in a t-shirt, jeans, and baseball cap, and smiling wryly. It’s classic Rowe, posturing as an avatar for the “average” American. The conceit of…

Climate Change Dharna Noor Apr 2

March 29th 2021

Indonesian Oil Refinery Ablaze After Massive Explosion

A massive blaze lit up at an Indonesia oil refinery in the wee hours of Monday morning, sparking continuous flames for hours. At least five people have been seriously burned and 950 nearby residents have been evacuated. One person, a 61-year-old local, had a heart attack while evacuating and died. The fire at the refinery…

Energy Dharna Noor Mar 29

March 19th 2021

The Oil and Gas Industry Is Fighting North Face for Some Reason

The North Face has become the oil industry’s new favorite brand to hate. It all started back in December, when Innovex Downhole Solutions, a company that provides oil and gas well services, placed an order with the North Face for 400 jackets branded with the company’s logo as Christmas presents for his employees. North Face…

Earther Molly Taft Mar 19

November 27th 2019

Massive Explosion at Texas Chemical Plant Felt Miles Away, Damages Nearby Homes

A massive explosion rocked a chemical plant that produces petroleum products in southeast Texas overnight, sending fireballs into the air. The shockwave of the blast has damaged walls in nearby homes and even shattered windows miles away, according to early reports on social media, but the cause of the blast is still unknown. The initial…

Tech News Matt Novak Nov 27

September 2nd 2014

Scientists Engineer E. Coli to Make Propane

E. coli is an exceedingly common bacteria that lives in many places including your very own gut. It’s also a favorite organism for synthetic biologists looking to engineer useful microbes. By inserting just a few genes in E. coli, scientists have found they can coax the bacterium intomaking ready-to-use propane. You might know propane best…

Tech News Sarah Zhang Sep 2

February 24th 2014

We Can Now Pave Roads With Used Cooking Oil

You might not realize it, but quitting our addiction to oil means more than just finding something besides gasoline to put in our cars. If we really want to stop using fossil fuels, we have to change the way we make roads—and cooking oil might just be the answer. Over the past few months, Washington…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Feb 24

December 18th 2013

Government Scientists Created Crude Oil from Algae in Mere Minutes

Be excited, Earthlings, because science has a surprise for you. Engineers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have devised a way to turn algae into crude oil in less than an hour. That oil can then be refined into gasoline that can run engines. Excited yet? Try wrapping your head around the…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Dec 18

The Real Impact Biden’s Strategic Oil Release Will Have on Gas Prices

Biden Releases the Oil to Combat Soaring Gas Prices

The Real Reason Gas Prices Are So High Right Now

Republicans Slobbered All Over Themselves to Apologize to Big Oil CEOs

A Tiny Alabama Company Owns More Gas Wells Than Exxon

The ABCs of Big Oil: How the ‘Father of Forestry’ Inspired Big Oil

Huntington Beach High School May Want to Change Its Mascot After This Oil Spill

The ABCs of Big Oil: Why the Fossil Fuel Industry Infiltrated Schools

The Beginning of the End of Oil Is Here for Los Angeles County

Oil From the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Disaster Continues to Spread in Disturbing Ways

The First Constitutional Fight Over Oil Drilling in the Caribbean Ramps Up in Guyana

UK Government Gives ‘Climate Champion’ Award to Executive at Massive Canadian Oil Company

Big Oil Fed State Educators Stats Used to Push Back on Biden’s Climate Goals

Mike Rowe’s New Discovery+ Show Is Big Oil-Funded Propaganda

Indonesian Oil Refinery Ablaze After Massive Explosion

The Oil and Gas Industry Is Fighting North Face for Some Reason

Massive Explosion at Texas Chemical Plant Felt Miles Away, Damages Nearby Homes

Scientists Engineer E. Coli to Make Propane

We Can Now Pave Roads With Used Cooking Oil

Government Scientists Created Crude Oil from Algae in Mere Minutes

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