Energy-related CO2 emissions may have fallen 11 percent since 2019, according to new estimates from the Energy Information Administration. While the majority of these reductions are the result of the COVID-19-related decreased energy consumption in the power and transportation sectors, natural gas played an important role as well. As EIA explained: “Natural gas, which accounted
Read More...A new report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration on venting and flaring in two of America’s top producing oil and natural gas basins demonstrates the clear need for new and improved energy infrastructure. The EIA report says that venting and flaring in the United States hit a record high average in 2019, primarily driven
Read More...Activist groups at the heart of the climate litigation campaign have launched a new video featuring Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison promoting the climate lawsuit he filed this summer. The video was sponsored and created by the YEARS Project and Fossil Free Media and is being touted online by the ExxonKnews newsletter, demonstrating that the
Read More...Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it will hear oral arguments on January 19, 2021 in its review of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision remanding Baltimore’s climate change lawsuit against major energy producers to state court. Since the high court initially decided to take up the case in October, the nation’s leading
Read More...Former Vice President Joe Biden’s victory in the race for the White House could have major implications for the climate litigation campaign as he vowed during the campaign to support these lawsuits as president and he’s already under pressure from environmental activist groups to make good on that pledge. To date, every climate lawsuit that’s
Read More...Natural gas is playing an integral role in millions of homes this Thanksgiving holiday as they prepare for their family gatherings. It is keeping homes warm and food hot at historic low prices, leaving plenty of savings for the coming winter holidays. Here are some of the benefits of cooking with gas and some tips
Read More...Natural gas will be needed to provide reliable energy supply in New England despite the region’s strong decarbonization efforts, according to a new report by Energy and Environmental Economics (E3) and the Energy Futures Initiative (EFI), led by Ernest Moniz, former energy secretary under the Obama administration. The report provides an unbiased perspective on the
Read More...Activist groups involved in promoting and funding climate litigation have arrived in Maine and are discussing the possibility of local leaders filing a lawsuit against energy companies for their production, marketing, sale and public statements around fossil fuels. In October, the Massachusetts-based Union of Concerned Scientists and Washington, D.C.-based Center for Climate Integrity hosted a
Read More...A recent article in the New York Times made several sensational and dubious allegations about Energy In Depth (EID) and the work that this program does. As the person who started the program back in 2009, I thought it would be useful to provide a short history lesson. When the Independent Petroleum Association of America
Read More...While little is agreed upon across the aisle these days, we’ve seen clear evidence this election cycle that U.S. energy security is a top priority for Americans, and that both Democrats and Republicans agree oil and natural gas has an important role to play in the future. Energy has featured prominently in races up and down the ballot,
Read More...American consumers and businesses can count on the strongest energy security in a generation thanks in no small part to oil and natural gas produced right here at home, according to the Global Energy Institute’s annual Index of U.S. Energy Security Risk. The index gave an energy security risk score of 70.1 in 2019 –
Read More...Automakers are the latest to be named to a growing list of major industries, companies and groups who activists claim apparently knew about climate change individually but hid that information from the public. Yes, that’s right. First Exxon Knew, then Shell knew, then the utilities knew. But this begs the question, if “everyone knew” then
Read More...ExxonMobil is urging the Texas Supreme Court to restore a trial court ruling that would allow it to conduct pre-suit discovery to examine an alleged conspiracy involving leading plaintiffs’ attorney Matt Pawa and the California municipalities suing the company for climate change impacts. In a petition filed on October 5, the company asked the state’s
Read More...The future of U.S. energy is an important topic this election cycle – and always – as candidates debate on the best path forward to enhance energy security, reliability, affordability and reduce energy-related emissions. This has especially been evident in the recent debates and the sheer number of times the candidates have talked about fracking
Read More...Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States and is found in high concentrations in homes, schools and businesses across the country. Despite its long prevalence in regions such as Appalachia, researchers continue to attempt to link the gas, and its known health impacts, to more recent unconventional oil and
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