Ocean Floor Polluted with 11 Million Tons of Plastic, New Research Finds
https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/2024/05/ocean-floor-plastic-pollution-study/
Exxon calls it a recycling collaboration. But it’s not real recycling.
https://environmentamerica.org/articles/exxon-calls-it-a-recycling-collaboration-but-its-not-real-recycling/
The U.S. Oil Industry Is Full of Hypocrites
https://heatmap.news/economy/scott-sheffield-pioneer-ftc-opec
Trump and Big Oil are a match made in climate hell
https://greensboro.com/opinion/column/mark-gongloff-trump-and-big-oil-are-a-match-made-in-climate-hell/article_14bed610-12ca-11ef-bcd2-87a4996fdec4.html
The “Good Deal” Trump Allegedly Offered Oil Execs Might Be Worth $110 Billion
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/05/corruption-deal-donald-trump-offered-oil-executives-mar-lago-billion/
Newsom calls Trump request for $1 billion from oil industry ‘open corruption’
https://www.courthousenews.com/newsom-calls-trump-request-for-1-billion-from-oil-industry-open-corruption/
House Democrats launch investigation into Trump’s alleged offers to oil executives
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/14/trump-oil-executives-democrat-investigation
Consumers Sue U.S. Shale Alleging Collusion to Boost Oil Prices
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Consumers-Sue-US-Shale-Alleging-Collusion-to-Boost-Oil-Prices.html
Collusion claims in US oil must reckon with record production
https://www.ft.com/content/595880df-e755-43ce-8631-be4f1ad2cf25
'Jail Time Should Seriously Be Considered,' Pocan Says of Big Oil Price Fixing
https://www.commondreams.org/news/us-gas-prices
How one Oregon county plans to make big oil pay for the 2021 heat dome
https://thebulletin.org/2024/05/how-one-oregon-county-plans-to-make-big-oil-pay-for-the-2021-heat-dome/#post-heading
DeSantis signs bill wiping climate change references from Florida law
https://www.axios.com/2024/05/16/desantis-florida-climate-change-law
DeSantis says he's 'restoring sanity' by erasing climate change from Florida laws
https://grist.org/politics/desantis-signs-florida-law-removing-climate-change/
As Ohio clamps down on clean energy, recent changes make it easier to force landowners to allow oil and gas drilling
https://energynews.us/2024/05/15/as-ohio-clamps-down-on-clean-energy-recent-changes-make-it-easier-to-force-landowners-to-allow-oil-and-gas-drilling/
Alabama Coal Company Sued for a Home Explosion That Killed a Man Is Delinquent on Dozens of Penalties, Records Show
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13052024/alabama-coal-company-delinquent-safety-violations/
Earthquakes triggered by oil production spread in Texas, study says
https://www.eenews.net/articles/earthquakes-triggered-by-oil-production-spread-in-texas-study-says/
Wildfires Could Affect Over Half of Canada's Oil Sands Output: Report
https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2024/05/17/774638.htm
Canada oil sands air pollution 20-64 times worse than industry says: Study
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/05/canada-oil-sands-air-pollution-20-64-times-worse-than-industry-says-study/
Wars cause widespread pollution and environmental damage − here’s how to address it in peace accords
https://theconversation.com/wars-cause-widespread-pollution-and-environmental-damage-heres-how-to-address-it-in-peace-accords-214624
Ukraine Strikes Russian Oil Target Deep Behind Enemy Lines
https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-russia-oil-refinery-drone-strike-volgograd-1899617
How Turkey became Putin’s ‘pit stop’ for selling camouflaged fuel to the EU
https://www.politico.eu/article/how-turkey-become-vladimir-putin-pit-stop-sell-camouflage-fuel-eu/
Russia's refined oil product exports to Singapore to hit highest this year in May, traders say
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/russias-refined-oil-product-exports-singapore-hit-highest-this-year-may-traders-2024-05-10/
Russia has discovered the world's largest oil reserve in Antarctica
https://www.fxleaders.com/news/2024/05/14/russia-has-discovered-the-worlds-largest-oil-reserve-in-antarctica/
PETRONAS expands Suriname’s resource potential with third offshore oil and gas discovery
https://www.worldoil.com/news/2024/5/15/petronas-expands-suriname-s-resource-potential-with-third-offshore-oil-and-gas-discovery/
ExxonMobil Strikes Oil Offshore Angola
https://www.oedigital.com/news/513721-exxonmobil-strikes-oil-offshore-angola
Chevron Drives Low Carbon Oil Production, Joins Angola Oil and Gas (AOG) 2024 as Platinum Sponsor
https://african.business/2024/05/apo-newsfeed/correction-chevron-drives-low-carbon-oil-production-joins-angola-oil-and-gas-aog-2024-as-platinum-sponsor
Saudi Aramco Signs MOUs with U.S. Firms to Advance Lower-Carbon Solutions
https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Saudi-Aramco-Signs-MOUs-with-US-Firms-to-Advance-Lower-Carbon-Solutions.html
Indonesian nature-based carbon project Rimba Raya hits regulatory wall
https://www.spglobal.com/commodityinsights/en/market-insights/blogs/energy-transition/051524-et-highlights-indonesia-rimba-raya-carbon-credits-ammonia-hydrogen
Impunity and pollution abound in DRC mining along the road to the energy transition
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/05/impunity-and-pollution-abound-in-drc-mining-along-the-road-to-energy-transition/
Green Transition Set to Face Critical Minerals Shortfall, IEA Says
https://www.wsj.com/articles/green-transition-set-to-face-critical-minerals-shortfall-iea-says-cc89acf0
Sharp declines in critical mineral prices mask risks of future supply strains as energy transitions advance
https://www.iea.org/news/sharp-declines-in-critical-mineral-prices-mask-risks-of-future-supply-strains-as-energy-transitions-advance
Siemens Energy boss says there can be no energy transition without China
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/siemens-energy-boss-says-there-can-be-no-energy-transition-without-china-2024-05-16/
How is the Talent Gap Holding Back the Energy Transition?
https://energydigital.com/articles/how-is-the-talent-gap-holding-back-the-energy-transition
US Election Outcome Could Hinder Energy Transition, Putting $1 Trillion Investment at Risk: Report
https://solarquarter.com/2024/05/17/us-election-outcome-could-hinder-energy-transition-putting-1-trillion-investment-at-risk-report/
Zombie coal plants could threaten the US energy transition
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/fossil-fuels/zombie-coal-plants-could-threaten-the-us-energy-transition
How the energy transition could decelerate in the US
https://www.woodmac.com/horizons/delayed-us-energy-transition-scenario/
FERC Overhauls Electric Grid to Pave Way for Renewables
https://www.ecowatch.com/ferc-electric-grid-overhaul-renewable-energy.html
Climate Change Is Making Rooftop Solar More Valuable, Research Shows
https://www.cnet.com/home/energy-and-utilities/climate-change-is-making-rooftop-solar-more-valuable/
U.S. Solar Industry Hits Major Milestone With 5 Million Installations
https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/US-Solar-Industry-Hits-Major-Milestone-With-5-Million-Installations.html
Billionaire bets big on largest solar project ever proposed to deliver power across oceans: 'At the forefront of the clean energy transition'
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/australia-asia-powerlink-undersea-cable-renewable-energy/
How Polis got oil companies to bankroll Colorado's transit expansion
https://www.eenews.net/articles/how-polis-got-oil-companies-to-bankroll-colorados-transit-expansion/
How Norway’s oil and gas tax fuelled an EV boom
https://www.offshore-technology.com/features/how-norways-oil-and-gas-tax-fuelled-an-ev-boom/
How Iceland Became a Global Leader in Renewable Energy
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/How-Iceland-Became-a-Global-Leader-in-Renewable-Energy.html