oil – California Climate and Energy Collaborative

Judge blocks Keystone XL Pipeline, says climate imapct can’t be ignored

November 12, 2018

“A federal judge in Montana on Thursday blocked all further work on the Keystone XL pipeline, saying the Trump administration had failed to justify its decision to reverse a prior decision by the Obama administration and to approve the tar sands oil delivery project. It was a striking victory for environmental advocates who have spent…

California continues its fall from the top ranks of oil-producing states

November 2, 2018

Sarina Soor

CA, crude oil, oil, output

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“California’s once high rank among oil-producing states continues to slip as Colorado’s output surges past the Golden State, according to the latest Energy Department data. Colorado became the latest state to surpass California in terms of crude output, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) data released Thursday. Colorado out-produced California by 16,000 barrels per…

California continues its fall from the top ranks of oil-producing states

November 2, 2018

Sarina Soor

CA, crude oil, oil, output

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“California’s once high rank among oil-producing states continues to slip as Colorado’s output surges past the Golden State, according to the latest Energy Department data. Colorado became the latest state to surpass California in terms of crude output, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) data released Thursday. Colorado out-produced California by 16,000 barrels per…

White House moves to lift restrictions on higher-ethanol fuels

October 18, 2018

Sarina Soor

corn, ethanol, oil, trade war

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“The White House has directed the EPA to formally draft a regulation to allow E15 to be sold year-round with the hope that it will help boost American corn sales, which have declined in recent months due to the trade war between the U.S. and China, and cut the price of gasoline, currently averaging $2.91…

Natural gas here to stay beyond energy transition, Big Oil says

October 10, 2018

Sarina Soor

clean energy, economy, natural gas, oil

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“Top oil companies including Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.AS), BP (BP.L) and Total (TOTF.PA) are adapting with growing urgency to the need to develop cleaner energy sources, investing more and more in solar and wind power, electric vehicle technology and even forestation. Still, they see oil, and especially natural gas, the least polluting fossil fuel, playing…

Shell and Exxon’s secret 1980s climate change warnings

September 19, 2018

Sarina Soor

Exxon, gas, global warming, oil

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“In 1982, for example, Exxon predicted that by about 2060, CO2 levels would reach around 560 parts per million – double the preindustrial level – and that this would push the planet’s average temperatures up by about 2°C over then-current levels (and even more compared to pre-industrial levels).” Click here to read more from The Guardian.

Opinion: Until California curbs its oil refineries, it won’t meet its climate goals

September 14, 2018

Sarina Soor

climate goals, oil

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“While Gov. Jerry Brown and other California leaders bask under an international spotlight at this week’s Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco, there is one highly relevant topic they’re not likely to bring up: oil refineries. That’s because refineries are crucially absent from California’s climate change strategy. The state has justifiably gotten credit for…

U.S. judge tosses climate lawsuits by California cities, but says science is sound

June 29, 2018

Sarina Soor

oil

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“Judge William Alsup of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted the request from five oil companies seeking dismissal of the cases brought by San Francisco and Oakland. They were suing Chevron Corp., BP PLC, ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell PLC, arguing that the companies make and sell…

The Sky’s Limit California: Why the Paris Climate Goals Demand That California Lead in a Manages Decline of Oil Extraction

May 25, 2018

Sarina Soor

oil, paris agreement

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We recommend that the state take the following actions: -Cease issuing permits for new oil and gas extraction wells; -Implement a 2,500-foot health buffer zone around homes, schools, and hospitals where production must phase out; -Develop a plan for the managed decline of California’s entire fossil fuel sector to maximize the effectiveness of the state’s…

Why does green California pump the dirtiest oil in the U.S.?

December 22, 2017

Sarina Soor

oil

“So far, California’s oil producers have done little to change the way they operate. That’s partly because of scant pressure from state regulators, but also because California’s steam-injected oil has not drawn the kind of attention, from either environmentalists or legislators, that hydraulic fracturing has, even though fracking is used in fewer than one-fifth of…