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Canada and Mexico Face 25% Tariffs on Saturday, Trump Says
BBC - Fri Jan 31, 2025
US President Donald Trump has said he will follow through with his threat to hit imports from Canada and Mexico with 25% border taxes, known as tariffs, on 1 February. More»

Turkmenistan's leader wants 'Gates of Hell' fire put out
Associated Press - Sat Jan 8, 2022
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan — The president of Turkmenistan is calling for an end to one of the country’s most notable but infernal sights — the blazing natural gas crater widely referred to as the “Gates of Hell”. More»

Exxon Launches Sale of Shale Gas Properties in Texas
Reuters - Tue Nov 16, 2021
HOUSTON, Texas - Exxon Mobil on Monday launched a sale of its oil and gas properties in the first major US shale field, a spokesperson confirmed, as part of a portfolio reshuffling to focus on more lucrative assets. More»

Oklahoma Proposes Letting Gas Utility Charge A $1,400 ‘Exit Fee’ To Go Electric
Huffington Post - Fri Nov 5, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma - Oklahoma’s biggest natural gas utility could soon charge customers who switch to electric stoves and heating systems an “exit fee” of nearly $1,400 to disconnect service, HuffPost has learned, setting a precedent that could help the industry lock millions of Americans into fossil fuel use for decades. More»

Saudi Aramco facing $50M cyber extortion
Associated Press - Wed Jul 21, 2021
Saudi Arabia’s state oil giant acknowledged Wednesday that leaked data from the company — files now apparently being used in a cyber-extortion attempt involving a $50 million ransom demand — likely came from one of its contractors. More»

Colonial Pipeline Restarts
NPR - Wed May 12, 2021
The Colonial Pipeline shutdown sent motorists across the Southeast scrambling for gas, even as state and federal officials warn against panic-buying and price gouging. More»

U.S. Declares Emergency in 17 States Over Fuel Pipeline Cyber Attack
The Hacker News - Tue May 11, 2021
The ransomware attack against Colonial Pipeline's networks has prompted the US Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to issue a regional emergency declaration in 17 states and the District of Columbia (DC). More»

US Pipeline Company Halts Operations After Cyberattack
NBC New York - Sat May 8, 2021
A US energy company says a cyberattack forced it to temporarily halt all operations on a major pipeline that delivers roughly 45% of all fuel consumed on the East Coast. More»

Texas Blackouts Point to Coast-to-Coast Crises Waiting to Happen
New York Times - Sun Feb 21, 2021
Continent-spanning storms triggered blackouts in Oklahoma and Mississippi, halted one-third of US oil production and disrupted vaccinations in 20 states. More»

Trump Dumps 3 Agency Leaders In Wake Of Election
NPR - Sat Nov 7, 2020
The Trump administration abruptly dumped the leaders of three agencies that oversee the nuclear weapons stockpile, electricity and natural gas regulation, and overseas aid during the past two days, drawing a rebuke from a prominent Republican senator for one of the decisions. More»

Exxon Dropped From Dow Jones After Almost a Century
NPR - Fri Aug 28, 2020
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is the classic blue-chip stock index. More»

Oil and gas industry rewards US lawmakers who oppose environmental protections
The Guardian - Tue Feb 25, 2020
The oil and gas industry substantially rewards US legislators with campaign donations when they oppose environmental protections, according to a new analysis of congressional votes and political contributions. More»

How dangerous is the gas burning in the refinery explosion in Port Neches?
KRIV-TV - Wed Nov 27, 2019
PORT NECHES, Texas - A fire continues to burn at the TPC chemical plant in Port Neches where an explosion left three workers injured and blew out the windows of nearby homes early Wednesday morning. More»

Some U.S. Troops May Remain In Northeast Syria To Protect Oil Fields
NPR - Mon Oct 21, 2019
The US may now keep some troops in northeast Syria, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Monday. More»

$Photo: Blackpool is hit by fourth earthquake in six days amid fracking row as residents report being woken by their houses shaking$ Blackpool is hit by fourth earthquake in six days amid fracking row as residents report being woken by their houses shaking
Daily Mail - Mon Aug 26, 2019
An earthquake measuring 2.9 on the Richter scale has struck in Blackpool in what is the largest tremor to strike the region in recent days. More»

One dead in Kentucky, at least five injured after gas line explosion shoots fireball into sky
NBC News - Thu Aug 1, 2019
One person is dead and at least five were injured in central Kentucky after a gas line ruptured and produced a fireball that could be seen around the region early Thursday. More»

Explosion at Exxon Oil Refinery in Houston
ABC News - Wed Jul 31, 2019
An explosion and fire at an Exxon Mobil oil refinery in Texas on Wednesday left 37 people with minor injuries, in the latest of a series of petrochemical industry blazes this year in the Houston area. More»

Huge fire breaks out at Philadelphia oil refinery
WPVI-TV - Fri Jun 21, 2019
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania - The Philadelphia Department of Public Health says air samples taken from the scene of a massive refinery fire show no findings that would point to an immediate danger to the surrounding community. More»

US energy department rebrands gas 'molecules of freedom'
BBC - Thu May 30, 2019
US energy officials appeared to rebrand natural gas produced in the country as "freedom gas", in a statement announcing an increase in exports. More»

Why are so many people getting rare cancers in this small Georgia town?
Atlanta Magazine - Fri Apr 26, 2019
In Waycross, there's a tale about a boy who got a surprise while playing outside one day. More»

Elected officials to discuss multiple cases of rare cancer in the Canon-McMillan School District
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Sat Apr 6, 2019
News of multiple student cancers in the Canon-McMillan School District has led a Washington County legislator to schedule an April 24 meeting for local elected officials to get information and determine if action is necessary. More»

National Guard called into Houston after chemical fire, residents told to stay inside
NBC News - Thu Mar 21, 2019
HOUSTON, Texas - National Guard troops have been called in and residents were told to stay inside after elevated levels of benzene were detected early Thursday near a Houston-area petrochemicals storage facility that caught fire this week. More»

Texas chemical plant fire keeps burning. Some health officials are not convinced that it's safe
CNN - Tue Mar 19, 2019
The fierce fire sending towering black clouds into the air near suburban Houston intensified overnight because of a temporary dip in water pressure and resources, according to the owners of the chemical plant where the blaze is burning. More»

Major gas line problem causes 70 EXPLOSIONS in homes outside of Boston
Daily Mail - Wed Sep 12, 2018
Officials in Massachusetts say at least 50 fires have been reported in Lawrence, Andover and North Andover after problems with the natural gas system. More»

Gulf Residents Deserve The Full Truth About Oil Cleanup Chemicals
Huffington Post - Fri Apr 20, 2018
TJ Johnson remembers the day he and his cousins were sprayed. More»

Oklahoma Earthquakes: Oil Industry Took State from Seismic Dead Zone to Hotspot in a Decade
Newsweek - Thu Feb 1, 2018
"There are better ways we can be doing things," says Erin Brockovich, the environmental activist portrayed in the Oscar-winning 2000 film, who has become one of the latest people to draw attention to the frequent man-made earthquakes plaguing the US state of Oklahoma. More»

Rick Perry: 'Righteous' fossil fuels help prevent sexual assaults
Raw Story - Wed Nov 1, 2017
Secretary of Energy Rick Perry said on Thursday that bringing fossil fuels to the developing world will prevent sexual assaults because rapes are less difficult in the dark. More»

Epidemic of black lung disease in central Appalachia
NPR - Fri Jun 30, 2017
NPR's ongoing investigation of the advanced stage of the fatal lung disease that afflicts coal miners has identified an additional 1,000 cases in Appalachia. More»

Pennsylvania confirms first fracking-related earthquakes
The Allegheny Front - Sat Feb 18, 2017
Pennsylvania officials say they've confirmed the state's first fracking-related earthquakes took place last year in Lawrence County, northwest of Pittsburgh. More»

Trump Goes to War on Science: Badlands National Park tweets on climate change deleted; messages defied Trump policy
Raw Story/Washington Times - Tue Jan 24, 2017
Apparently defying the Trump administration's new social media policy, the Badlands National Park went rogue for a few hours on Tuesday and tweeted several scientific facts related to climate change - but the tweets were deleted as the White House apparently reeled in the wayward park. More»

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