Grist | Topics | 611 Results

RESULTS		Results 426 – 450 of 611
Page:1 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 25
Headline	Author	Published	Section
Bad Vibrations Seismic movement could assist in oil production		29 Jun 2006	Daily Grist
Bad Vibrations Seismic movement could assist in oil production Like so much else in this crazy world, earthquakes are bad for you but potentially good for oil companies. Seismic shaking appears to increase permeability of underground rocks, leading to easier oil flow. "[T]his has practical implications for oil extraction," says University of California scientist Emily Brodsky, who with two other researchers published ...
Topics: business, energy, news, oil (all these topics)

Addicted to Oil, with Tom Friedman	David Roberts	26 Jun 2006	Gristmill
I poke fun at Thomas Friedman on occasion. His platitudinous, gee-whiz, American-tourist prose, presented with a heaping helping of deep-think pretension, is a target-rich environment. But that gee-whiz persona serves him well when he's right, and he's right about energy. His Discovery Channel program Addicted to Oil, which aired Sat. night, is absolutely stellar. Catch re-runs if you can -- or, if you lack scruples, the torrent is floating around. I'm sure green ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, energy, oil, TV (all these topics)

Fuel tax magic, part one	David Roberts	24 Jun 2006	Gristmill
The following is part one of a guest essay from Charles Komanoff, an economist and environmental activist in New York City. For more on taxing carbon fuels, go to http://www.komanoff.net/fossil/. For part two of this essay, go here. ----- 'Pam and Matt Keith spent Memorial Day weekend on a houseboat on Lake Oroville in Northern California. But because of high gasoline prices, the Keiths never even untied the boat from its mooring slightly offshore. When the ...
Topics: energy, gas prices, oil (all these topics)

A geo-green third party?	David Roberts	19 Jun 2006	Gristmill
Thomas Friedman -- la moustache de la sagesse -- has a column up (NYT $elect; reprinted in full here) suggesting that his "geo-green" shtick would be a good basis for a third party presidential candidacy. God love The Mustache for bringing energy issues to a broad audience, but this column is dopey. Let's start with this: What might a Geo-Green third party platform look like? Its centerpiece would be a $1 a gallon gasoline tax, called "The Pa ...
Topics: energy, international politics, national security, oil, politics (all these topics)

And Things Were Going So Well ... Struggling Iraqi refineries dump oil byproduct near Tigris River		19 Jun 2006	Daily Grist
And Things Were Going So Well ... Struggling Iraqi refineries dump oil byproduct near Tigris River The government of Iraq has been disposing of millions of barrels of oil refinery byproduct by pumping it into mountain valleys in the north of the country and setting it on fire. The result: huge black bogs and thick smoke carried as far as 40 miles downwind. The oily bogs are threatening to seep into the nearby ...
Topics: energy, Iraq, news, oil, pollution and waste (all these topics)

Can we replace oil and maintain energy supply?	David Roberts	02 Jun 2006	Gristmill
This piece on EnergyBulletin is brilliant, and by that I mean it makes arguments I like to make. Can we simply switch out oil for other fuels? No: The question is: can production from non-conventional sources such as the Alberta tar sands or synthetic fuels using coal-to-liquids (CTL) technology be ramped up to anything even approaching a supply deficit of 22 million barrels per day by 2015? The answer appears to be a clear no. Not by a long shot ...
Topics: energy, green living, oil, placemaking (all these topics)

Tar sands fever	John McGrath	20 May 2006	Gristmill
Via GCC, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers has announced that by 2020, Canada will be producing almost 5 million barrels of oil, almost all of that being from tar sands.This explains, in large part, why Canada has opted for empty symbolism: We've hitched our wagon to the tar sands, come hell and high water. I'm actually pretty sympathetic to our new Conservative government, who at least made their disdain for Kyoto honestly known. The previous Liberals wer ...
Topics: Canada, oil, oil sands (all these topics)

Who Are You, and What Have You Done With Our House? House shows its green side with votes on Interior Department bill		19 May 2006	Daily Grist
Who Are You, and What Have You Done With Our House? House shows its green side with votes on Interior Department bill The House of Representatives was on an eco-roll yesterday as it fixed up an Interior Department spending bill to send to the Senate. Over the objections of top Republicans, lawmakers approved 252-165 a measure that would put oil and gas ...
Topics: Department of Interior, energy, mining and drilling, news, oil, politics, toxics, US EPA, wetlands (all these topics)

Better Late Than Clever Democrats unveil plan to cut dependence on oil imports		18 May 2006	Daily Grist
Better Late Than Clever Democrats unveil plan to cut dependence on oil imports Yesterday, Senate Democrats presented a proposal to cut U.S. dependence on oil imports 40 percent by 2020. The Clean EDGE Act contains nary a mention of increased fuel-economy standards, gas taxes, or other such excessively bold proposals; instead, it proclaims that ethanol will save us all. Under Clean EDGE, a quarter of U.S.-sold cars ...
Topics: energy, Harry Reid, news, oil, politics (all these topics)

My Name Is Prince and I Am Gunky Exxon Valdez disaster still screwing up Prince William Sound		18 May 2006	Daily Grist
My Name Is Prince and I Am Gunky Exxon Valdez disaster still screwing up Prince William Sound Wildlife in Alaska's Prince William Sound is still threatened by oil spilled from the tanker Exxon Valdez in 1989. According to a new study by researchers at the National Marine Fisheries Service, some 100 tons of oil still pollute the sound shoreline and are potentially accessible to forag ...
Topics: Alaska, energy, National Marine Fisheries Service, news, oil, wildlife (all these topics)

In the Pipeline of Fire Pipeline explosion kills up to 200 in Nigeria		12 May 2006	Daily Grist
In the Pipeline of Fire Pipeline explosion kills up to 200 in Nigeria Between 150 and 200 Nigerians were instantly incinerated when locals siphoning gasoline from an overground pipeline near Lagos, Nigeria, caused an explosion today. Nigeria is the biggest oil producer in Africa and the fourth-largest supplier of crude oil to the U.S.; as a consequence, it's become quite wealthy. But in keeping with the notorious "resource ...
Topics: energy, news, Nigeria, oil (all these topics)

Gauge Match Push to raise fuel-economy standards gaining new support	Amanda Griscom Little	11 May 2006	Muckraker
Cringe as we might over record-high gasoline prices, they could be the best thing to happen to automobile fuel economy since the Arab oil embargo. Nowhere to go but up. The soaring cost of oil in recent weeks has sent Washington lawmakers into an election-year frenzy. Some of their proposals -- like one from Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) to offer Americans $100 checks to defray ...
Topics: Congress, consumerism, Ed Markey, fuel efficiency, legislation, Muckraker, oil, politics (all these topics)

Oops Oil leaks all over everything		11 May 2006	Daily Grist
Oops Oil leaks all over everything Oil, oil everywhere! And not in a good way. In its dubiously named Sustainability Report, oil behemoth Royal Dutch Shell reports that oil spills at its facilities rose 50 percent from 2004 to 2005. Hurricane damage was responsible for a goodly portion of the spillage, and sabotage of a major pipeline in Nigeria didn't help either. The amou ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, energy, Gulf of Mexico, news, oil, Texas (all these topics)

Corrode to Perdition BP closes two more North Slope pipelines		09 May 2006	Daily Grist
Corrode to Perdition BP closes two more North Slope pipelines Oil giant -- oops, beyond oil giant -- BP is shutting down two more of its pipelines on Alaska's North Slope, at the expense of 22,000 barrels of crude (worth some $1.5 million) a day. Neither pipe had leaked yet, but BP officials have been monitoring serious corrosion problems, treating the pipes with chemicals to prevent further deterioration. The two pipes will lik ...
Topics: Alaska, energy, news, oil (all these topics)

Another Flail in the Coffin House flails about wildly and ineffectually over higher gas prices		04 May 2006	Daily Grist
Another Flail in the Coffin House flails about wildly and ineffectually over higher gas prices House Republicans, who face a bruising battle to retain their majority status this November, are growing increasingly desperate over high gas prices. Since there's nothing they can actually do to reduce them, this translates into furious political maneuvering. With two fast-tracked bills this week, they sought advantage over Democrat ...
Topics: energy, news, oil, politics (all these topics)

High gas prices: priming the pump Driving less is great, but producing more oil is a less-desirable reaction	Clark Williams-Derry	27 Apr 2006	Gristmill
In this post, David echoes what seems to be conventional eco-wisdom on high gas prices: It's good that gas prices are rising. We want people to buy more fuel-efficient cars and drive less. I'm not so certain. Sure, high prices will spur people to use less gas. But the incentives cut both ways: high prices also spur energy companies to produce more oil. And now that most of the world's easy-to-reach, easy-to-refine oil has already been put to the drill, hig ...
Topics: energy, gas prices, oil, oil sands (all these topics)

Price clubbed Should enviros view high gas prices as good news?	Clark Williams-Derry	27 Apr 2006	Gristmill
Like many environmentalists, I tend to think that gasoline prices -- even at today's wallet-rending heights -- are too low. In fact, no matter how high the market price for petroleum goes, it ought to be higher, since it won't include the so-called 'external costs' of using oil. For example, whenever I burn a gallon of gas in my car, I'm creating pollution and climate-warming emissions; fostering overseas military entanglements; increasing the risk of oil s ...
Topics: Big Oil, energy, gas prices, oil (all these topics)

Let's Baikal the Whole Thing Off Russian president changes route of Siberian pipeline to protect lake		27 Apr 2006	Daily Grist
Let's Baikal the Whole Thing Off Russian president changes route of Siberian pipeline to protect lake Last month, we reported that a Siberia-to-Asia oil pipeline backed by Russian President Vladimir Putin was set to be built half a mile from the world's deepest lake, home to hundreds of unique species. Well, we've been Putin our place: yesterday, the Russian prez ordered the pipeline rerouted to avoid Lake Baikal by at l ...
Topics: energy, lakes, news, oil, Russia (all these topics)

Bungle in the Jungle Critics say Peru pipeline is an accident waiting to happen	Kelly Hearn	26 Apr 2006	Main Dish
The boat ride down southeastern Peru's Urubamba River cuts through mountains and sweltering jungle, passing wooden shacks of colonos -- mixed race and grindingly poor Peruvians lured to the jungle with promises of free land -- and nativos, tribes recently brought into contact with the modern world. The area is a biological gold mine, home to endemic and rare species, and some of the world's ...
Topics: Amazon, energy, oil, Peru (all these topics)

Taxholes House Republicans fight to preserve $5 billion in oil industry tax breaks		26 Apr 2006	Daily Grist
Taxholes House Republicans fight to preserve $5 billion in oil industry tax breaks In public, prominent Republicans are chastising oil companies over high gas prices, and threatening price-gouging investigations and windfall-profit taxes. Behind closed doors, House Republicans are fighting to protect some $5 billion worth of tax loopholes for those very same oil companies. Luckily for th ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, energy, news, oil, politics (all these topics)

Gas price rant	David Roberts	25 Apr 2006	Gristmill
One of the many problems with policy discussions these days is that they tend to be narrow and literal-minded. Take the "problem" of high gas prices. Response? Tax oil companies! Cap prices! Investigate price gouging! Ease environmental restrictions on clean-burning gas! Stupid. We should take a step back. Here are two relevant facts: It's good that gas prices are rising. We want people to buy more fuel-efficient cars and drive less. In the long-term ...
Topics: economy, energy, gas prices, oil, politics (all these topics)

You Got Reserved! Bush presents plan for combating high oil prices, halts reserve deposits		25 Apr 2006	Daily Grist
You Got Reserved! Bush presents plan for combating high oil prices, halts reserve deposits In September 2000, then-candidate George W. Bush said that the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve "should not be used as an attempt to drive down oil prices right before an election. It should not be used for short-term political gain at the cost of long-term national security." Guess that was some of the "pre-9/11 thinking& ...
Topics: energy, news, oil, politics (all these topics)

Biodiesel: The slippery facts	Clark Williams-Derry	23 Apr 2006	Gristmill
Biodiesel -- the cleaner-burning vegetable-based oil that can be substituted for ordinary petroleum diesel -- is getting a lot of press these days. That's not too surprising: alternatives to oil tend to get a lot of attention when fuel prices are rising, which they're certainly doing right now. Perhaps the biggest piece of recent policy news is Washington state's new renewable fuels standard, passed just last month, which mandates that 2 percent of the diesel s ...
Topics: biofuels, energy, oil (all these topics)

Knock, Knock. Hu's There. Oil issue looms as Chinese prez visits White House		20 Apr 2006	Daily Grist
Knock, Knock. Hu's There. Oil issue looms as Chinese prez visits White House Buying oil from unsavory regimes, thus ensuring their grip on power. Attempting to lock up oil supplies to increase geopolitical influence. Growing heedlessly and unsustainably, polluting the air and water. These are the kinds of behaviors the world can no longer tolerate from ... China. Wait, whaaa? Seriously: During Chinese President Hu Jint ...
Topics: China, energy, news, oil, politics (all these topics)

Fools Rush In Melting Arctic leads to black-gold rush		19 Apr 2006	Daily Grist
Fools Rush In Melting Arctic leads to black-gold rush A quarter of the world's undiscovered oil and gas reserves may lie beneath the Arctic Ocean. For centuries they've been stuck under a thick layer of ice, but luckily, the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet and all that bothersome ice is melting! Oil companies around the world are drooling over the black gold up north. Under the au ...
Topics: Arctic, energy, news, oil, US Geological Survey (all these topics)

Page:1 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 25		Results 426 – 450 of 611

Stories About: oil