"Captured By Coal: ‘Like a Death in the Family’"
"Texas coal companies are leaving behind contaminated land. The state is letting them."
Source: Grist/Texas Tribune, 10/31/2019
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"Rex Tillerson Testifies in Exxon Climate Change Case"
"The shareholder fraud lawsuit brought by the New York attorney general against Exxon Mobil has entered its second week, and on Wednesday a star witness took the stand: Rex Tillerson, the company’s former chief executive and a former secretary of state in the Trump administration."
Source: NY Times, 10/31/2019
White House Pressed Car Makers to Join Its Fight Over CA Emission Rules
"Monday’s surprise move by General Motors, Toyota and other auto giants to back President Trump in his fight with California over pollution rules came after days of White House pressure to support one of the administration’s biggest efforts to weaken climate regulations."
Source: NY Times, 10/31/2019
"Congress Eyes Protections Near Historical Park In New Mexico"
"Chaco Culture National Historical Park is at the center of a decades-long debate over how to manage oil and gas development in a sprawling area of northwestern New Mexico that is dotted by sites tied to the park but that lie outside its boundaries. The U.S. House is set to vote Wednesday on legislation that would prohibit drilling on the checkerboard of federal land that borders the park."
Source: AP, 10/30/2019
Conowingo Dam Operator Settles For $200 Million Chesapeake Bay Cleanup
"Conowingo Dam owner Exelon Corp. and the state of Maryland have reached a settlement under which the Chicago-based energy company will invest $200 million to clean up the Susquehanna River, and, by extension, the Chesapeake Bay."
Source: Baltimore Sun, 10/30/2019
"Coal Giant Murray Energy Files for Bankruptcy Despite Trump’s Support"
"Murray Energy, the U.S. coal company whose founder's "wish list" was a virtual template for the Trump administration's rollback of federal environmental and climate regulations, filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday."
Source: InsideClimate News, 10/30/2019
"Trump's Desire 'To Take' Syrian Oil Presents A Barrelful Of Problems"
"President Trump was persuaded to keep a number of troops in Syria partly so the United States could have some of its oil. But the idea of seizing petroleum in the war-torn country presents a big barrel of problems."
Source: Washington Post, 10/30/2019
GM Sides With Trump in Emissions Fight, Splitting the Industry
"Breaking with some of their biggest rivals, General Motors, Fiat Chrysler and Toyota said Monday they were intervening on the side of the Trump administration in an escalating battle with California over fuel economy standards for automobiles."
Source: NY Times, 10/29/2019
"Explainer: The Mysterious Oil Washing Up On Brazilian Shores"
"A thick sludge of crude oil has been washing up on vast stretches of Brazil’s coast for nearly two months, and authorities and experts have been baffled by its origin."
Source: Reuters, 10/28/2019
Poll: Americans Would Rather Reduce Oil And Gas Exploration Than Drill
"A large majority of Americans say drilling for oil and natural gas off the coasts and on public lands should decrease or remain at current levels, a viewpoint at odds with the expansion promoted by President Trump as part of his “energy dominance” agenda."
Source: Washington Post, 10/28/2019
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