Tag: Oil industry
The oil industry says it might support a carbon tax –...
Richard Schmalensee, MIT Sloan School of Management and David Schoenbrod, New York Law School
The oil industry’s lobbying arm,...
Cheap plastic is flooding developing countries – we’re making new biodegradable...
Deirdre McKay, Keele University
Squeezed by lower fuel demand during the pandemic and the rise of renewable energy, the oil industry is staking out a...
A decade after the Deepwater Horizon explosion, offshore drilling is still...
Donald Boesch, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Ten years ago, on April 20, 2010, the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, killing 11...
Retired oil rigs off the California coast could find new lives...
Ann Scarborough Bull, University of California, Santa Barbara and Milton Love, University of California, Santa Barbara
Offshore oil and gas drilling has been a contentious...
The Trump administration’s new migratory bird policy undermines a century of...
Amanda Rodewald, Cornell University
The Trump administration has announced a position on protecting migratory birds that is a drastic pullback from policies in force for...
Fracking comes to the Arctic in a new Alaska oil boom
Scott L. Montgomery, University of Washington
Arctic lands and waters hold irresistible allure for global oil companies. Despite opposition from environmental groups and...