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Threatened oil industry rethinks climate stance
2016-07-11 19:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Politico: Facing the increasing likelihood of a Hillary Clinton presidency, growing attacks from liberals and its own divides over a potential carbon tax, the oil industry is rethinking its political strategy on climate change. The American Petroleum Institute is making quiet efforts to revamp its climate messaging, creating a task force that could revisit the industry's long-held opposition to taxing greenhouse gas emissions. Many in the politically powerful industry believe that such a levy could be on...
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Study: Methane in Colorado water isnt always from oil wells
2016-07-11 16:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The oil and gas industry may not be to blame if northeastern Colorado tap water is so full of methane it can be set on fire, researchers say. Fewer than 5 percent of the region`s water wells that were checked for methane pollution had been tainted by oil and gas leaks, according to a study released Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. About 18 percent had methane that came from coal seams that underlie the area, the researchers said. The other wells either had methane...
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I Was Sick for a Year After an Oil Spill. Five Years Later, Pipeline Accidents Are Worsening
2016-07-11 04:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Truthout: Early in the morning on July 2, 2011, I walked down the gravel road on our Montana farm to let the goats out to graze for the day. I found an oily rainbow sheen on the Yellowstone River flowing through our hay fields and pasture, plus large clumps of crude oil sticking to trees, cattails and brush. The oily water was in our sloughs, our pond and the creek that runs along the eastern edge of the farm. I checked the local news on my phone and found that an Exxon oil pipeline had ruptured underneath...
Maersk Tankers orders blend on-board oil systems for 12 vessels
2016-07-11 01:00:00| Ship Technology
Twelve tankers delivered to Maersk Tankers between 2005 and 2008 are planned to be equipped with 'blend on-board' (BOB) cylinder oil systems from Maersk Fluid Technology.
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Oil prices slide as US shale drillers adjust to lower prices
2016-07-11 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Oil prices have dropped due to signs that shale drillers in the US have adjusted because of lower fuel rates and renewed indications of Asian economic weaknesses.
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