Despite cleaner gasoline, carpooling, public transportation and electric vehicles, urban sprawl in California, and especially Los Angeles, has resulted in rising tailpipe pollution in the Sunshine State. KTLA photo. Tailpipe pollution will not lessen unless [Read more]
Under the Rural Energy for America Program, grants and loan guarantees are offered to agricultural producers and rural small businesses to promote the installation of select renewable energy systems, particularly solar, and energy efficiency retrofits. [Read more]
According to a survey by Reuters, OPEC production saw its largest monthly decline in two years this month. The decline is due to the cartel’s most recent supply cut agreement. Reuters photo. OPEC production down [Read more]
The US Energy Information Administration is forecasting that NGPL production could grow by 32 per cent between 2018 and 2050, reaching 5.8 million b/d. Williams.com photo. NGPL production increases in Appalachian Basin, Southwest and Permian [Read more]
While railways carry 8 per cent of the world’s passengers and 7 per cent of global freight, they only account for 2 per cent of total transport energy demand. CP Rail photo. Railways can cut [Read more]
On Monday, the Trump administration slapped sanctions on Venezuelan crude exports to the US in response to the re-election of President Nicolas Maduro, in a vote viewed by many as fraudulent. AP/Getty Images photo by Juan [Read more]
Driven mostly by evolving trade flows of liquid fuels and natural gas, the US Energy Information Administration forecasts that the United States will be a net energy exporter by 2020. Enterprise Products Partners L.P. photo. US [Read more]
According to the US Energy Information Administration, even with declines in emissions over the next two years, energy-related CO2 emissions in 2019 and 2020 are still projected to be higher than 2017 levels. Ralf Broskvar photo [Read more]
According to the US Energy Information Administration, increasing coal prices and demand for coal exports, along with continued competition with natural gas, contributed to a decline in overall US coal consumption. US coal consumption in 2018 [Read more] [Read more]
Automakers are concerned that the US government shutdown could delay the roll out of their new vehicle models in the United States as the companies cannot get the required certifications from the EPA. Getty Images [Read more] [Read more]
US oil and natural gas resources will continue to see growth in development, according to the US EIA. In its Annual Energy Outlook, the agency predicts natural gas and natural gas plant liquids will experience [Read more] [Read more]
In response to the re-election of President Nicolas Maduro, the Trump administration is considering imposing sanctions against Venezuelan oil exports, however, refiners in the US are concerned it would be even harder to secure heavy [Read more] [Read more]
Reuters reports that Husky Energy dropped its MEG takeover bid last week despite the approval of the deal from 60 per cent of MEG Energy shareholders. MEG Energy photo. MEG takeover deal scuttled on Jan. [Read more] [Read more]
The oil market has been somewhat rebalanced by OPEC’s supply cut agreement, which will see participants cut the group’s total production by at least 1.2 million barrels per day. Getty Images photo by Akos Stiller. [Read more] [Read more]
According to the US Energy Information Administration, natural gas prices in the forecast are expected to be comparable with recent years as production growth largely keeps pace with demand and export growth. Forecast natural gas prices [Read more] [Read more]
The US Energy Information Administration projects that the share of total U.S. electricity generation produced by all renewables other than hydropower will increase by three percentage points during the next two years. BP photo. Renewables [Read more] [Read more]
On Friday, the National Energy Board announced it has rejected a request from the City of Burnaby to rescind two orders that allow the Trans Mountain pipeline to work on pipeline relocations and decommissioning works [Read more] [Read more]
During the first two years of the Trump administration, more US coal fired power plants were shuttered than in the entirety of former President Barack Obama’s first term. Washington Post photo by Meg Kelly. over [Read more] [Read more]
Oil prices are expected to slowly gain in value and hit $65/barrel by 2020, according to the US Energy Information Administration. Baytex photo. By Stacy MacIntyre and Tim Hess EIA’s January Short-Term Energy Outlook forecasts that world [Read more] [Read more]
According to the United States Energy Information Administration, US oil production is expected to hit 12.9 million barrels per day next year. US oil production averaged 10.9 million b/d in 2018 US oil production is [Read more] [Read more]
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