Latest in: oil
A new EIS from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration assumes that by 2040, petroleum will (still) be meeting about 90% of our transportation energy demand. That’s a problem.
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Our last post explained the Office of Inspector General’s conclusions surrounding Lease Sale 193’s hurry-up supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS). ...December 21, 2015
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Lease Sale 193 in the Chukchi Sea came to a close earlier this year when Royal Dutch Shell announced...December 10, 2015
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Keep It In The Ground: A Crown of the Continent Kickoff?
The lands at issue are surrounded by protected areas: Glacier National Park to the north, the immense Bob Marshall Wilderness Area to the south and west and the Blackfeet Indian Reservation to the east. In fact,...November 25, 2015 383 0 -
KXL the Keystone of US/Canada Relations No Longer
As has been widely reported, the KXL application will be denied. Our stories about KXL (like here) noted the challenges inherent in counting greenhouse gas emissions from something like the Alberta tar sands. In weighing a single infrastructure project...November 6, 2015 227 0 -
Climate of Hypocrisy? The Peculiarity of Glocal Problem Solving
Bill McKibben’s recent column in Medium on physics—or, more specifically, the nonnegotiability of CO2e emissions’ effects in the atmosphere—took President Obama to task for his visit to Alaska and what he called the President’s “climate change hypocrisy.” ...September 3, 2015 466 0 -
Cumulative Impact in Focus: What if “Legal Borrowing” is Just the Ticket?
Just published earlier this month was a sad reminder of NEPA’s utter dependence upon the judicial system for its sting. In Atchafalaya Basinkeeper v. Bostick, 2015 WL 3824318 (E.D. La. 2015), a federal district court denied...June 30, 2015 1205 0 -
Fossil Fuels’ Third Century: NEPA’s Feature Role in a Geopolitical Endgame?
Coal was probably burned in England by the Roman Empire when it was there. But it wasn’t until the 19th century that England’s ‘industrial revolution’ made coal its fuel of choice and English-speaking peoples started “civilization”...June 4, 2015 778 0 -
The Fracking EIS in NY: The Empire State’s ‘Little NEPA’ Lands a Big Punch
Fracking. Unconventional gas. Tight oil. Marcellus. Bakken. By whatever name, anyone who knows anything about energy, climate, or environment knows the problem. As supplies tighten, demand spreads, and extraction and transport technologies improve, more and more...May 20, 2015 471 0 -
Using NEPA to Solve Problems: On Re-Publicizing the Governance of Risk
The U.S. Dept. of Transportation finally moved to finalize its rules on tank car safety on May 1. {See Final Rule Federal Register Notice here.} The Department’s summary of the enhancements: Enhanced Standards for New and...May 11, 2015 999 0
