Thursday, 25 October 2018

Energy and Environment: Extreme Category 5 typhoon, the worst U.S. storm since 1935, leaves Northern Mariana Islands devastated

Energy and Environment
With Chris Mooney
 
Extreme Category 5 typhoon, the worst U.S. storm since 1935, leaves Northern Mariana Islands devastated
Tied for the world's strongest storm of the year, Yutu represents another catastrophic strike to a possession of the United States.
Analysis | The Energy 202: Why New York's new climate lawsuit against ExxonMobil is different
The AG is relying on the Martin Act.
 
The Trump administration just approved a plan to drill for oil in Alaska's federal waters. It's a major first.
Hilcorp Energy plans to drill for oil six miles off the Alaskan coast in the shallow waters of the Beaufort Sea.
 
New York sues ExxonMobil, saying it 'misled' investors about climate change risks
The attorney general's lawsuit alleges the oil giant lied about how it was calculating potential carbon costs.
 
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Analysis | The Energy 202: 'California, get on the ball.' Trump threatens to withhold funds to state over fire and water policy
It's an escalation of tensions.
 
On eve of trial, Supreme Court leaves landmark climate case - filed by kids - in limbo
The case, filed in 2015, was set to go to trial in Oregon on Oct. 29.
 
Listen to the eerie song of Antarctica — melting
Researchers discovered a constant warble in the ice — which faded to something like a dial tone during one of the warmest summers on record.
 
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Analysis | The Energy 202: Three misleading things about Trump's clean air tweet
The U.S. has clean air -- but not perfectly clean.
 
A 14-year-long oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico verges on becoming one of the worst in U.S. history
For years, Taylor Energy and federal officials had kept quiet about it.
 
Analysis | The Energy 202: California and the Trump administration rarely agree on energy policy. Here's an exception.
Both political parties can get behind offshore wind.
 
 
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