Category Archives: Fossil Fuels

Sources: A US$13-billion business

Minerals Management Service: People Promoting Energy, the Environment, and the Economy

Minerals Management Service Disburses $10.68 Billion in FY 2009

Minerals Management Service: Royalty Relief
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A US$13-billion business

Is it any wonder that the BP calamity occurred? Here’s what has been preoccupying its environmental regulator, the Minerals Management Service, ever since MMS was established in 1982.

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A US$13-billion business

(May 14, 2010) Is it any wonder that the BP calamity occurred? Here’s what has been preoccupying its environmental regulator, the Minerals Management Service, ever since MMS was established in 1982. Continue reading

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U.S. law disaster

(May 8, 2010) Washington laid the groundwork for the Gulf oil spill by letting the offshore oil industry dodge its liabilities. Continue reading

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Is there an endless supply of oil?

(Dec. 2, 2009) In doing some research on my modest energy investments, I came across a link that led me to a website called Energy Probe where I discovered a very interesting article entitled Endless Oil by Canadian environmentalist, Lawrence Solomon, which if true, could cause anti-fossil fuel Greens to turn hotly red. Continue reading

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Endless oil

Russian research has shown that the Earth doesn’t need dinosaurs to produce oil.

Do dead dinosaurs fuel our cars? The assumption that they do, along with other dead matter thought to have formed what are known as fossil fuels, has been an article of faith for centuries. Our geologists are taught fossil fuel theory in our schools; our energy companies search for fossil fuels by divining where the dinosaurs lay down and died. Sooner or later, we will run out of liquefied dinosaurs and be forced to turn to either nuclear or renewable fuels, virtually everyone believes.
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NUMBY strikes Ohio

(Sept. 3, 2009) Not Under My Back Yard — the phenomenon of citizens’ groups organizing to stop the burial of carbon dioxide under their communities — succeeds again Continue reading

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NUMBY strikes Ohio

(September 3, 2009) Not Under My Back Yard — the phenomenon of citizens’ groups organizing to stop the burial of carbon dioxide under their communities — succeeds again, this time in Ohio’s Darke County, where Citizens Against Carbon Sequestration successfully fought off a proposed $92.6-million carbon storage plan. Their 14-month protest effort involved yard signs, public meetings and a prayer rally. Continue reading

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Coal is still king: Sources

(August 29, 2009) World Coal Demand and Supply Prospects Continue reading

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Coal is still king

(August 29, 2009) Governments are enthusiastically pushing coal on the assumption that carbon capture and storage technologies will work. Continue reading

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