Tag: fossil fuels

‘Eye of fire,’ Exxon lobbyist’s comments fuel renewed attacks on oil industry

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Environmentalists are ramping up their criticism of the oil and gas industry following revelations last week from an Exxon Mobil lobbyist on climate change and a viral “eye of fire” video from the Gulf of Mexico caused by a pipeline leak.

Progressives on Capitol Hill seized on the two events by pushing for robust climate provisions in forthcoming infrastructure legislation and renewing threats to haul company executives before Congress to testify.

Longtime congressional critics of the industry argued that the past week underscores the need to transition away from fossil fuels to mitigate climate change. Continue reading.

New EPA Advisory Board Member Believes Burning Fossil Fuels Is Good For Earth

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“Carbon dioxide makes things grow. Plants love this stuff,” John Christy has said.

The newest member of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Science Advisory Board is a climate change skeptic whose research has been debunked and who believes that burning fossil fuels is actually beneficial.

“There’s a benefit, not a cost, to producing energy from carbon,” John Christy, an atmospheric science professor at the University of Alabama in Hunstville, told E&E (Energy and Environment) News.

He didn’t elaborate, but he once told The Guardian: “Carbon dioxide makes things grow. Plants love this stuff. It creates more food. There is absolutely no question that carbon energy provides… longer and better lives.”

View the complete February 3 article by Mary Papenfuss on the Huffington Post website here.

Sierra Club calls on Rick Perry to resign after he implies fossil fuels could reduce sexual assault

The following article by Anna Swartz was posed on the mic.com website November 2, 2017:

Secretary of Energy Rick Perry standing behind President Donald Trump at the 2017 National Boy Scout Jamboree at the Summit in Glen Jean, West Virginia, July 24. Steve Helber/AP

At least one organization is calling on Energy Secretary Rick Perry to resign after comments he made Thursday morning suggesting that developing the fossil fuel industry in “villages in Africa” could help reduce instances of sexual assault.

Speaking at an energy policy event hosted by Axios and NBC News in Washington, D.C., Thursday morning, Perry said that “a young girl” had told him about the safety benefits of electric lights, NBC News reported on Thursday.

“But also from the standpoint of sexual assault, when the lights are on, when you have light that shines, the righteousness, if you will, on those types of acts,” Perry said. “So from the standpoint of how you really affect people’s lives, fossil fuels is going to play a role in that. I happen to think it’s going to play a positive role.” Continue reading “Sierra Club calls on Rick Perry to resign after he implies fossil fuels could reduce sexual assault”