September 10, 2021

Oil drilling bans advance in House with climate change assault

The $31.7 billion measure would also slap new fees on oil and mining companies.

September 10, 2021

Harvard’s $42bn fund to end investment in fossil fuels

Harvard's massive endowment will support the world’s green energy transition.

September 6, 2021

The View from England: Burning lessons for mining

Burning Man principles contain lessons that could be more usefully shared with the mining industry.

September 2, 2021

Offshore drilling ban and mining curbs edge closer to passage

The bill would slap new fees on oil and mining companies and effectively block the proposed Resolution Copper mine in Arizona.

September 2, 2021

Quantum-enabled camera to help cut methane emissions from oil & gas industry

The technology could potentially be used in other sectors, such as mining and agriculture.

August 28, 2021

‘Extremely dangerous’ hurricane Ida knocks out more oil than Katrina

US oil and gas companies on Friday cut more than 1.6 million barrels of oil production as a major storm churned toward oilfields that provide 17% of the nation’s oil…

August 27, 2021

How Afghanistan’s $1 trillion mining wealth sold the war

US media regurgitates a 2010 New York Times frontpage story on Afghanistan’s mineral riches based on a secret Pentagon memo and a 1977 Soviet geologic map.

August 26, 2021

US offshore oil workers flee as storm approaches Gulf of Mexico

A potentially devastating storm is brewing in the Caribbean Sea and expected to make its way through the Gulf of Mexico's oil producing region.

August 24, 2021

BHP risks two notch downgrade on oil asset sale

The sale will reduce BHP's portfolio diversity and will raise its dependency on a single asset.

August 20, 2021

Court rules Intrepid Potash has no water rights in New Mexico

Intrepid’s use of the Pecos River water gained controversy after the company disclosed it planned to sell it to the oil and gas industry.