By 1910, California was producing roughly a fifth of the world’s crude oil. Today it is producing roughly a fifth of the oil consumed by the state. Source In addition to experiencing serious oil production decline, California is also a “fuel island” due to the geographical and regulatory constraints| Powering the Planet
State regulators are allowing the oil industry to walk away from its cleanup responsibilities.| Powering the Planet
Oil industry plans to store carbon dioxide in injection wells pose huge financial, environmental and climate risks.| Powering the Planet
In 2019 I wrote an article that posed the question, “Will the Public End up Paying to Clean up the Fracking Boom?” The following year I wrote the article, “With Bankruptcies Mounting, Faltering Oil and Gas Firms Are Leaving a Multi-billion Dollar Cleanup Bill to the Public” in which I| Powering the Planet
History is likely to show that the idea of permanently polluting huge amounts of water and then trying to bury that water deep underground under high pressure likely was a really bad idea.| Powering the Planet
