Post Tagged with: "Green New Deal"
Rs 50k-crore investment in coal infra
According to finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, not just fully explored coal blocks, but even partially explored ones will now be auctioned, and 50 assets will go under the hammer soon.
Oil & Gas 360 Publishers Note: This theme …
Canada attaches stricter environmental rules to oilfield support funds
WorldOil
OTTAWA (Bloomberg) –Canada’s plan to spend $1.2 billion to help clean up the country’s derelict oil wells comes with strings attached: tougher environmental rules for the energy-rich province of Alberta. “We’ve been urging the Trudeau government to bail out …
AOC’S pitch for the Green New Deal is unhinged from Reality
Oil & Gas 360 Publishers Note: This article by James Agresti is an excellent summary of the facts surrounding the Green New Deal. Interesting read and worth your time.
AOC’s recent comments, along with the actual text …
How long will the slowdown in renewables last?
Oil & Gas 360 Editors Note: Trevor d’Olier-Lees writes an excellent article looking at the renewable market, and if a downturn is on the horizon. The key take away’s from the article are surrounding the removal of tax incentives …
BP’s CEO chides AOC and Bernie Sanders for their ‘completely unrealistic’ Green New Deal ideas
Outgoing BP chief Bob Dudley on Wednesday criticized sweeping climate proposals from Sen. Bernie Sanders, a top-tier 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a champion of the far-left.
“They have a completely unrealistic idea of the …
Green New Deal Rejected in U.S. Senate Vote
From Reuters
U.S. Senate Republicans on Tuesday defeated the “Green New Deal” resolution that called for tackling climate change by moving the United States off fossil fuels, while Democrats said the vote was a political stunt on an issue that …
Champions of Big Oil Extend Olive Branch to Green New Dealers
From Bloomberg
As President Donald Trump’s energy czar and former governor of the biggest source of American oil, Rick Perry had a startling response to the author of the Green New Deal: Let’s talk.
Perry, in an appearance at the …
Green New Deal Could Cost $93 Trillion
From Bloomberg
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s ambitious plan to fight climate change won’t be cheap, according to a Republican-aligned think tank led by a former Congressional Budget Office director.
The so-called Green New Deal may tally between $51 trillion and $93 …
Senate Dems Face Tough Upcoming Vote on Green New Deal
From The Hill
Durbin after reading Green New Deal: ‘What in the heck is this?’
Democrats are facing a defining Senate vote as early as next week on the “Green New Deal” climate change plan — which Republicans hope will …