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Hurricane Laura sends large waves crashing on a beach in Cameron, La., on Aug. 26 as an offshore oil rig appears in the distance. The most active hurricane season on record was just one of many challenges facing the oil industry this year — aside from t

It Wasn't Just The Pandemic: Oil's Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Year

5:11pm January 03, 2021

by Camila Domonoske

The coronavirus-induced collapse in oil demand stole all the headlines. But oil companies faced a myriad of other woes, too, from hurricanes to itchy investors — and, of course, climate change.

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Landfill workers bury all plastic except soda bottles and milk jugs at Rogue Disposal & Recycling in southern Oregon.

How Big Oil Misled The Public Into Believing Plastic Would Be Recycled

8:17pm September 11, 2020

by Laura Sullivan

An NPR and PBS Frontline investigation reveals how the oil and gas industry used the promise of recycling to sell more plastic, even when they knew it would never work on a large scale.

A crew near Karnes City, Texas, continued work as oil prices collapsed this week. Companies already were cutting costs and now will have to cut deeper as oil prices remain low.

National

Trump Steps In To Help Oil Industry Facing Its Own Coronavirus Crisis

11:57am March 14, 2020

by Jeff Brady

The oil industry has faced reduced demand from coronavirus, made worse by a global price war. The Trump administration says it will help by buying up cheap oil for the nation's strategic reserve.

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Dungeness crab like these, caught off the coast of Alaska, have been affected by the neurotoxin domoic acid because of algae blooms in recent years, which makes them unsafe to eat.

Fishermen Sue Big Oil For Its Role In Climate Change

8:39am December 04, 2018

by Alastair Bland

The food industry is already feeling the effects of climate change, which will likely force expensive adaptations in the future. At least one sector is looking to make energy companies pay.

The offshore oil drilling platform called Gail, operated by Venoco, Inc., off the coast of Santa Barbara, Calif., in 2009.

California May Have A Way To Block Trump's Offshore Drilling Push

9:49am February 08, 2018

by Lauren Sommer

In the 1980s, California towns used local zoning rules to block offshore oil and gas drilling. State lawmakers are considering a similar strategy to push back against the Trump administration.

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U.S. Withdraws From Anti-Corruption Group's Oil And Petroleum Rules

4:54pm November 03, 2017

by Bill Chappell

The U.S. remains committed to fighting corruption, a State Department spokesperson says, after the country stops "domestic implementation" of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative.

Tanker trucks drive past an ExxonMobil oil refinery on March 8, 2005, in Joliet, Ill.

Environment

ExxonMobil Vs. The World

10:30am November 30, 2016

by Marcelo Gleiser

Oil companies once led in climate science; if they put a fraction of their profits into the search for alternative renewable fuels, they could ensure our collective well-being, says Marcelo Gleiser.