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What’s Driving Oil & Gas Companies Towards Electric Charging?

August 17, 2018August 22, 2018 Sponsored Content 1 Comment BP, ChargePoint, electric vehicles, ev charging, exxon, Galp, royal dutch shell, Total

Is it the end of oil & gas as we know it? As BP and Shell invest heavily into battery and electric car charging businesses, are we entering a new age of electrification?

Hybrid Cars

Was Exxon The Father Of The Toyota Prius Hybrid?

October 8, 2016October 11, 2016 Steve Hanley 7 Comments AC electric motor, Chrysler Cordoba Hybrid, exxon, first hybrid car, inverter, lithiim ion battery, Toyota Cressida Hybrid

40 years ago, Exxon was a leader in technology innovation, lithium ion battery research and electronics. Its ideas may have led to the first Prius hybrid cars from Toyota.

Compressed Natural Gas Fossil fuels

Exxon CEO Sues to Prevent "Safe" Fracking Near His Property

February 22, 2014 Jo Borrás 16 Comments cause and effect, exxon, exxon mobil, fracking, gas, infertility, lawsuit, natural gas, prevent fracking, Rex Tillerson, safe.cancer, sue, sues

Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson has a bit of a continuity problem in his narrative about fracking. He needs to present a product that the world can accept as safe- but he knows better, and he’s willing to sue to keep fracking away from his own family.

Fossil fuels Oil Tar sands

Keystone XL, George W. Continue to Embarrass America

November 18, 2013 Jo Borrás 13 Comments Big Oil, Bush, citizens, cleanup, exxon, ExxonMobil, George W., gop, Keystone, lies, Mayflower, misinformation, Oil, pegasus, pipeline, pollution, residents, stupid, toxic, TransCanada, W, xl

Make private companies happy. Don’t worry about the environment. Stop fretting about long-term sustainability. Forget renewables, property concerns, the safety of our water and air. Make private companies happy. This was the 43rd president’s message…

Compressed Natural Gas Fossil fuels

Exxon Mobil Caught Dumping Fracking Wastewater in PA

September 13, 2013 Jo Borrás 10 Comments alternative energy, Big Oil, chemicals, dumping, EPA, exxon, ExxonMobil, fracking, gas, illegal, illegal dumping, mobil, natural gas, oil and gas, pa, Penn, spill, toxins, xto energy

Remember the pop quiz? When you were a kid, one of your biggest fears was the pop quiz – an

Fossil fuels Oil Tar sands

ExxonMobil Hopes You've Forgotten About Mayflower, Arkansas

August 17, 2013 Jo Borrás 13 Comments arkansas, Big Oil, citizens, cleanup, exxon, ExxonMobil, Keystone, lies, Mayflower, misinformation, Oil, pegasus, pipeline, pollution, residents, toxic, xl

On March 29th, ExxonMobil’s Pegasus oil pipeline ruptured, pouring (what ExxonMobil said was) 200,000 gallons of oil into Mayflower, Arkansas. Now, months later, the residents of Mayflower are trying to sift through the lies and misinformation to find out exactly what’s happened to them, and what – of anything – they’ll be able to do about it.