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Honeywell and Alturus team up to provide energy storage and distributed assets solutions

June 24, 2021

Honeywell and Alturus announced a collaborative effort to deploy battery energy storage systems to customers globally.

A FairWarning Story

Moving away from fossil fuel: The escalating push for setbacks from drilling sites

Alexandra Tempus

July 23, 2020

Experts say that more than a decade of research — including two new studies out of California, and one on a Texas community — has made it clear that current setback distances, in states where they exist, are inadequate to protect public health. Now, political pressure to push oil and gas wells about half a mile from homes and other buildings is peaking across the country, over industry alarm that such measures could amount to a de facto ban on drilling.

More reactions to EPA’s Clean Energy Rule

August 23, 2018

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce acknowledges that human activities are contributing to climate change, but feels that the Obama-era Clean Power plan was not an effective way to address that. The American Public Health Association contends that the EPA’s just announced proposed replacement for the Clean Power Plan – the Affordable Clean Energy Rule – is “an attack on public health.”

Oil industry report: Pipelines are safe

August 23, 2016

A report released by the American Petroleum Institute (API) and the Association of Oil Pipe Lines (AOPL) shows that pipeline incidents have decreased, despite a sharp rise in the use of pipelines to deliver oil and gas industry products.

Japan's nuke safety woes remain five years after Fukushima

March 15, 2016

In March, 2011, a magnitude nine earthquake off the east coast of Japan triggered a tsunami that killed almost 20,000 people and led to meltdowns and release of radioactive material at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.

EPA IDs high pollution levels near Texas power plants

February 18, 2016

Environmentalists are cheering the EPA’s designation of several areas in east Texas near coal-fired power plants as being out of compliance with clean air standards. The EPA said it had identified high levels of sulfur dioxide pollution in Luminant’s Martin Lake, Big Brown and Monticello coal plants.

Obama unveils plan to drastically reduce emissions from power plants

Calls climate change a threat to the future

August 4, 2015

In a move expected to result in years of legal wrangling, President Obama yesterday announced the most ambitious plan yet to sharply cut carbon pollution emitted by power plants.

Top energy biz barrier: Regulation

But the boom will continue in ’15

May 4, 2015

Grant Thornton and Hart Energy survey finds regulatory requirements and lack of qualified workers major barriers to growth; capital expenditures continue to rise

Airgas opens location in North Dakota to service shale oil region

November 3, 2014

Airgas, Inc. (NYSE: ARG) has recently opened a new location in Dickinson, North Dakota, enhancing its local product and service capabilities for customers in the Bakken shale oil region.

The Coming EHS Capability Chasm in the Energy Industry

Asdza Nadleehe

September 12, 2012

Since 2009, a number of high-profile offshore events have heightened the emphasis on health and safety practices in the energy industry.

This webinar will provide attendees information and demographics on the profession and what can be done to make every effort to ensure young OEHS professionals are learning about what we do to continue our “mission” – working with management at all levels to ensure that a safe and healthy work environment is provided and maintained.