Big Oil

Good friend and frequent guest Stephen Singular joins me today to discuss his latest book and first novel In the Cards. The book deals with the 2000 election and one journalists effort to expose the corruption and manipulation of the results by the GOP. Stephen begins by giving us an overview of the novel and what led him to write it. He also discusses the setting and the circumstances around the rigged 2000 election. We then talk about the novels protagonist, freelance journalist Jimmy Iverson. Stephen talks about the sort of person that Jimmy is and the journalistic ideals that he holds.

(TIM) — A West Virginia resident and House of Delegates candidate was physically removed from a state house public hearing at the West Virginia House of Delegates shortly after she began reading aloud donations from oil and gas corporations to delegates during discussion of a bill aimed at easing restrictions on gas and oil-related drilling on private land. […]

To be useful, energy must be reliable.

Rep. Joe Kennedy III gives the official Democratic Party response to Trump's State of the Union address (source). Can he see global warming from his house? Unlike the rest of us, apparently not.by Gaius Publius“We can’t have an energy strategy for the last century that traps us in the past.

Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih told reporters in early December that OPEC will monitor oil output and production to ensure that the agreement to curb output is met by all until the end of 2018 [Xinhua]
If you haven’t heard by now, 2017 ends with oil prices well breaching the $60 a barrel mark leaving producers much more confident as they head into 2018.
This is a boon on two fronts for the world’s biggest oil producers Russia and Saudi Arabia.

Who's responsible for carbon emissions? By 1890 the U.S. had taken the dominant position and held it until 2000 (source; click to enlarge).by Gaius PubliusThis piece contains a small number of simple ideas:

A shot heard round the world?

Your methane bridge to nowhere (source)by Gaius PubliusI've seen this report referenced several times, but none of those mentions is getting traction. So time to repeat.

In late October, over 80 members of the U.S. House of Representatives signed a letter urging U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions to consider domestic terrorism charges for activists who damage pipelines or disrupt their construction. The letter, drafted by Rep.

Ed Rogers continues to embarrass the Washington Post.