Taylor Energy Mess In Gulf Getting Cleaned Up — Finally

Oceans

The largest oil spill in U.S. history, the fifteen-year “leak” from the Taylor Energy platform in the Gulf of Mexico, is finally getting cleaned up, The Washington Post reports. The government hired for $7 million a small marine construction company, run...

Solar Power Heating Up in 2019

Energy

By Alexandra Patel and Monica Medina This week as you sit in the sun somewhere (we hope), consider that solar power is surging in the U.S.  A recent report from Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables and the Solar Energy Industries Association announced that the first...

Man and Machine Chase Tornadoes Across the U.S.

Weather

By Miro Korenha and Alexandra Patel  As tornadoes increase in range and frequency across the United States, a group of scientists has been using drones to better understand tornadoes and forecast them in an effort to save lives. Project TORUS has mobilized over 50...

Taylor Energy’s 15-Year Oil Spill — No End Or Action in Sight

Energy

By Alexandra Patel As we have reported previously, in 2004, an oil production platform owned by Taylor Energy Company sank in a mudslide triggered by  Hurricane Ivan. This sparked an oil spill that has been quietly leaking millions of barrels into the Gulf of Mexico...

Trump Proposes Replacement for Clean Power Plan That Favors Coal

Air

The Trump Administration yesterday proposed to replace one of the signature domestic climate change achievements of the Obama Administration — the Clean Power Plan to cut emissions from coal plants — with the “Affordable Clean Energy” or ACE...