Category: CCUS

UK refineries are being killed off by high carbon costs. How U.S. Blue States are following the same playbook

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Britain’s downstream oil sector is shrinking in real time. Two refineries closed in 2025—Grangemouth in April and Lindsey in August—leaving only four operating sites: Fawley, Humber, Pembroke, and Stanlow. Liquid fuels still account for 47 percent of UK final energy consumption. There are no scalable near-term substitutes for diesel in freight, agriculture, and construction or […]

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ExxonMobil\’s Low-Carbon Retreat Dovetails Neatly with Trump\’s Energy Policy Revolution

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In a bold pivot that echoes the incoming Trump administration\’s emphasis on energy dominance and deregulation, ExxonMobil has announced a significant reduction in its low-carbon investments, slashing spending by a third from $30 billion to $20 billion over the 2025-2030 period. This move redirects capital toward the company\’s core oil and gas operations, prioritizing high-return […]

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California\’s Wildfire Emissions Top Its Power Plants, but Go Uncounted

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This exclusion stems from a technicality known as the \”fast carbon cycle,\” which assumes forests will quickly reabsorb the released carbon. However, with longer fire seasons and degraded ecosystems, this assumption is increasingly unreliable, potentially masking the true scale of California\’s climate impact. The problem is compounded by decades of horrific land management practices that […]

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