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California Issues Air Quality Alert as Pollution Reaches Hazardous Levels

California Issues Air Quality Alert as Pollutio...

Ashton Routhier

California has issued an Air Quality Alert as pollution levels spike across multiple regions, posing health risks to millions of residents. The EPA warns that prolonged exposure to PM2.5 pollutants—found...

California Issues Air Quality Alert as Pollutio...

Ashton Routhier

California has issued an Air Quality Alert as pollution levels spike across multiple regions, posing health risks to millions of residents. The EPA warns that prolonged exposure to PM2.5 pollutants—found...

Plastic Nurdles Wash Up on England’s East Coast Following North Sea Tanker Collision

Plastic Nurdles Wash Up on England’s East Coast...

Ashton Routhier

Plastic nurdles have washed up on England’s east coast, likely from the collision between the Stena Immaculate and the Solong in the North Sea. While no major oil spills have...

Plastic Nurdles Wash Up on England’s East Coast...

Ashton Routhier

Plastic nurdles have washed up on England’s east coast, likely from the collision between the Stena Immaculate and the Solong in the North Sea. While no major oil spills have...

Explosions Rock Oil Tanker in Italy, Investigation Underway

Explosions Rock Oil Tanker in Italy, Investigat...

Ashton Routhier

Two explosions rocked the Seajewel oil tanker off the Italian coast, causing damage below the waterline but no oil leaks or injuries. Investigators are exploring possible sabotage or terrorism, as...

Explosions Rock Oil Tanker in Italy, Investigat...

Ashton Routhier

Two explosions rocked the Seajewel oil tanker off the Italian coast, causing damage below the waterline but no oil leaks or injuries. Investigators are exploring possible sabotage or terrorism, as...

India Increases U.S. Oil Imports Amid Global Energy Shifts

India Increases U.S. Oil Imports Amid Global En...

Ashton Routhier

India has significantly increased its oil imports from the U.S., rising to 218,400 bpd in January as the country works to diversify its energy sources. While Russia remains India’s top...

India Increases U.S. Oil Imports Amid Global En...

Ashton Routhier

India has significantly increased its oil imports from the U.S., rising to 218,400 bpd in January as the country works to diversify its energy sources. While Russia remains India’s top...

Trump Ends Venezuelan Oil Permit

Trump Ends Venezuelan Oil Permit

Ashton Routhier

The U.S. has revoked Chevron’s permit to pump and export Venezuelan oil, cutting off a key financial channel for Venezuela’s struggling oil industry. The move follows allegations of electoral fraud...

Trump Ends Venezuelan Oil Permit

Ashton Routhier

The U.S. has revoked Chevron’s permit to pump and export Venezuelan oil, cutting off a key financial channel for Venezuela’s struggling oil industry. The move follows allegations of electoral fraud...

Russia’s Sakhalin Oil Stalls at Sea as Sanctions Choke Exports

Russia’s Sakhalin Oil Stalls at Sea as Sanction...

Ashton Routhier

Sanctions on Russian oil have severely impacted Sakhalin’s crude exports, leaving 6.3 million barrels stranded offshore due to a shortage of buyers and storage capacity. Sokol oil shipments remain adrift,...

Russia’s Sakhalin Oil Stalls at Sea as Sanction...

Ashton Routhier

Sanctions on Russian oil have severely impacted Sakhalin’s crude exports, leaving 6.3 million barrels stranded offshore due to a shortage of buyers and storage capacity. Sokol oil shipments remain adrift,...