Oil and Gas Solutions
RMI Joins Major Oil and Gas Companies to Support Methane Monitoring
At Rocky Mountain Institute, it is not often that we agree with major players in the oil and gas industry, including BP, Equinor, Exxon, and Shell. However, today we must forcefully support the industry in condemning the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision to end methane…
Tackling Methane Leakage from Oil and Gas
Having lived the last seven years in the United States, I am still Dutch and European at heart. During the past few months, I have watched with growing excitement as Europe has been gathering momentum around the European Green Deal. Europe’s progressive politics, buffeted by mass social movements across the…
Disaster Rollbacks: The Methane Danger to Our Health and Climate
Over the last few months, in addition to facing a dire health crisis, we have all been witness to unexpected disruptions in our systems and society. Along with the disruptions of basic daily life such as work, childcare, and shopping for basic necessities, many industries have been hard-hit by the…
Methane, Hog Manure, and a Net-Zero Pledge
Dominion Energy made big news last week with its pledge to go net-zero by 2050. It is one of the largest utilities to make this sort of pledge to date, with roughly the same number of customers as power giant Duke Energy. And this is part of…
BP’s Bold Zero-Carbon Pledge Is Only the Beginning
BP made headlines earlier this week, announcing ten new climate ambitions to bring both its business and the economy it serves toward net zero emissions by 2050, the goal post science dictates is needed to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. As one of the world’s largest oil…
