Analysis: "For Oil and Its Dependents, It’s Code Blue" [1]
"The great price collapse of 2020 will topple companies and transform states."

"The great price collapse of 2020 will topple companies and transform states."
"Plummeting global demand for fish and seafood as a result of the coronavirus crisis is likely to create an effect similar to the halt of commercial fishing during World Wars I and II, when the idling of fleets led to the rebound of fish stocks."
"The state Fish and Game Commission on Thursday set the stage for a fierce environmental battle by granting temporary endangered species status to the several hundred cougars still roaming Southern California and the Central Coast."
"The world’s seas are simmering, with record high temperatures spurring worry among forecasters that the global warming effect may generate a chaotic year of extreme weather ahead."
"The people who cleaned up the 200 million-gallon Deepwater Horizon oil spill say they are still dealing with the health and economic fallout."
"The Trump White House has intervened to weaken one of the few public health protections pursued by its own administration, a rule to limit the use of a toxic industrial compound in consumer products, according to communications between the White House and Environmental Protection Agency."
"Environment Canada was told that selenium pollution emanating from a string of coal mines in B.C.’s southeast corner could lead to reproductive failure and ‘a total population collapse’ of sensitive species like the westslope cutthroat trout". "The adult population of genetically unique westslope cutthroat trout in a river in B.C.’s Kootenay region dropped by 93 per cent this past fall compared with 2017 levels, according to a monitoring report from Teck Resources."
"The Trump administration is considering paying U.S. oil producers to leave crude in the ground to help alleviate a glut that has caused prices to plummet and pushed some drillers into bankruptcy."
"Environmental groups are suing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over a March memo signaling that the agency would not seek penalties against companies that do not monitor their pollution during the coronavirus outbreak."
"Native American tribes and environmental groups pressured a federal judge on Thursday to shut down work on the disputed Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to Nebraska, citing fears that workers could spread the coronavirus and construction could damage land."
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/analysis-oil-and-its-dependents-it-s-code-blue
[2] https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2020/04/18/Code-Blue-for-Oil/
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/fishing-fleets-tied-marine-life-has-chance-recover
[4] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-17/with-fishing-fleets-tied-up-marine-life-has-a-chance-to-recover
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/s-california-mountain-lions-get-temporary-endangered-species-status
[6] https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2020-04-16/state-panel-studying-threatened-species-protection-for-southern-california-cougars
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/warmest-oceans-record-could-set-year-extreme-weather
[8] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-18/warmest-oceans-on-record-could-set-off-a-year-of-extreme-weather
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/decade-later-gulf-residents-suffer-bp-s-toxic-legacy
[10] https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bp-oil-spill-10-years-deepwater-horiz_n_5e99bd62c5b6c45259d5aa12
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/white-house-moves-weaken-epa-rule-toxic-compounds
[12] https://apnews.com/83eb8baf3c1533d9535f28e7145813c9
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/unique-bc-trout-population-crashes-downstream-teck-coal-mines
[14] https://thenarwhal.ca/teck-resources-elk-valley-mines-bc-fish/
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/us-weighs-paying-drillers-leave-oil-ground-amid-glut
[16] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-15/u-s-weighs-paying-drillers-to-leave-oil-in-the-ground-amid-glut?sref=h5EZFUoq
[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/greens-sue-after-epa-suspends-enforcement-due-coronavirus
[18] https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/493111-green-groups-sue-after-epa-suspends-enforcement-of-pollution
[19] https://www.sej.org/headlines/tribes-press-judge-halt-us-canada-pipeline-work-starts
[20] https://apnews.com/0aa2211e597913c4e95c9a6e4c40bc6a
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