Energy/Environmental Scams & Crimes

Convictions in Ohio Bribery Scheme Show That Energy and Policy Nexus Attracts Cheaters and That Personal Integrity is the Antidote. March 10, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Convictions in Ohio Bribery Scheme Show That Energy and Policy Nexus Attracts Cheaters and That Personal Integrity is the Antidote

New Report from Corporate Watchdog Group Alleges Environmental and Human Rights Violations by Chinese Energy Transition Mining Ventures. July 12, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: New Report from Corporate Watchdog Group Alleges Environmental and Human Rights Violations by Chinese Energy Transition Mining Ventures

Energy Scams: Illegal and Deceptive Energy Practices: Part 1: Is China Selling Fake Biofuels to Europe? September 4, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Energy Scams: Illegal and Deceptive Energy Practices: Part 1: Is China Selling Fake Biofuels to Europe?

Energy Scams: Illegal and Deceptive Energy Practices: Part 2: Oil Theft, Illegal Refining, and Illegal Oil Sales in the Niger Delta in Southern Nigeria. September 15, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Energy Scams: Illegal and Deceptive Energy Practices: Part 2: Oil Theft, Illegal Refining, and Illegal Oil Sales in the Niger Delta in Southern Nigeria

Rolling Coal: While the EPA Continues to Focus on Manufacturers and Sellers of Emissions Control Defeat Devices on Diesel Vehicles, Cummins Gets a Huge Fine for Installing Software That Cheats Emissions. February 19, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Rolling Coal: While the EPA Continues to Focus on Manufacturers and Sellers of Emissions Control Defeat Devices on Diesel Vehicles, Cummins Gets a Huge Fine for Installing Software That Cheats Emissions

Russia’s New Shadow Fleet of LNG Transport Vessels Mirrors Oil Shadow Fleet That Allows Them to Skirt Sanctions. July 3, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Russia’s New Shadow Fleet of LNG Transport Vessels Mirrors Oil Shadow Fleet That Allows Them to Skirt Sanctions

Biofuels Cheating in the U.S. and the 45Z Tax Credit: Domestic Sources Only, Argue Senators. August 9, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Biofuels Cheating in the U.S. and the 45Z Tax Credit: Domestic Sources Only, Argue Senators

Ghost Oil Tanker Giving Deliberately False Location Readings is What Led to Collision of Two Tankers Off Malaysian Coast in North China Sea: Cheating Leads to Damages to Both Tankers. September 5, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Ghost Oil Tanker Giving Deliberately False Location Readings is What Led to Collision of Two Tankers Off Malaysian Coast in North China Sea: Cheating Leads to Damages to Both Tankers

Oil Theft by Cross-Border Criminal Gangs in the Permian Basin. (Energy Scams Part 3). September 20, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Oil Theft by Cross-Border Criminal Gangs in the Permian Basin. (Energy Scams Part 3)

Energy Justice Case Win for Those Cheated by Maryland’s Deregulated Energy Retailers (Now Being Challenged in Court). December 20, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Energy Justice Case Win for Those Cheated by Maryland’s Deregulated Energy Retailers (Now Being Challenged in Court)

Pennsylvania Trucking Company to Be Fined for Emissions Cheating, Given Probation for Violating Clean Air Act. December 22, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Pennsylvania Trucking Company to Be Fined for Emissions Cheating, Given Probation for Violating Clean Air Act

Update on Russia’s Sanctioned Oil Tankers: Bloomberg Tracks Shipments, Including Clandestine Transfers. February 27, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Update on Russia’s Sanctioned Oil Tankers: Bloomberg Tracks Shipments, Including Clandestine Transfers

Rampant Demand Response Fraud Prompts MISO to Change Its Demand Response Rules. March 27, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Rampant Demand Response Fraud Prompts MISO to Change Its Demand Response Rules

Illegal Mining Around the World: Organized Crime, Artisanal Mining, Mining Scams, and Markets for Illegally Mined Commodities. April 16, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Illegal Mining Around the World: Organized Crime, Artisanal Mining, Mining Scams, and Markets for Illegally Mined Commodities

Mexican Cartel Oil Theft and Smuggling Schemes Uncovered: Assessing the Scope and Addressing the Problem. June 2, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Mexican Cartel Oil Theft and Smuggling Schemes Uncovered: Assessing the Scope and Addressing the Problem

Fraudulent Scientific Research is Growing: Scientific Journal Editors and ‘Brokers’ are Scheming Together: Motives Include Promoting Certain Medical Cures and Pressure to Publish. August 14, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Fraudulent Scientific Research is Growing: Scientific Journal Editors and ‘Brokers’ are Scheming Together: Motives Include Promoting Certain Medical Cures and Pressure to Publish

Pipeline Inspectors Working in NYC and Westchester County Charged with Faking Hundreds of Weld Inspections Between 2016 and 2023, Compromising Community Safety. November 3, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Pipeline Inspectors Working in NYC and Westchester County Charged with Faking Hundreds of Weld Inspections Between 2016 and 2023, Compromising Community Safety

Resource Nationalism, Jihadis, Sanctions Evasion, Narco-Trafficking, and the Colonialist Narrative: Government Takeover of Uranium Mine in Niger, Record Deliveries of Cocaine to Europe, and Criminal Networking. December 1, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Resource Nationalism, Jihadis, Sanctions Evasion, Narco-Trafficking, and the Colonialist Narrative: Government Takeover of Uranium Mine in Niger, Record Deliveries of Cocaine to Europe, and Criminal Networking

Crypto Woes: High Energy Use, Few Local Economic Benefits, and Continued Crime: Proposed U.S Crypto Tax Failed in 2023, and Malaysian Bitcoin Miners Steal over $1 Billion in Electricity. December 13, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Crypto Woes: High Energy Use, Few Local Economic Benefits, and Continued Crime: Proposed U.S Crypto Tax Failed in 2023, and Malaysian Bitcoin Miners Steal over $1 Billion in Electricity

Venezuela Expropriated Billions in Oil Investments from U.S. and Multinational Companies: The U.S, Venezuela, and the World Would Benefit from Increased Oil Output and Willing Investors. January 6, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Venezuela Expropriated Billions in Oil Investments from U.S. and Multinational Companies: The U.S, Venezuela, and the World Would Benefit from Increased Oil Output and Willing Investors

Sanctioned Tankers are a Safety and Environmental Hazard: Ghost Fleets are Extensions of Criminal Networks: “Stateless and Beyond Substandard”. January 11, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Sanctioned Tankers are a Safety and Environmental Hazard: Ghost Fleets are Extensions of Criminal Networks: “Stateless and Beyond Substandard”

Many Home Power-Saving Devices are Scams, Yet Heavily Advertised: Alternatives That Do Work Include Smart Plugs and Smart Power Strips. January 17, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Many Home Power-Saving Devices are Scams, Yet Heavily Advertised: Alternatives That Do Work Include Smart Plugs and Smart Power Strips