Index of Posts 2025 (Linked)

  

U.S. Energy Production Continues to Exceed Consumption, A Milestone First Hit in 2019: Growth of Domestic Oil and Natural Gas Production Due to Fracking Allows Coal Use to Drop. January 3, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: U.S. Energy Production Continues to Exceed Consumption, A Milestone First Hit in 2019: Growth of Domestic Oil and Natural Gas Production Due to Fracking Allows Coal Use to Drop

U.S. Crude Oil Imports from Canada at Record Highs from Expansion of Trans Mountain Pipeline and U.S. Oil Trade Graphs. January 4, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: U.S. Crude Oil Imports from Canada at Record Highs from Expansion of Trans Mountain Pipeline and U.S. Oil Trade Graphs

Utica Condensate/Light Oil Production Grows in Ohio as the Volatile Oil Window is Drilled in New Ways and Stimulated with New Frac Recipes: Economics Can Be as Good as the Best Permian Wells. January 6, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Utica Condensate/Light Oil Production Grows in Ohio as the Volatile Oil Window is Drilled in New Ways and Stimulated with New Frac Recipes: Economics Can Be as Good as the Best Permian Wells

An Introduction to Environmental Law and Policy: Summary and Review of Chapter 4 of Environmental Law, 5th Edition by Nancy K. Kubasek and Gary S. Silverman (Prentice Hall, 2005, pgs. 125-165). January 8. 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: An Introduction to Environmental Law and Policy: Summary and Review of Chapter 4 of Environmental Law, 5th Edition by Nancy K. Kubasek and Gary S. Silverman (Prentice Hall, 2005, pgs. 125-165)

Integrating AI into the Power Grid: Challenges and Opportunities. Janaury 9, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Integrating AI into the Power Grid: Challenges and Opportunities

The Value of Oil in South Sudan, a Fledgling Country Trying to Recover from Conflict. January 10, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Value of Oil in South Sudan, a Fledgling Country Trying to Recover from Conflict

Earth’s Carbonate-Silicate Cycle: Will the Brightening Sun Disrupt It Enough Over the Next Billion Years to Destroy Life on Earth? Maybe or Maybe it Will Take Longer. January 12, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Earth’s Carbonate-Silicate Cycle: Will the Brightening Sun Disrupt It Enough Over the Next Billion Years to Destroy Life on Earth? Maybe or Maybe it Will Take Longer

EPA Air Quality: National Summary for 2023: Analysis. January 13, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: EPA Air Quality: National Summary for 2023: Analysis

Exposure Science: What Toxicants Are We Consuming, Are They Dangerous, and How Do We Cope? January 15, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Exposure Science: What Toxicants Are We Consuming, Are They Dangerous, and How Do We Cope?

Iraq Flared Natural Gas Capture: TotalEnergies and BP in Deals to Capture Flared Gas for Domestic Power Use. January 19, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Iraq Flared Natural Gas Capture: TotalEnergies and BP in Deals to Capture Flared Gas for Domestic Power Use

Trinity Gas Storage Facility Comes Online in East Texas, Hedging Against Another Winter Storm Uri. January 19, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Trinity Gas Storage Facility Comes Online in East Texas, Hedging Against Another Winter Storm Uri

Underground Storage Tanks: Types, Regulations, Release Detection, Corrosion Protection, and Operation & Maintenance. January 20, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Underground Storage Tanks: Types, Regulations, Release Detection, Corrosion Protection, and Operation & Maintenance

Plants are a Better CO2 Sink Than Previously Understood, New Research Finds. January 21, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Plants are a Better CO2 Sink Than Previously Understood, New Research Finds

A Revised Ocean-Atmosphere Sulfur Cycle Model: Methanethiol (MeSH), a Biogenic Sulfur Gas from Marine Organisms, Helps Cool the Climate, New Research Finds. January 21, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: A Revised Ocean-Atmosphere Sulfur Cycle Model: Methanethiol (MeSH), a Biogenic Sulfur Gas from Marine Organisms, Helps Cool the Climate, New Research Finds

Carbon Source/Sink Balance from the Arctic-Boreal Zone: Sources Continue to Increase Relative to Sinks: Carbon Cycle Changes in the Arctic Permafrost Region Led by Accelerated Arctic Warming. January 22, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Carbon Source/Sink Balance from the Arctic-Boreal Zone: Sources Continue to Increase Relative to Sinks: Carbon Cycle Changes in the Arctic Permafrost Region Led by Accelerated Arctic Warming

Cryptobiotic Soil, or Biocrust: Distribution in Arid/Semi-Arid Regions, Classification, Ecological Importance, and Restoration. January 22, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Cryptobiotic Soil, or Biocrust: Distribution in Arid/Semi-Arid Regions, Classification, Ecological Importance, and Restoration

Radon Gas: Dangers, Exposure, Geochemistry, Mitigation Methods, and a New Map of Geographic Concentrations. January 23, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Radon Gas: Dangers, Exposure, Geochemistry, Mitigation Methods, and a New Map of Geographic Concentrations

Heavy Duty Electrification: Benefits, Risks, Strategies, Logistics, and Forecasts. January 25, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0

Big Grid-Scale Battery System Trends: New Data and Analysis from Bloomberg. January 25, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Big Grid-Scale Battery System Trends: New Data and Analysis from Bloomberg

On-Site Landfill Leachate Treatment Plants for Common Landfill Contaminants, PFAS, and Other Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs). January 26, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: On-Site Landfill Leachate Treatment Plants for Common Landfill Contaminants, PFAS, and Other Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs)

Ukraine Offers to Upgrade Coal Units That Currently Run on Anthracite Coal in Moldova Breakaway Region Transnistria to Accept Ukrainian Coal: Ukraine Offers a Deal. January 28, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Ukraine Offers to Upgrade Coal Units That Currently Run on Anthracite Coal in Moldova Breakaway Region Transnistria to Accept Ukrainian Coal: Ukraine Offers a Deal

Income Disparity in the U.S: A Simple Analysis. January 29, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Income Disparity in the U.S: A Simple Analysis

Air Pollution from Landfills, Anaerobic Digesters, and Other Biogas Plants: Biogas Impurities and Processing Improvements. January 29, 2025.  Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Air Pollution from Landfills, Anaerobic Digesters, and Other Biogas Plants: Biogas Impurities and Processing Improvements

Ammonia Air Pollution from Agriculture: Volatilization from Manure Lagoons and Fertilizer. January 29, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Ammonia Air Pollution from Agriculture: Volatilization from Manure Lagoons and Fertilizer

PJM Interconnection Experiences Highest Electricity Demand Ever: Fossil Fuels and Nuclear Provide 92.9% of the Power Needed. January 30, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: PJM Interconnection Experiences Highest Electricity Demand Ever: Fossil Fuels and Nuclear Provide 92.9% of the Power Needed

Last Week Was the Fourth-Largest U.S. Natural Gas Storage Withdrawal on Record. January 31, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Last Week Was the Fourth-Largest U.S. Natural Gas Storage Withdrawal on Record

 Regulation, Deregulation, Regulatory Reform and Regulatory Overreach: Cost Considerations vs. Level-of-Protection Considerations. February 1, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Regulation, Deregulation, Regulatory Reform and Regulatory Overreach: Cost Considerations vs. Level-of-Protection Considerations

Nobody Wins with a Headbutt: Tariffs, Protectionism, the Benefits of Free Trade, and When Tariffs are Warranted. February 1, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Nobody Wins with a Headbutt: Tariffs, Protectionism, the Benefits of Free Trade, and When Tariffs are Warranted

U.S. Coal Production, Consumption, and Exports Update. February 4, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: U.S. Coal Production, Consumption, and Exports Update

Scope 3 Emissions: If the U.K. is Concerned About Them, Then More, Not Less, Local Natural Gas Supply Would Help: It’s Another Case of ‘Emissions-Reduction Backfire’. February 7, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Scope 3 Emissions: If the U.K. is Concerned About Them, Then More, Not Less, Local Natural Gas Supply Would Help: It’s Another Case of ‘Emissions-Reduction Backfire’

Machine Learning Identifies Best Polymers for Improving Performance of Film Capacitors. February 9, 2025.  Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Machine Learning Identifies Best Polymers for Improving Performance of Film Capacitors

Boosting Thermal Conductivity with Nanofluids as New Working Fluids, and Turbulators: New Research. February 9, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Boosting Thermal Conductivity with Nanofluids as New Working Fluids, and Turbulators: New Research

Working Remotely, Hybrid, or Fully On-Site: Pros, Cons, Trends, and Comparisons. February 10, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Working Remotely, Hybrid, or Fully On-Site: Pros, Cons, Trends, and Comparisons

Finding Deep Groundwater in East Africa with Oil Company Seismic and Drilling Data: Norwegian Company Ruden AS Discovery. February 15, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Finding Deep Groundwater in East Africa with Oil Company Seismic and Drilling Data: Norwegian Company Ruden AS Discovery

Enhanced Rock Weathering in Agriculture: Crushed Basalt and Wollastonite for CO2 Removal, Soil N2O Emissions Reduction, Improved Phosphorus Availability, Acidity Regulation, and Improved Air Quality: Durability of Sequestration, Costs, Credits, Measurement, Verification & Reporting, and Scaling Challenges. February 15, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Enhanced Rock Weathering in Agriculture: Crushed Basalt and Wollastonite for CO2 Removal, Soil N2O Emissions Reduction, Improved Phosphorus Availability, Acidity Regulation, and Improved Air Quality: Durability of Sequestration, Costs, Credits, Measurement, Verification & Reporting, and Scaling Challenges

‘Drill, Baby Drill?’ Lately, it Looks More Like ‘Downsize, Baby Downsize’. February 16, 2025.  Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: ‘Drill, Baby Drill?’ Lately, it Looks More Like ‘Downsize, Baby Downsize’

The Physics of Life: The Evolution of Everything: Book Review & Summary. Adrian Bejan (St. Martin’s Press, 2016). February 16, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Physics of Life: The Evolution of Everything: Book Review & Summary. Adrian Bejan (St. Martin’s Press, 2016)

American Pragmatism: A Philosophy, Or Rather a Method, Rooted in Practicality and the Real World. February 17, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: American Pragmatism: A Philosophy, Or Rather a Method, Rooted in Practicality and the Real World

H2Ohio: A Collaborative Approach to Improving Ohio’s Water Quality and Wastewater Quality. February 18, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: H2Ohio: A Collaborative Approach to Improving Ohio’s Water Quality and Wastewater Quality

De-Risking and Scaling Up New Energy Technology: Lawrence Livermore Lab Scientists Tackle Challenges. February 19, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: De-Risking and Scaling Up New Energy Technology: Lawrence Livermore Lab Scientists Tackle Challenges

Global Greening: Boreal, Temperate and Tropical Vegetation Reaches Record in 2020. February 19, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Global Greening: Boreal, Temperate and Tropical Vegetation Reaches Record in 2020

The Importance of Environmental Protection and Expertise: Science and Policy Should Be Integrated but Separate. February 20, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Importance of Environmental Protection and Expertise: Science and Policy Should Be Integrated but Separate

New York and New England Need More Natural Gas Pipeline Capacity. February 20, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: New York and New England Need More Natural Gas Pipeline Capacity

Seaweed Farming for Carbon Storage: As Viable as Other Blue Carbon Habitat Reconstruction Methods According to New Research. February 22, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Seaweed Farming for Carbon Storage: As Viable as Other Blue Carbon Habitat Reconstruction Methods According to New Research

Energy Secretary Chris Wright is Wrong to Call Net Zero Goals ‘Sinister’. February 23, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Energy Secretary Chris Wright is Wrong to Call Net Zero Goals ‘Sinister’

The Choices We Face: Energy for the 21st Century: A Declaration of Guiding Principles by Mark Mills and Scott Tinker. Summary and Review. February 23, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Choices We Face: Energy for the 21st Century: A Declaration of Guiding Principles by Mark Mills and Scott Tinker. Summary and Review

Municipal and Industrial Wastewater Treatment: Standards and Contaminants, Including Emerging Contaminants, Trends, and Compliance. February 24, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Municipal and Industrial Wastewater Treatment: Standards and Contaminants, Including Emerging Contaminants, Trends, and Compliance

Coal-Fired Plant Retirements Have Slowed in Recent Years and Energy Sec Wright Says They Should Be Delayed to Retain Reliability: EIA and Other Forecasts. February 26, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Coal-Fired Plant Retirements Have Slowed in Recent Years and Energy Sec Wright Says They Should Be Delayed to Retain Reliability: EIA and Other Forecasts

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

Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations. David R. Montgomery. University of California Press, 2012. Book Review and Summary. March 3, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations. David R. Montgomery. University of California Press, 2012. Book Review and Summary

Compliance with EPA’s 40 CFR 60 Subpart 0000(b) Rules for Methane and VOC Emissions from Oil & Gas Facilities, Including Compression Facilities. March 4, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Compliance with EPA’s 40 CFR 60 Subpart 0000(b) Rules for Methane and VOC Emissions from Oil & Gas Facilities, Including Compression Facilities

Uinta Basin in Northeast Utah: An Emerging U.S. Oil Play with Stacked Payzones and Very Good Results. March 6, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Uinta Basin in Northeast Utah: An Emerging U.S. Oil Play with Stacked Payzones and Very Good Results

U.S. Butane Exports Reach Record Level in 2024: Eagle Ford, Marcellus, and Utica Shales are Main Sources. March 8, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: U.S. Butane Exports Reach Record Level in 2024: Eagle Ford, Marcellus, and Utica Shales are Main Sources

Gas-Fired Turbines: Importance for Power Generation and Industry, Minimizing Pollutants, and Turbine Manufacturing Issues. March 8, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Gas-Fired Turbines: Importance for Power Generation and Industry, Minimizing Pollutants, and Turbine Manufacturing Issues

Energy Futures Initiative (EFI Foundation) 2024 Annual Report: Review and Summary. March 10, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Energy Futures Initiative (EFI Foundation) 2024 Annual Report: Review and Summary

New Bioprocessing Method Yields Additional Valuable Byproducts Along with Biofuels. March 10, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: New Bioprocessing Method Yields Additional Valuable Byproducts Along with Biofuels

New Flare Burner Design Increases Combustion Efficiency and Methane Destruction Efficiency and Will Reduce Effects of Crosswinds: Machine Learning, Computational Fluid Dynamics, and Additive Manufacturing Used to Develop It. March 10, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: New Flare Burner Design Increases Combustion Efficiency and Methane Destruction Efficiency and Will Reduce Effects of Crosswinds: Machine Learning, Computational Fluid Dynamics, and Additive Manufacturing Used to Develop It

Addressing the Transformer Shortage Amid Rising Power Demand and New Transformer Designs and Materials. March 12, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Addressing the Transformer Shortage Amid Rising Power Demand and New Transformer Designs and Materials

Induced Seismicity Management in Argentina’s Neuquen Basin: The Need for a Traffic Light System. March 13, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Induced Seismicity Management in Argentina’s Neuquen Basin: The Need for a Traffic Light System

 Deregulation and EPA’s List of Rollbacks: Less Oversight from the Feds but Voluntary Common-Sense Compliance and State Compliance Will Remain. March 15, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Deregulation and EPA’s List of Rollbacks: Less Oversight from the Feds but Voluntary Common-Sense Compliance and State Compliance Will Remain

Excerpt from Sensible Decarbonization: Chapter 7. US Environmental Law and Policy: A Brief Overview and Current Events. March 15, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Excerpt from Sensible Decarbonization: Chapter 7. US Environmental Law and Policy: A Brief Overview and Current Events

Research Spurs and Aids Innovation and Governments Are Vital: We Need More Science & Technology, Not Less. March 15, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Research Spurs and Aids Innovation and Governments Are Vital: We Need More Science & Technology, Not Less

Cheap Russian Pipelined Gas: Don’t Fall for It, Says Ukrainian Energy CEO. March 17, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Cheap Russian Pipelined Gas: Don’t Fall for It, Says Ukrainian Energy CEO

Politicized Science vs. Pseudoscience: Which Erodes Public Trust More? March 19. 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Politicized Science vs. Pseudoscience: Which Erodes Public Trust More?

A Review of New Studies on Carbon Sequestration by AAPG Core Elements Editor Emphasizes Work Toward Developing Best Practices. March 20, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: A Review of New Studies on Carbon Sequestration by AAPG Core Elements Editor Emphasizes Work Toward Developing Best Practices

Wastewater Disposal Well Woes in the Permian Basin: Seismicity, Shut-Downs, Surface Leaks and Blowouts, Wastewater Migration and Pressurization, and Sinkholes. March 21, 2005. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Wastewater Disposal Well Woes in the Permian Basin: Seismicity, Shut-Downs, Surface Leaks and Blowouts, Wastewater Migration and Pressurization, and Sinkholes

Bismuth: China Uses Minerals Processing Leverage to Counter Trump Tariffs and Bismuth Prices Rise by More Than Five Times. March 22, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Bismuth: China Uses Minerals Processing Leverage to Counter Trump Tariffs and Bismuth Prices Rise by More Than Five Times

Libertarian Paternalism (Nudging) and Dark Patterns: Deceptive and Manipulative Business Practices. March 23, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Libertarian Paternalism (Nudging) and Dark Patterns: Deceptive and Manipulative Business Practices

Factual Completeness: An Important Concept, Especially in Energy Debates. March 24, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Factual Completeness: An Important Concept, Especially in Energy Debates

Rollbacks on CCS Mandates for Power Plants are Warranted but Rollbacks on Coal Combustion Residuals Are Not a Good Idea. March 24, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Rollbacks on CCS Mandates for Power Plants are Warranted but Rollbacks on Coal Combustion Residuals Are Not a Good Idea

Ohio Energy Issues at the Statehouse: Old Coal Plant Bailouts, Electric Security Plans, Behind-the-Meter Power for Data Centers, Solar, Tax Cuts, and Refunds. March 25, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Ohio Energy Issues at the Statehouse: Old Coal Plant Bailouts, Electric Security Plans, Behind-the-Meter Power for Data Centers, Solar, Tax Cuts, and Refunds

Implications of PJM’s Proposed Price Collar for Capacity Auction Payments. March 16, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Implications of PJM’s Proposed Price Collar for Capacity Auction Payments

‘Dispatchable’ Power Credits Trading Program Passed in Texas Senate. March 26, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: ‘Dispatchable’ Power Credits Trading Program Passed in Texas Senate

U.S. National Power Demand Study: Executive Summary. March 2025. by S&P Global Commodity Insights: Review and Summary. March 26, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: U.S. National Power Demand Study: Executive Summary. March 2025. by S&P Global Commodity Insights: Review and Summary

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

Ice Flow Via Ice Quakes with ‘Stick-Slip’ Motion Along Layers of Sulfates Deposited by Volcanoes: Upgrading Flow Models to Account for Temperate Ice. March 27, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Ice Flow Via Ice Quakes with ‘Stick-Slip’ Motion Along Layers of Sulfates Deposited by Volcanoes: Upgrading Flow Models to Account for Temperate Ice

Presidential Exemption from Compliance with the Clean Air Act? Apparently, It's Real. March 28, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Presidential Exemption from Compliance with the Clean Air Act? Apparently, It's Real

New UK Report on Stranded Asset Liabilities for Fossil Fuels Likely Off the Mark: Stranded Assets Are a Concern in All Technologies. March 20, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: New UK Report on Stranded Asset Liabilities for Fossil Fuels Likely Off the Mark: Stranded Assets Are a Concern in All Technologies

Thermoradiative Diode Technology: Applications, Projects, and Possibilities of Mid-Infrared Radiative Heat for Power. April 1, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Thermoradiative Diode Technology: Applications, Projects, and Possibilities of Mid-Infrared Radiative Heat for Power

U.S. Government Declares Tax War on Rest of World: Fair Trade vs. Chaotic Economic Nationalism. April 2, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: U.S. Government Declares Tax War on Rest of World: Fair Trade vs. Chaotic Economic Nationalism

Corporate Conservation Projects and Environmental Benefits Trading: Credits, Budgets, Planning, Challenges, and New Opportunities. April 3, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Corporate Conservation Projects and Environmental Benefits Trading: Credits, Budgets, Planning, Challenges, and New Opportunities

Greenhouse Gas Releases from Exposed Groundwater Discharged During Low Stream Flow Conditions: New Research Quantifies Releases. April 4, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Greenhouse Gas Releases from Exposed Groundwater Discharged During Low Stream Flow Conditions: New Research Quantifies Releases

Contamination from Waste-to-Energy Facilities (Incinerators): New Studies in Europe Show High Dioxin, PFAS, and Heavy Metals Levels in Soil, Water, Vegetation, and Food. April 5, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Contamination from Waste-to-Energy Facilities (Incinerators): New Studies in Europe Show High Dioxin, PFAS, and Heavy Metals Levels in Soil, Water, Vegetation, and Food

Lithospheric Dripping Under the North American Craton Discovered with Seismic Full-Waveform Tomography. April 5, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Lithospheric Dripping Under the North American Craton Discovered with Seismic Full-Waveform Tomography

The Genetic Literacy Project: A Useful and Functional Information Source for Unbiased Science and Issues in Agricultural and Human Genetics and Health. April 7, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Genetic Literacy Project: A Useful and Functional Information Source for U. April 8, 2025nbiased Science and Issues in Agricultural and Human Genetics and Health

Ground Level Ozone: Contributors to Western U.S. Ozone Pollution Include Fossil Fuel Combustion Pollutants (Mostly from Asia) But also International Shipping, Trees, Cooking Emissions, Volatile Chemical Products, Wildfires, and Fertilizers. April 8, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Ground Level Ozone: Contributors to Western U.S. Ozone Pollution Include Fossil Fuel Combustion Pollutants (Mostly from Asia) But also International Shipping, Trees, Cooking Emissions, Volatile Chemical Products, Wildfires, and Fertilizers

wo New Solar Innovations: PV Glass/Transparent Solar Achieves Record 12.3% Efficiency and Bio-Based UV Protection Film w/ Red Onion Extract Blocks 99.9% of UV Radiation. April 9, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Two New Solar Innovations: PV Glass/Transparent Solar Achieves Record 12.3% Efficiency and Bio-Based UV Protection Film w/ Red Onion Extract Blocks 99.9% of UV Radiation

Ethylene Oxide: Uses, Exposure, Toxicity, and Regulation. April 9, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Ethylene Oxide: Uses, Exposure, Toxicity, and Regulation

New Pipeline Projects Set to Go Forward with Reformed Regulatory Environment: Boardwalk’s Borealis Natural Gas Pipeline Expansion Project Set to Bring More Appalachian Gas to Gulf Coast and Williams’ Constitution Pipeline for Northeast Revived. April 9, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: New Pipeline Projects Set to Go Forward with Reformed Regulatory Environment: Boardwalk’s Borealis Natural Gas Pipeline Expansion Project Set to Bring More Appalachian Gas to Gulf Coast and Williams’ Constitution Pipeline for Northeast Revived

Mongolia’s Coal Pollution: A Lingering Health Problem That Needs Solutions: The Power of Siberia-2 Pipeline and Coal Seam Gas are Emerging as the Best Solutions. April 10, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Mongolia’s Coal Pollution: A Lingering Health Problem That Needs Solutions: The Power of Siberia-2 Pipeline and Coal Seam Gas are Emerging as the Best Solutions

Making Coal Great Again? More Mines and Less MSHA Inspectors Is Not a Good Plan. April 11, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Making Coal Great Again? More Mines and Less MSHA Inspectors Is Not a Good Plan

Industrial Gas Recovery and Utilization: New Lifecycle Modeling Shows Environmental Benefits but High Costs: Yielding Surfactant and Fuel via Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis. April 11, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Industrial Gas Recovery and Utilization: New Lifecycle Modeling Shows Environmental Benefits but High Costs: Yielding Surfactant and Fuel via Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis

Multiple Well Hydraulic Fracturing: From Zipper Frac to Simul-Frac to Chevron’s Triple Frac and Matador’s Trimul-Frac. April 12, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Multiple Well Hydraulic Fracturing: From Zipper Frac to Simul-Frac to Chevron’s Triple Frac and Matador’s Trimul-Frac

Implications of the Massive Defamation Verdict Against Greenpeace for Its Small Role in Dakota Access Pipeline Protest Activities. April 13, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Implications of the Massive Defamation Verdict Against Greenpeace for Its Small Role in Dakota Access Pipeline Protest Activities

Implications of Possible Inflation Reduction Act Repeal. April 13, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Implications of Possible Inflation Reduction Act Repeal

Natural Gasoline (Pentanes Plus): The Heaviest NGL Component of Natural Gas Processing: Supply, Demand, Sources, and Uses. April 15, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Natural Gasoline (Pentanes Plus): The Heaviest NGL Component of Natural Gas Processing: Supply, Demand, Sources, and Uses.

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

How Risky Is It, Really? Why Our Fears Don’t Always Match the Facts. By David Ropeik. Summary & Review. (McGraw-Hill, 2010). April 16, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: How Risky Is It, Really? Why Our Fears Don’t Always Match the Facts. By David Ropeik. Summary & Review. (McGraw-Hill, 2010).

RFK Jr. and MAHA are Subverting Science and Elevating Pseudoscience (but they are not the only ones). April 16, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: RFK Jr. and MAHA are Subverting Science and Elevating Pseudoscience (but they are not the only ones)

Puerto Rico’s Power Woes: Cheated by the Outdated Jones Act, Hurricane Maria, Blackouts on an Inadequate Grid, Impossible Renewables Plans, and Finally, (Some) Access to Lower-Cost US LNG. April 17, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Puerto Rico’s Power Woes: Cheated by the Outdated Jones Act, Hurricane Maria, Blackouts on an Inadequate Grid, Impossible Renewables Plans, and Finally, (Some) Access to Lower-Cost US LNG

China Stops Buying U.S. LNG Due to Tariffs, Indicating They Will Buy More from Russia Instead. April 19, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: China Stops Buying U.S. LNG Due to Tariffs, Indicating They Will Buy More from Russia Instead

Lithospheric Foundering Under the Sierra Nevada: New Rare Evidence? April 20, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Lithospheric Foundering Under the Sierra Nevada: New Rare Evidence?

U.S. Uranium Production is Rising After Falling Off in 2019: One Mill and Seven In-Situ Leaching Plants in Operation. April 21, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: U.S. Uranium Production is Rising After Falling Off in 2019: One Mill and Seven In-Situ Leaching Plants in Operation

Rare Earth Mineral Recycling Harvests Used Batteries and Decommissioned Hard Drives from Data Centers to Help Offset Tariff-Constrained Supply from China. April 22, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Rare Earth Mineral Recycling Harvests Used Batteries and Decommissioned Hard Drives from Data Centers to Help Offset Tariff-Constrained Supply from China

Adopt-a-Highway: Solid Waste Disposal One Piece at a Time: Useful but Hard Work. April 24, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Adopt-a-Highway: Solid Waste Disposal One Piece at a Time: Useful but Hard Work

A Quick Primer on Oil Refining: The Journey from Crude Oil to Heavy Fuel, Kerosene, Jet Fuel, Gasoline, Naphtha, and Hydrocarbon Gas Liquids. April 24, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: A Quick Primer on Oil Refining: The Journey from Crude Oil to Heavy Fuel, Kerosene, Jet Fuel, Gasoline, Naphtha, and Hydrocarbon Gas Liquids

Rapid Temperature Flips May Be an Underestimated Effect of Climate Change, New Research Suggests. April 24, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Ethylene Oxide: Uses, Exposure, Toxicity, and Regulation

China’s $24 Billion Coal-to-Oil Project: 2nd Gen Direct Coal Liquefaction. April 26, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: China’s $24 Billion Coal-to-Oil Project: 2nd Gen Direct Coal Liquefaction

China’s New High-Purity Quartz Sand Discovery Can Ease Dependence on the U.S. Where the Spruce Pine Deposit in North Carolina is the World’s Largest HPQ Source. April 28, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: China’s New High-Purity Quartz Sand Discovery Can Ease Dependence on the U.S. Where the Spruce Pine Deposit in North Carolina is the World’s Largest HPQ Source

The Risks of Electrification According to Javier Blas: A Taste of Electricity Realism. April 28, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Risks of Electrification According to Javier Blas: A Taste of Electricity Realism

Upcoming Decline in Primary U.S. Oil Output? The Need for Enhanced Oil Recovery Will Grow. April 29, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Upcoming Decline in Primary U.S. Oil Output? The Need for Enhanced Oil Recovery Will Grow

Trump Administration Seems Overly Concerned About Discrimination Against White People, Men, and Christians. April 30, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Trump Administration Seems Overly Concerned About Discrimination Against White People, Men, and Christians

What Caused Spain’s Power Blackout? It is Not Yet Known but It Appears That Loss of Spinning Reserve/Grid Inertia Was a Major Factor, May 1, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: What Caused Spain’s Power Blackout? It is Not Yet Known but It Appears That Loss of Spinning Reserve/Grid Inertia Was a Major Factor

Soil Moisture Loss: New Paper Suggests Increasing Evaporative Demand is Key Driver: Significant Losses Over the Last Few Decades May Be Permanent Unless the Atmosphere Cools. May 1, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Soil Moisture Loss: New Paper Suggests Increasing Evaporative Demand is Key Driver: Significant Losses Over the Last Few Decades May Be Permanent Unless the Atmosphere Cools

Super-Efficient Air Conditioners Show Phenomenal Results in Field Trials in India. May 2, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Super-Efficient Air Conditioners Show Phenomenal Results in Field Trials in India

American Gas Association Report: Assessing the Value of Natural Gas Storage, Stresses the Need for New Storage: Summary and Review. May 3, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: American Gas Association Report: Assessing the Value of Natural Gas Storage, Stresses the Need for New Storage: Summary and Review

Gas Ratio Analysis and Hydrocarbon Reservoirs: History, Applications, Limitations, and Trends. May 4, 2025.  Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Gas Ratio Analysis and Hydrocarbon Reservoirs: History, Applications, Limitations, and Trends

Heavy Metal Soil Contamination: New Research Suggests 17% of Global Cropland Has Unsafe Levels. May 4, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Heavy Metal Soil Contamination: New Research Suggests 17% of Global Cropland Has Unsafe Levels

Brazil is Funding Russia’s War and Reducing Their Own Inflation by Buying Massive Amounts of Cheap Russian Diesel, Wheat, and Fertilizers: Lula’s De Facto Pro-Russian Stance is Aiding Sanctions Evasion. May 6, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Brazil is Funding Russia’s War and Reducing Their Own Inflation by Buying Massive Amounts of Cheap Russian Diesel, Wheat, and Fertilizers: Lula’s De Facto Pro-Russian Stance is Aiding Sanctions Evasion

AAPG/GEODE Geothermal Subsurface Characterization: Geology & Geophysics Workshop. Summary & Review. May 7, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: AAPG/GEODE Geothermal Subsurface Characterization: Geology & Geophysics Workshop. Summary & Review

Residential Electricity Costs by U.S. State: Generation Sources and Availability, Clean Energy Goals, Consumption, and Policies are All Factors: And CO2 Emissions Per Capita by State. May 8, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Residential Electricity Costs by U.S. State: Generation Sources and Availability, Clean Energy Goals, Consumption, and Policies are All Factors: And CO2 Emissions Per Capita by State

GreenFire Energy Aims to Revitalize the Geysers Geothermal Power Station with Closed-Loop ORC Systems with Downhole Heat Exchangers. May 9, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: GreenFire Energy Aims to Revitalize the Geysers Geothermal Power Station with Closed-Loop ORC Systems with Downhole Heat Exchangers

Proppants for Hydraulic Fracturing in Oil & Gas and Enhanced Geothermal Wells: Frac Sand, Exxon’s New Lightweight Petroleum Coke Proppants, Ceramic Proppants, and Resin-Coated Proppants. May 10, 2025.  Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Proppants for Hydraulic Fracturing in Oil & Gas and Enhanced Geothermal Wells: Frac Sand, Exxon’s New Lightweight Petroleum Coke Proppants, Ceramic Proppants, and Resin-Coated Proppants

Trump’s Pause of Offshore Wind Development and Other Anti-Wind Actions: Is This Warranted? Is It Different from Biden’s LNG Pause? What About Damage to Whales? May 11, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Trump’s Pause of Offshore Wind Development and Other Anti-Wind Actions: Is This Warranted? Is It Different from Biden’s LNG Pause? What About Damage to Whales?

Global Warming Benefits? New Approaches to Climate Change That Prioritize Adaptation and Technology Can Be Better Returns on Investment Than Catastrophism and Too-Much-Too-Fast High-Cost Mitigation. May 12, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Global Warming Benefits? New Approaches to Climate Change That Prioritize Adaptation and Technology Can Be Better Returns on Investment Than Catastrophism and Too-Much-Too-Fast High-Cost Mitigation

The Chinese Circular Economy for New-Energy Waste: Battery and Solar Recycling Systems and Their Optimization. May 12, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Chinese Circular Economy for New-Energy Waste: Battery and Solar Recycling Systems and Their Optimization

Frequency Stability Prediction and Enhancement (FSP&E) Tool for Power Grids Developed by Researchers at Advanced Power and Energy Center (APEC) at Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi: Could Such a Tool Have Prevented the Iberian Blackout? May 12, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Frequency Stability Prediction and Enhancement (FSP&E) Tool for Power Grids Developed by Researchers at Advanced Power and Energy Center (APEC) at Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi: Could Such a Tool Have Prevented the Iberian Blackout?

Diverting agents in the oil and gas industry: A comprehensive analysis of their origins, types, and applications: Scientific Paper Review and Summary. May 13, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Diverting agents in the oil and gas industry: A comprehensive analysis of their origins, types, and applications: Scientific Paper Review and Summary

Additively Manufactured Two-Phase Heat Exchanger Design Offers 30% to 50% Performance Improvement, May 14, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Additively Manufactured Two-Phase Heat Exchanger Design Offers 30% to 50% Performance Improvement

Ohio University’s In-Vessel Composting System is the Largest Among U.S. Universities. May 14, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Ohio University’s In-Vessel Composting System is the Largest Among U.S. Universities

U.S. Residential Electricity Prices Have Been Rising and In Many Places Are Expected to Keep Rising: The Cases of Louisiana and Ohio: and Electricity Expenditures vs. Other Fuel Expenditures. May 15, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: U.S. Residential Electricity Prices Have Been Rising and In Many Places Are Expected to Keep Rising: The Cases of Louisiana and Ohio: and Electricity Expenditures vs. Other Fuel Expenditures

The Meaning of Power System Resilience Continues to Evolve: It is Often Regional and It Often Requires a Better Definition Since It Informs Investment Decisions. May 15, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Meaning of Power System Resilience Continues to Evolve: It is Often Regional and It Often Requires a Better Definition Since It Informs Investment Decisions

Microseismic: Passive Seismic for Oil & Gas, Geothermal, Carbon Sequestration Modeling, Sinkhole Detection, and Pipeline Leak Detection and Monitoring. May 17, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Microseismic: Passive Seismic for Oil & Gas, Geothermal, Carbon Sequestration Modeling, Sinkhole Detection, and Pipeline Leak Detection and Monitoring

American Shale Pioneers Set to Explore the Middle East for Unconventional Oil & Gas. May 19, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: American Shale Pioneers Set to Explore the Middle East for Unconventional Oil & Gas

Trump’s Coal Revival Likely Doomed to Fail: Aside from Delaying Plant Retirements and Near-Term Cost Savings, the Rest is Not Desirable in the Long Term: Minerals Extraction from Coal Waste is One Promising Area. May 19, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Trump’s Coal Revival Likely Doomed to Fail: Aside from Delaying Plant Retirements and Near-Term Cost Savings, the Rest is Not Desirable in the Long Term: Minerals Extraction from Coal Waste is One Promising Area

Frac Sand Mining in the U.S.: Ordovician St. Peter Sand and Cambrian Sands in Wisconsin and Other U.S. Deposits, Including the Cambrian Hickory Sands in Eastern Permian Basin Region and the Cenozoic Monahans Dune Sands Between the Midland and Delaware Basins. May 20, 2025.  Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Frac Sand Mining in the U.S.: Ordovician St. Peter Sand and Cambrian Sands in Wisconsin and Other U.S. Deposits, Including the Cambrian Hickory Sands in Eastern Permian Basin Region and the Cenozoic Monahans Dune Sands Between the Midland and Delaware Basins

Viewpoint: Organic or intensive agriculture? Brazil reframes the debate over the most promising future for farming – by Jon Entine: Summary & Review. May 23, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Viewpoint: Organic or intensive agriculture? Brazil reframes the debate over the most promising future for farming – by Jon Entine: Summary & Review

USGS Study: Geospatial Analysis of Water-Quality Threats from Orphan Wells in U.S. Aquifers: Study Review and AAPG Webinar Review. May 23, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: USGS Study: Geospatial Analysis of Water-Quality Threats from Orphan Wells in U.S. Aquifers: Study Review and AAPG Webinar Review

The Cretaceous-Aged Mowry Composite Total Petroleum System: USGS Assesses Remaining Hydrocarbon Resources: Mainly Southwestern Wyoming with Some in Colorado and Utah. May 24, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Cretaceous-Aged Mowry Composite Total Petroleum System: USGS Assesses Remaining Hydrocarbon Resources: Mainly Southwestern Wyoming with Some in Colorado and Utah

The History of Socialism and Capitalism – by Niall Ferguson and Victor David Hanson - excerpted from The Human Prosperity Project: Summary and Review. May 26, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The History of Socialism and Capitalism – by Niall Ferguson and Victor David Hanson - excerpted from The Human Prosperity Project: Summary and Review

HFC-23 Emissions from East China Chemical Plants Magnitudes Higher Than Reported, According to Remote Monitoring, In Violation of Kigali Amendment to Montreal Protocol. May 27, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: HFC-23 Emissions from East China Chemical Plants Magnitudes Higher Than Reported, According to Remote Monitoring, In Violation of Kigali Amendment to Montreal Protocol

New Stable Reverse Osmosis Membrane for Oil Separation, Manufactured Using Interfacial Polymerization, May One Day Replace Oil Fractionation Columns in Refining and Massively Reduce Energy Use. May 28, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: New Stable Reverse Osmosis Membrane for Oil Separation, Manufactured Using Interfacial Polymerization, May One Day Replace Oil Fractionation Columns in Refining and Massively Reduce Energy Use

USAID Spending Cuts: Are People Dying? The U.S. Gives the Most by Country but European Countries as a Whole Give Nearly Double What the U.S. Gives and Most EU Countries, Japan, and Canada Give More as A Percentage of Gross National Income: China Gives Very Little. May 28, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: USAID Spending Cuts: Are People Dying? The U.S. Gives the Most by Country but European Countries as a Whole Give Nearly Double What the U.S. Gives and Most EU Countries, Japan, and Canada Give More as A Percentage of Gross National Income: China Gives Very Little

New Oil & Gas Well Plugging Rule in West Virginia Drops Requirement to Remove Casing. May 28, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: New Oil & Gas Well Plugging Rule in West Virginia Drops Requirement to Remove Casing

USGS Releases Enhanced Geothermal Systems Electricity Resource Assessment for the Great Basin Region of Nevada and Beyond. May 29, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: USGS Releases Enhanced Geothermal Systems Electricity Resource Assessment for the Great Basin Region of Nevada and Beyond

Brick Production Tweaks Can Significantly Reduce Air Pollution in Bangladesh Says New Study. May 29, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Brick Production Tweaks Can Significantly Reduce Air Pollution in Bangladesh Says New Study

SCOTUS Rules 8-0 that NEPA Reviews Be Limited, Reasonable, and Timely: Uinta Basin Oil-By-Rail Project Now More Likely to Go Forward. May 30, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: SCOTUS Rules 8-0 that NEPA Reviews Be Limited, Reasonable, and Timely: Uinta Basin Oil-By-Rail Project Now More Likely to Go Forward

Climate Litigation Insanity: More Theatre Than Science and It Invites Backlash. May 30, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Climate Litigation Insanity: More Theatre Than Science and It Invites Backlash

Agrivoltaics: Studies Reveal That Sheep Grazing Between and Under Solar Panels Have Better Health and Wool. May 30, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Agrivoltaics: Studies Reveal That Sheep Grazing Between and Under Solar Panels Have Better Health and Wool

Land Reclamation and Restoration: Goals, Challenges, and Methods. May 31, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Land Reclamation and Restoration: Goals, Challenges, and Methods

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

Steel Slag: A Useful Waste Material for Road Construction, Carbon Sequestration, Acid Mine Drainage and Wastewater Treatment, Agriculture, and Cost Savings. June 3, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Steel Slag: A Useful Waste Material for Road Construction, Carbon Sequestration, Acid Mine Drainage and Wastewater Treatment, Agriculture, and Cost Savings

Smelter-Free Nickel from Awuraite Ore: Nickel is in High Demand and Discoveries in Newfoundland, Canada Are Significant: First Atlantic Nickel Intends to Mine. June 4, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Smelter-Free Nickel from Awuraite Ore: Nickel is in High Demand and Discoveries in Newfoundland, Canada Are Significant: First Atlantic Nickel Intends to Mine

Baker Hughes’ Hummingbird Oil & Gas Well Cementing Unit: Oilfield Electrification Continues. June 5, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Baker Hughes’ Hummingbird Oil & Gas Well Cementing Unit: Oilfield Electrification Continues

Advanced Clean Energy Storage Delta Project in Utah Set to Burn Natural Gas and Hydrogen and Store Them in Salt Dome Caverns Below a Former Coal-Fired Plant Site. June 5, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Advanced Clean Energy Storage Delta Project in Utah Set to Burn Natural Gas and Hydrogen and Store Them in Salt Dome Caverns Below a Former Coal-Fired Plant Site

Sub-Saharan Africa Needs Fossil Fuels to Process Its Critical Minerals – by Ryan Alimento and Seaver Wang. Breakthrough Institute. Summary and Review. June 6, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Sub-Saharan Africa Needs Fossil Fuels to Process Its Critical Minerals – by Ryan Alimento and Seaver Wang. Breakthrough Institute. Summary and Review

Hybrid (HEV) vs. Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) vs. Battery Electric (BEV): Cost, Incentives, and Emissions Comparisons. June 7, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Hybrid (HEV) vs. Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) vs. Battery Electric (BEV): Cost, Incentives, and Emissions Comparisons

Global Deforestation Surges in 2024 Due to Fires, According to World Resources Institute. June 8, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Global Deforestation Surges in 2024 Due to Fires, According to World Resources Institute

Soil Stabilization and Solidification, and the Potential to Incorporate Recycled Glass and Construction Waste into a Geopolymer-Based Soil Solidifier. June 9, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Soil Stabilization and Solidification, and the Potential to Incorporate Recycled Glass and Construction Waste into a Geopolymer-Based Soil Solidifier

Columbus, Ohio’s Lower Olentangy Tunnel Reaches Boring Destination: Stormwater and Sewage Overflow Management is the Goal. June 10, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Columbus, Ohio’s Lower Olentangy Tunnel Reaches Boring Destination: Stormwater and Sewage Overflow Management is the Goal

New York and New England Need Energy from Both Offshore Wind and Natural Gas: Revived Empire Wind Project and Revived Constitution Pipeline and Northeast Supply Enhancement Projects. June 11, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: New York and New England Need Energy from Both Offshore Wind and Natural Gas: Revived Empire Wind Project and Revived Constitution Pipeline and Northeast Supply Enhancement Projects

Protesters and Activists Combine Anti-Zionist, Anti-ICE, and Climate Justice Movements: Anti-ICE Protests May Empower the Trump Administration, but Hopefully Not. June 12, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Protesters and Activists Combine Anti-Zionist, Anti-ICE, and Climate Justice Movements: Anti-ICE Protests May Empower the Trump Administration, but Hopefully Not

AI Modeling Finds Molecules That Can Rejuvenate Dead Batteries. June 13, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: AI Modeling Finds Molecules That Can Rejuvenate Dead Batteries

Satellites Empower Better Methane Detection from Individual Oil & Gas Sites, and Also Suggest Efforts by Some Companies to Avoid Detection: Implications of Greater Transparency. June 14, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Satellites Empower Better Methane Detection from Individual Oil & Gas Sites, and Also Suggest Efforts by Some Companies to Avoid Detection: Implications of Greater Transparency

NEPA Reform Needs to Be Further Addressed by Congress: Otherwise, Delays Could Remain. June 15, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: NEPA Reform Needs to Be Further Addressed by Congress: Otherwise, Delays Could Remain

Next Gen Uranium-235 Fuel System in Use at Georgia’s Vogtle Plant Has Higher Enrichment and Better Heat Resistance. June 16, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Next Gen Uranium-235 Fuel System in Use at Georgia’s Vogtle Plant Has Higher Enrichment and Better Heat Resistance

Iranian Oil Buyers and the Strait of Hormuz Chokepoint That Iran Controls. Jume 16, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Iranian Oil Buyers and the Strait of Hormuz Chokepoint That Iran Controls

Micropollutants from Tire Waste: Similar to Microplastics, Prevalent Near Roadways, In Food: EV Tires Wear Faster. June 17, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Micropollutants from Tire Waste: Similar to Microplastics, Prevalent Near Roadways, In Food: EV Tires Wear Faster

Pollution and Fire Dangers from Wood Stoves is Significant: Data and New Tech for Evaluation and Reduction. June 18, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Pollution and Fire Dangers from Wood Stoves is Significant: Data and New Tech for Evaluation and Reduction

Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors (PMSM) Are Powering Many Oilfield Operations, Mostly Production, but Also Drilling and Pipeline Transport. Jun 19, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors (PMSM) Are Powering Many Oilfield Operations, Mostly Production, but Also Drilling and Pipeline Transport

The Science Behind Soil and Water Conservation: Measuring Trace Gases and Greenhouse Gases CO2, Methane, and N2O. Webinar Summary and Review. University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture. June 19, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Science Behind Soil and Water Conservation: Measuring Trace Gases and Greenhouse Gases CO2, Methane, and N2O. Webinar Summary and Review. University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture

Supply Chains of Recovered Elements: The SCORE Consortium and U.S.-Sourced Scandium. June 20, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Supply Chains of Recovered Elements: The SCORE Consortium and U.S.-Sourced Scandium

Turning Off Russian Oil and Gas Could Be the Key to Ending the War: Prices Be Damned. June 21, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Turning Off Russian Oil and Gas Could Be the Key to Ending the War: Prices Be Damned

Computational Chemistry Via AI and Quantum Computing: New Research Finds Optimal Photocatalysts. June 22, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Computational Chemistry Via AI and Quantum Computing: New Research Finds Optimal Photocatalysts

Fervo Energy’s Deep Hot Enhanced Geothermal Well Shatters Records: 15,765 feet, 520°F, 16 days. June 24, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Fervo Energy’s Deep Hot Enhanced Geothermal Well Shatters Records: 15,765 feet, 520°F, 16 days

Decarbonizing Modern Public Transit Systems: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Leads Development of Automated Guideway Transits (AGTs). June 24, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Decarbonizing Modern Public Transit Systems: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Leads Development of Automated Guideway Transits (AGTs)

The Emerging Cherokee Shale and Other Pennsylvanian Plays in the Western Anadarko Basin. June 25, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Emerging Cherokee Shale and Other Pennsylvanian Plays in the Western Anadarko Basin

H2S to H2 and Sulfur: Converting a Dangerous and Destructive Waste Gas into Useful Products: Ongoing Research. June 26, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: H2S to H2 and Sulfur: Converting a Dangerous and Destructive Waste Gas into Useful Products: Ongoing Research

HyTerra’s Nemaha Project in Kansas is Drilling Three Exploratory Wells for Geologic Hydrogen and Helium. June 26, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: HyTerra’s Nemaha Project in Kansas is Drilling Three Exploratory Wells for Geologic Hydrogen and Helium

Gold H2 Uses Microbes to Convert Residual Oil in Depleted Well to Make Hydrogen: They Think They Can Soundly Beat Green Hydrogen Costs with Similar Emissions. June 26, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Gold H2 Uses Microbes to Convert Residual Oil in Depleted Well to Make Hydrogen: They Think They Can Soundly Beat Green Hydrogen Costs with Similar Emissions

Fermi America’s Amarillo Hypergrid: Rick Perry and Texas Tech Aim to Make the World’s Largest Energy and AI Data Center Campus Using Nuclear, Solar, Natural Gas, Batteries, and Wind. June 27, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Fermi America’s Amarillo Hypergrid: Rick Perry and Texas Tech Aim to Make the World’s Largest Energy and AI Data Center Campus Using Nuclear, Solar, Natural Gas, Batteries, and Wind

Russia Offers to Supply LNG and Technology to Mexico: A Proposed Option to Leverage Against Trump Tarrifs? June 28, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Russia Offers to Supply LNG and Technology to Mexico: A Proposed Option to Leverage Against Trump Tarrifs?

Onboard Carbon Capture and Storage Systems (OCCSS) in Shipping: Shanghai Qiyao Environmental Technology Conducts First Ship-to-Ship Liquefied CO2 Transfer. June 28, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Onboard Carbon Capture and Storage Systems (OCCSS) in Shipping: Shanghai Qiyao Environmental Technology Conducts First Ship-to-Ship Liquefied CO2 Transfer

Health, Safety, Environmental, and Climate Impact Comparisons of Energy Sources: Fossil Fuels Measure the Worst, Nuclear and Renewables Measure the Best – By Far. July 1, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Health, Safety, Environmental, and Climate Impact Comparisons of Energy Sources: Fossil Fuels Measure the Worst, Nuclear and Renewables Measure the Best – By Far

UN Environmental Lawyer Calls for “Defossilization”: A Ridiculous Demand to Eliminate Fossil Fuels by 2030. July 2, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: UN Environmental Lawyer Calls for “Defossilization”: A Ridiculous Demand to Eliminate Fossil Fuels by 2030

MethaneSAT Loses Power and Control: $88 Million Effort to Better Quantify Methane Emissions is Likely Lost. July 3, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: MethaneSAT Loses Power and Control: $88 Million Effort to Better Quantify Methane Emissions is Likely Lost

EPA Faces Internal Dissent with Current Agency Mission as Hundreds Who Signed Critical Letter are Suspended. July 4, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: EPA Faces Internal Dissent with Current Agency Mission as Hundreds Who Signed Critical Letter are Suspended

Three Vital Practices for Soil, Water, Air, Plant, Animal, and Energy (SWAPA-E) Conservation: Cover Crops, No-Till or Reduced Tillage, and Nutrient Management. July 5, 2025.  Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Three Vital Practices for Soil, Water, Air, Plant, Animal, and Energy (SWAPA-E) Conservation: Cover Crops, No-Till or Reduced Tillage, and Nutrient Management

Analyzing Natural Gas and Ensuring Gas Quality Along the Value Stream: Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy Emerges as a Leading Technology. July 7, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Analyzing Natural Gas and Ensuring Gas Quality Along the Value Stream: Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy Emerges as a Leading Technology

Vicuña Mineral Resource Discovery in Atacama Region of Chile & Argentina is Biggest Find in 30 Years: Copper, Gold, and Silver. July 7, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Vicuña Mineral Resource Discovery in Atacama Region of Chile & Argentina is Biggest Find in 30 Years: Copper, Gold, and Silver

How Much LNG Can the U.S. Ultimately Export Per Day? FIDs Are in Place for 30BCF/day of Total Export Capacity by 2031. July 7, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: How Much LNG Can the U.S. Ultimately Export Per Day? FIDs Are in Place for 30BCF/day of Total Export Capacity by 2031

LNG-Coupled Near-Cryogenic Direct Air Carbon Capture Via LNG Regasification and Physisorbents: 300% Cost-Reduction Potential According to Study. July 8, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: LNG-Coupled Near-Cryogenic Direct Air Carbon Capture Via LNG Regasification and Physisorbents: 300% Cost-Reduction Potential According to Study

American Reindustrialization: Uncertainty in Power Markets and Tariff Chaos in Steel, Aluminum, and Copper Markets. July 9, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: American Reindustrialization: Uncertainty in Power Markets and Tariff Chaos in Steel, Aluminum, and Copper Markets

Carbon Farming Needs Better Measurement and Monitoring: Soil Carbon Sequestration May Not Be Permanent: These are True, but the Paper Seems to Be Politically Biased. July 10, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Carbon Farming Needs Better Measurement and Monitoring: Soil Carbon Sequestration May Not Be Permanent: These are True, but the Paper Seems to Be Politically Biased

The Western Hemisphere’s Near-Term Oil Production Growth to Come from South America (and Canada). July 11, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Western Hemisphere’s Near-Term Oil Production Growth to Come from South America (and Canada)

Chemtrails, Weather Modification, and Geoengineering Conspiracies: People Are Gullible. July 12, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Chemtrails, Weather Modification, and Geoengineering Conspiracies: People Are Gullible

The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies: How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths – by Michael Shermer (Henry Holt, 2011) – Book Summary and Review. July 12, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies: How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths – by Michael Shermer (Henry Holt, 2011) – Book Summary and Review

Drill, Baby Drill, Six Months In? Fewer Wells Drilled and Planned for the Rest of the Year. July 12, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Drill, Baby Drill, Six Months In? Fewer Wells Drilled and Planned for the Rest of the Year

New Process Enables Recycling of Waste Sludges from Steel and Aluminum Manufacturing. July 14, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: New Process Enables Recycling of Waste Sludges from Steel and Aluminum Manufacturing

Union of Concerned Scientists: Decades of Deceit: The Case Against Major Fossil Fuel Companies for Climate Fraud and Damages: Summary, Review, and Commentary. July 15, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Union of Concerned Scientists: Decades of Deceit: The Case Against Major Fossil Fuel Companies for Climate Fraud and Damages: Summary, Review, and Commentary

Energy Sec. Wright Threatens to Abandon IEA as ‘Unrealistically Green,’ Prefers Reform. July 16, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Energy Sec. Wright Threatens to Abandon IEA as ‘Unrealistically Green,’ Prefers Reform

Offshore Oil & Gas Discovery in Poland’s Permian Basin Margin in the Baltic Sea is Very Significant: Could Be Biggest Find in Europe in a Decade. July 22, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Offshore Oil & Gas Discovery in Poland’s Permian Basin Margin in the Baltic Sea is Very Significant: Could Be Biggest Find in Europe in a Decade

Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria May Enable Lower Fertilizer Use and Lower Costs. July 23. 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria May Enable Lower Fertilizer Use and Lower Costs

ChatGPT Suggests That Taxing the Rich Fully According to Their Bracket Would Be Fairer and Have Many Benefits for the Country. July 24, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: ChatGPT Suggests That Taxing the Rich Fully According to Their Bracket Would Be Fairer and Have Many Benefits for the Country

UN Claims Green Energy Has Reached a Cost Tipping Point: Renewables Accounted for 74% of Global Electricity Growth in 2024: However, Coal Demand is at Record Levels. July 24, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: UN Claims Green Energy Has Reached a Cost Tipping Point: Renewables Accounted for 74% of Global Electricity Growth in 2024: However, Coal Demand is at Record Levels

The Kaya Identity Formula for Carbon Emissions Drivers: Human Population, GDP Per Capita, Energy Intensity, and Carbon Emissions Intensity. July 24, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Kaya Identity Formula for Carbon Emissions Drivers: Human Population, GDP Per Capita, Energy Intensity, and Carbon Emissions Intensity

The Case for Compassionate Conservatism: Saving and Improving Lives is Important and Worth It. July 25, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Case for Compassionate Conservatism: Saving and Improving Lives is Important and Worth It

Utica-Point Pleasant Evaluations Via XRF Chemostratigraphy and Sequence Stratigraphy. July 26, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Utica-Point Pleasant Evaluations Via XRF Chemostratigraphy and Sequence Stratigraphy

Copper Smelting Plant in Germany Also Heats Water for District Heating: An Exothermic Reaction Produces the Recoverable Heat Chemically. July 26, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Copper Smelting Plant in Germany Also Heats Water for District Heating: An Exothermic Reaction Produces the Recoverable Heat Chemically

Groundwater Depletion and Its Effects: Subsidence, Sea Level Rise, Continental Drying, and Supply Disruptions: New Study Quantifies and Documents Growing Problem. July 27, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Groundwater Depletion and Its Effects: Subsidence, Sea Level Rise, Continental Drying, and Supply Disruptions: New Study Quantifies and Documents Growing Problem

LanzaTech’s LanzaX Spinoff: A Public Gas Fermentation Carbon Utilization Company Moving into Synthetic Biology, but Not Yet Profitable. July 28, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: LanzaTech’s LanzaX Spinoff: A Public Gas Fermentation Carbon Utilization Company Moving into Synthetic Biology, but Not Yet Profitable

Evapotranspiration Increases Humidity, Making Heat Waves Slightly Worse: But ‘Corn Sweating’ is a Misnomer Since It is a Minor Contributor. July 28, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Evapotranspiration Increases Humidity, Making Heat Waves Slightly Worse: But ‘Corn Sweating’ is a Misnomer Since It is a Minor Contributor

Trifluoroacetic Acid Rain: A Milder PFAS-Like Concern as Environmental Concentrations Grow. July 28, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Trifluoroacetic Acid Rain: A Milder PFAS-Like Concern as Environmental Concentrations Grow

UK Firms Energy Cloud, YES Energy Solutions, and Amazon Address Energy Poverty by Providing Free Hot Water Generated from Surplus Wind Power. July 29, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: UK Firms Energy Cloud, YES Energy Solutions, and Amazon Address Energy Poverty by Providing Free Hot Water Generated from Surplus Wind Power

Pay-as-Bid Vs. Pay-as-Clear: Complex RTO Payment Methods for Power Markets Not Fair or Necessary, According to Op-Ed: (The Solution May Be Tweaks Rather Than a Switch IMO). July 29, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Pay-as-Bid Vs. Pay-as-Clear: Complex RTO Payment Methods for Power Markets Not Fair or Necessary, According to Op-Ed: (The Solution May Be Tweaks Rather Than a Switch IMO)

Sproule-ERCE and Pulsar Helium Exploring Co-Producing Geothermal Energy and Helium in Greenland. July 30, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Sproule-ERCE and Pulsar Helium Exploring Co-Producing Geothermal Energy and Helium in Greenland

West Virginia Attorney General J.B. McClusky Argues Successfully That New York State’s Climate Change Superfund Act is Bonkers, Unconstitutional, and Unfair. July 30, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: West Virginia Attorney General J.B. McClusky Argues Successfully That New York State’s Climate Change Superfund Act is Bonkers, Unconstitutional, and Unfair

From Full to Future-Proof: Extending Landfill Life Through Innovation and Transparency. Webinar by EnviroSuite. July 30, 2025. Summary & Review. July 31, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: From Full to Future-Proof: Extending Landfill Life Through Innovation and Transparency. Webinar by EnviroSuite. July 30, 2025. Summary & Review

Will Striking Down the ‘Endangerment Finding’ Lead to State Greenhouse Gas Emission Rules? July 31, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Will Striking Down the ‘Endangerment Finding’ Lead to State Greenhouse Gas Emission Rules?

GeologicAI and the AI/Automation Potential for Mineral Exploration, Mapping, and Mining. July 31, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: GeologicAI and the AI/Automation Potential for Mineral Exploration, Mapping, and Mining

Should an Oil Executive Be in Charge of Renewable Energy Policy? July 31, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Should an Oil Executive Be in Charge of Renewable Energy Policy?

A Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate by Climate Working Group. (John Christy, Ph.D., Judith Curry, Ph.D., Steven Koonin, Ph.D., Ross McKitrick, Ph.D. and Roy Spencer, Ph.D.) U.S. Department of Energy: Summary, Review, and Commentary. August 1, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: A Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate by Climate Working Group. (John Christy, Ph.D., Judith Curry, Ph.D., Steven Koonin, Ph.D., Ross McKitrick, Ph.D. and Roy Spencer, Ph.D.) U.S. Department of Energy: Summary, Review, and Commentary

Regenerative Thermal Oxidizers Abate VOC/HAP Pollution and Odors in Several Industries. August 2, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Regenerative Thermal Oxidizers Abate VOC/HAP Pollution and Odors in Several Industries

Ramaco Resources Brook Mine Carbon Ore Rare Earth Project in Wyoming: First Rare Earth Mine in U.S. in 70 Years is Now Fully Permitted: It Will Also Mine Powder River Basin Coal. August 2, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Ramaco Resources Brook Mine Carbon Ore Rare Earth Project in Wyoming: First Rare Earth Mine in U.S. in 70 Years is Now Fully Permitted: It Will Also Mine Powder River Basin Coal

Energy Scarcity and Abundance: Effects on Power Markets, Generators, Consumers, and Infrastructure Buildout. August 3, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Energy Scarcity and Abundance: Effects on Power Markets, Generators, Consumers, and Infrastructure Buildout

Hydrogen Powder: Australian Company Ready to Pilot Project That Stores H2 in Sodium Borohydride (NaBH4) Powder: It Has Several Advantages Over Liquid H2 and Ammonia. August 4, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Hydrogen Powder: Australian Company Ready to Pilot Project That Stores H2 in Sodium Borohydride (NaBH4) Powder: It Has Several Advantages Over Liquid H2 and Ammonia

Wind Power: Trump, Robert Bryce, and Many Landowners Despise It: Are They Correct to Criticize It? August 4, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Wind Power: Trump, Robert Bryce, and Many Landowners Despise It: Are They Correct to Criticize It?

Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), Circularity, and Other Trends in Sustainable Waste Management. August 5, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), Circularity, and Other Trends in Sustainable Waste Management

The Four Requirements for Effective Nature-Based Climate Solutions Involving Carbon Offsets, According to New Research. August 6, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Four Requirements for Effective Nature-Based Climate Solutions Involving Carbon Offsets, According to New Research

BP’s New Oil Find in Sub-Salt Santos Basin Carbonates Offshore Brazil is Huge but There are CO2 Concerns. August 6, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: BP’s New Oil Find in Sub-Salt Santos Basin Carbonates Offshore Brazil is Huge but There are CO2 Concerns

Kimmeridge White Paper on Remaining North American Shale Inventory is Informative: Summary Review, & Commentary. August 7, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Kimmeridge White Paper on Remaining North American Shale Inventory is Informative: Summary Review, & Commentary

The Mancos Shale and Other Plays in the San Juan Basin of Northwest New Mexico and Southwestern Colorado: Ripe for a Resurgence? August 9, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Mancos Shale and Other Plays in the San Juan Basin of Northwest New Mexico and Southwestern Colorado: Ripe for a Resurgence?

If True, Trump Administration Ordering De-Orbiting and Burning Up of NASA Atmospheric Carbon Monitoring Satellite Seems to Be an Egregious Waste of Investment and An Unnecessary Retribution Against Science Itself. August 10, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: If True, Trump Administration Ordering De-Orbiting and Burning Up of NASA Atmospheric Carbon Monitoring Satellite Seems to Be an Egregious Waste of Investment and An Unnecessary Retribution Against Science Itself 

Soil and Water Conservation Practices Addressing Nutrient Runoff in the Mississippi River Basin by State, According to the Agricultural Nutrient Policy Council. August 11, 2025.  Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Soil and Water Conservation Practices Addressing Nutrient Runoff in the Mississippi River Basin by State, According to the Agricultural Nutrient Policy Council

Groundwater Rise and Infrastructure Preparedness Act of 2025, Proposed in June, Aims to Address Rising Coastal Water Tables: Earmarks $ for USGS Study. August 12, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Groundwater Rise and Infrastructure Preparedness Act of 2025, Proposed in June, Aims to Address Rising Coastal Water Tables: Earmarks $ for USGS Study

Norway’s Equinor Turns on New Oil Field in the Barents Sea: Johan Castberg Now Producing 220,000 Bbls Per Day with Hopes to Expand Field to Near 1 Billion Barrels. August 13, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Norway’s Equinor Turns on New Oil Field in the Barents Sea: Johan Castberg Now Producing 220,000 Bbls Per Day with Hopes to Expand Field to Near 1 Billion Barrels 

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

Ethane-to-Power: Hoston Electric’s NGL Fractionation Plant in Tennessee and ConocoPhillips Teeside Terminal NGL Fractionation Plant Project in the UK. August 14, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Ethane-to-Power: Hoston Electric’s NGL Fractionation Plant in Tennessee and ConocoPhillips Teeside Terminal NGL Fractionation Plant Project in the UK

A Paper Published in Nature That Predicted Huge Drops in GDP Due to Climate Change Shown to Be Inaccurate When the Data Was Examined: The Paper was Widely Cited and Widely Adopted in Climate Risk Modeling. August 15, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: A Paper Published in Nature That Predicted Huge Drops in GDP Due to Climate Change Shown to Be Inaccurate When the Data Was Examined: The Paper was Widely Cited and Widely Adopted in Climate Risk Modeling 

The Decline of Coal is Due to Market Forces, Not a Conspiracy by Asset Managers to Harm the Industry: Echoing Benji Backer’s Op-Ed in The Hill. August 16, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Decline of Coal is Due to Market Forces, Not a Conspiracy by Asset Managers to Harm the Industry: Echoing Benji Backer’s Op-Ed in The Hill 

Grid Inertia: Synchronous Generators and Synchronous Condensers, Often with Flywheels, Lead Spinning Reserve Assurance. August 17, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Grid Inertia: Synchronous Generators and Synchronous Condensers, Often with Flywheels, Lead Spinning Reserve Assurance 

EPA’s Justification for Reversing the Endangerment Finding Not Based on Gold Standard Science, According to Professor Justin Ritchie. August 18, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: EPA’s Justification for Reversing the Endangerment Finding Not Based on Gold Standard Science, According to Professor Justin Ritchie

Gasified Farm Waste + Green Hydrogen = Green Methanol: Longi’s $325 Project in China’s Inner Mongolia Aims for 400,000 Tons of Green Methanol Per Year. August 19, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Gasified Farm Waste + Green Hydrogen = Green Methanol: Longi’s $325 Project in China’s Inner Mongolia Aims for 400,000 Tons of Green Methanol Per Year 

Flywheel Battery Hybrids: Pairing High-Speed Flywheels with Lithium-Iron-Phosphate Batteries for Grid Stability: A Growing Trend. August 20, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Flywheel Battery Hybrids: Pairing High-Speed Flywheels with Lithium-Iron-Phosphate Batteries for Grid Stability: A Growing Trend 

Compliance Monitoring for Carbon Sequestration: Webinar by Battelle and Hart Energy, August 20, 2025: Review and Summary. August 21, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Compliance Monitoring for Carbon Sequestration: Webinar by Battelle and Hart Energy, August 20, 2025: Review and Summary

Study Estimates ‘Functional Biosphere Integrity’: Potsdam Institute of Climate Impact Research Continues Useful ‘Planetary Boundaries’ Idea That, Unfortunately, Often Feeds Catastrophist Headlines. August 23, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Study Estimates ‘Functional Biosphere Integrity’: Potsdam Institute of Climate Impact Research Continues Useful ‘Planetary Boundaries’ Idea That, Unfortunately, Often Feeds Catastrophist Headlines

Polarized Light Pollution from Solar Panel Reflections Affects Wildlife Behavior: It Can Trick Migrating Birds, Bats, and Insects: Results are Mixed, but Solar Farms Can Be Designed for Positive Wildlife Impacts. August 23, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Polarized Light Pollution from Solar Panel Reflections Affects Wildlife Behavior: It Can Trick Migrating Birds, Bats, and Insects: Results are Mixed, but Solar Farms Can Be Designed for Positive Wildlife Impacts

Mining Critical Minerals from Other Minerals Mine Tailings: The Source Could Be Huge, But Better Processing Tech is Required. August 25, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Mining Critical Minerals from Other Minerals Mine Tailings: The Source Could Be Huge, But Better Processing Tech is Required

Drilling the Kevin Dome in Northwest Montana Yields CO2, Natural Gas, and Helium: New Processing Plant Will Separate the Gases for Sale. August 25, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Drilling the Kevin Dome in Northwest Montana Yields CO2, Natural Gas, and Helium: New Processing Plant Will Separate the Gases for Sale

Chemours Chemical Company, Formerly DuPont, Continues to Violate Its Permit by Releasing Contaminants into the Ohio River: Recently Ordered by a Judge to Stop. August 26, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Chemours Chemical Company, Formerly DuPont, Continues to Violate Its Permit by Releasing Contaminants into the Ohio River: Recently Ordered by a Judge to Stop

Phoenix Hit by a Massive Dust Storm, or Haboob: Dust Storms = Natural Particulate Pollution. August 27, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Phoenix Hit by a Massive Dust Storm, or Haboob: Dust Storms = Natural Particulate Pollution

Roger Pielke Jr. Compares Biden and Trump on Science Integrity: Partisanship and Distrust are Real Issues. August 27, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Roger Pielke Jr. Compares Biden and Trump on Science Integrity: Partisanship and Distrust are Real Issues

A Review of Ted Nordhaus’s Article ‘How Bill McKibben Lost the Plot,’ and Insights into the Current State and the Future of the Climate Movement. August 27, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: A Review of Ted Nordhaus’s Article ‘How Bill McKibben Lost the Plot,’ and Insights into the Current State and the Future of the Climate Movement

North Sea Oil & Gas Discoveries: Aker BP’s Yggdrasil Area Discovery and OKEA’s Brage Field Discovery, Both Offshore Norway. August 28, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: North Sea Oil & Gas Discoveries: Aker BP’s Yggdrasil Area Discovery and OKEA’s Brage Field Discovery, Both Offshore Norway

Geomechanical Energy Storage Via Pressurized Water in Oil & Gas Wells: Quidnet Energy Gets Good Results. August 28, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Geomechanical Energy Storage Via Pressurized Water in Oil & Gas Wells: Quidnet Energy Gets Good Results

Firm Transportation Contracts for Gas Pipeline Volumes: How They Work and Will They Burden Ratepayers? August 28, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Firm Transportation Contracts for Gas Pipeline Volumes: How They Work and Will They Burden Ratepayers?

Chinese Scientist Unveils Method to Extract Ultra-Pure Helium from Any Natural Gas Stream, and Researchers Find that Helium can increase Rocket efficiency and Reduce Its Exhaust Plume Temperature. August 29, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Chinese Scientist Unveils Method to Extract Ultra-Pure Helium from Any Natural Gas Stream and Researchers Find that Helium can increase Rocket efficiency and Reduce Its Exhaust Plume Temperature

Automated Grid-Scale Solar Panel Installation is 3 Times Faster: Robotics Can Also Be Used for Surveying and Site Layout. August 29, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Automated Grid-Scale Solar Panel Installation is 3 Times Faster: Robotics Can Also Be Used for Surveying and Site Layout

Particulate Matter Pollution: Sources, Health Impacts, Types & Sizes, and Regulation. August 30, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Particulate Matter Pollution: Sources, Health Impacts, Types & Sizes, and Regulation

Automated Hydraulic Fracturing: The Rise of the Frac Bots and Fully Closed Loop Fracturing. August 30, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Automated Hydraulic Fracturing: The Rise of the Frac Bots and Fully Closed Loop Fracturing

Legacy Phosphorus Management in Agricultural Soils and the Local Environment: The 4R Nutrient Stewardship Management Program. September 1, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Legacy Phosphorus Management in Agricultural Soils and the Local Environment: The 4R Nutrient Stewardship Management Program

Biomass Burial: Company ‘Mast Reforestation’ Buries Burnt Trees for Temporary Carbon Credits: Biomass Carbon Removal & Storage is Followed by Re-Planting That Allows Re-growth to Happen Faster. September 2, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Biomass Burial: Company ‘Mast Reforestation’ Buries Burnt Trees for Temporary Carbon Credits: Biomass Carbon Removal & Storage is Followed by Re-Planting That Allows Re-growth to Happen Faster

Deep Utica Offers Big Dry Gas Potential as Tier 1 Marcellus Acreage Shrinks: DUG Appalachia Insights. September 2, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Deep Utica Offers Big Dry Gas Potential as Tier 1 Marcellus Acreage Shrinks: DUG Appalachia Insights

Methanogenesis: Part 1: Discovery of New Oxygen-Tolerant Methanogens May Partially Explain Recent Increase in Biogenic Atmospheric Methane: Coastal Methanogenesis is More Abundant Than Thought and Implications for Methane Budgeting. September 3, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Methanogenesis: Part 1: Discovery of New Oxygen-Tolerant Methanogens May Partially Explain Recent Increase in Biogenic Atmospheric Methane: Coastal Methanogenesis is More Abundant Than Thought and Implications for Methane Budgeting

Methanogenesis: Part 2: Deep-Sea Methanogens and Chemosynthesis: Quantifying Its Contribution. September 4, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Methanogenesis: Part 2: Deep-Sea Methanogens and Chemosynthesis: Quantifying Its Contribution

Methanogenesis: Part 3: Fingerprinting Methane by Isotopes Reveals Sources and CRISPR Gives Insights into Enzyme Mechanisms for Methanogenesis. September 4, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Methanogenesis: Part 3: Fingerprinting Methane by Isotopes Reveals Sources and CRISPR Gives Insights into Enzyme Mechanisms for Methanogenesis

Methanogenesis: Part 4: Growth and Spread of Methanogens Due to Fertilization, Ocean Currents, Warmer Oceans, Melting Glaciers, and Deep-Sea Mining. September 4, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Methanogenesis: Part 4: Growth and Spread of Methanogens Due to Fertilization, Ocean Currents, Warmer Oceans, Melting Glaciers, and Deep-Sea Mining

Methanogenesis: Part 5: Methane Budgeting and Determining Source Contributions. September 4, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Methanogenesis: Part 5: Methane Budgeting and Determining Source Contributions

35MW Electrolyzer Delivered for Linde’s Hydroelectric-Powered Green H2 Project at Niagara Falls, New York. September 6, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: 35MW Electrolyzer Delivered for Linde’s Hydroelectric-Powered Green H2 Project at Niagara Falls, New York

Fuel Cells with Lower Operating Temps Via Scandium Dopants and Vastly Expanded Lifespans Via Ultrafine Platinum Nanoparticles in Graphene Pockets as Catalysts Offer Significant Benefits: Long-Haul Trucking Can Benefit. September 8, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Fuel Cells with Lower Operating Temps Via Scandium Dopants and Vastly Expanded Lifespans Via Ultrafine Platinum Nanoparticles in Graphene Pockets as Catalysts Offer Significant Benefits: Long-Haul Trucking Can Benefit

EIA Tabulates Drops in Russian Natural Gas, Coal, and Oil Exports After War Sanctions: This is One Measure of Sanctions Effectiveness. September 8, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: EIA Tabulates Drops in Russian Natural Gas, Coal, and Oil Exports After War Sanctions: This is One Measure of Sanctions Effectiveness

Abundance 2025: Reviews and Observations: Roger Pielke Jr., Alex Trembath, and Emmet Penney Offer Their Takes. September 9, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Abundance 2025: Reviews and Observations: Roger Pielke Jr., Alex Trembath, and Emmet Penney Offer Their Takes

ConocoPhillips’ Optimized Cascade LNG Liquefaction Technology: Monkey Island LNG Chooses It for Planned Louisiana Terminal. September 10, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: ConocoPhillips’ Optimized Cascade LNG Liquefaction Technology: Monkey Island LNG Chooses It for Planned Louisiana Terminal

Redox Flow Batteries: Innovations and Projects: Vanadium Flow Batteries Show Grid Storage and Overgeneration Management Capabilities: EV-Powering Other Potential Apps. September 11, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Redox Flow Batteries: Innovations and Projects: Vanadium Flow Batteries Show Grid Storage and Overgeneration Management Capabilities: EV-Powering Other Potential Apps

The U.S Oil Refining Industry: Challenges Include Closures, Weak Profits, and Demand for Renewable Diesel and SAF. September 11, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The U.S Oil Refining Industry: Challenges Include Closures, Weak Profits, and Demand for Renewable Diesel and SAF

Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Transmitted by Infected Midges Kills Deer: Southeastern Ohio is a Hotspot in 2025: Climate Change is Certainly an Important Factor. September 15, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Transmitted by Infected Midges Kills Deer: Southeastern Ohio is a Hotspot in 2025: Climate Change is Certainly an Important Factor

Salinity Gradient/Osmotic Power Production: Japan Joins Denmark in Recovering Pressure from Osmosis in a Desalination Plant to Spin Turbines. September 15, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Salinity Gradient/Osmotic Power Production: Japan Joins Denmark in Recovering Pressure from Osmosis in a Desalination Plant to Spin Turbines

Trump Proposal to Sanction & Tariff Countries Buying Russian Oil is Generally a Good One IMO. September 15, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Trump Proposal to Sanction & Tariff Countries Buying Russian Oil is a Generally a Good One IMO

Update on CalTech Space Solar Project: Solar Energy Was Collected in Space, Converted to Microwaves, and Transmitted Successfully to Earth: However, Significant Challenges Remain and There is Little Hope of Economic Feasibility at Present. September 16, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Update on CalTech Space Solar Project: Solar Energy Was Collected in Space, Converted to Microwaves, and Transmitted Successfully to Earth: However, Significant Challenges Remain and There is Little Hope of Economic Feasibility at Present

NREL’s Ultra-Low Inductance Smart (ULIS) Silicon Carbide Power Module: Ultraefficient, Low-Cost, Compact, and Available to License. September 16, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: NREL’s Ultra-Low Inductance Smart (ULIS) Silicon Carbide Power Module: Ultraefficient, Low-Cost, Compact, and Available to License

Digital Exploration and Analysis of Rock Samples: Webinar by Wiley and ThermoFisher Scientific, September 16, 2025: Review & Summary. September 17. 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Digital Exploration and Analysis of Rock Samples: Webinar by Wiley and ThermoFisher Scientific, September 16, 2025: Review & Summary

Permian Staying Power: Inventory Now and Through the 2040’s: Decoding Inventory, Economics, and Drilling Pace in America’s Top Basin. Webinar Presented by Brett Sinclair of NOVI Labs, September 16, 2025: Review & Summary. September 18, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Permian Staying Power: Inventory Now and Through the 2040’s: Decoding Inventory, Economics, and Drilling Pace in America’s Top Basin. Webinar Presented by Brett Sinclair of NOVI Labs, September 16, 2025: Review & Summary

Preventing and Managing the Formation of ‘Fatbergs’ in Sewer Systems from Homes and Commercial Food Facilities: Two Promising Lines of Research: More Efficient Traps and Coatings to Prevent Accumulation Along Insides of Sewer Pipes. September 19, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Preventing and Managing the Formation of ‘Fatbergs’ in Sewer Systems from Homes and Commercial Food Facilities: Two Promising Lines of Research: More Efficient Traps and Coatings to Prevent Accumulation Along Insides of Sewer Pipes

Regional Characterization and Classification of Salt Structures in Kingdom (Software): AAPG Webinar, September 18, 2025: Summary & Review. September 19, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Regional Characterization and Classification of Salt Structures in Kingdom (Software): AAPG Webinar, September 18, 2025: Summary & Review

Newsom Finally Relieves Some of California’s Energy Hypocrisy: Oil Production Increase Approved in Kern County to Supply Local Refineries and Reduce Local Fuel Prices. September 20, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Newsom Finally Relieves Some of California’s Energy Hypocrisy: Oil Production Increase Approved in Kern County to Supply Local Refineries and Reduce Local Fuel Prices

Liquid Air Energy Storage, aka. Cryogenic Energy Storage, aka. Air Liquefaction: Potential for Long Duration Storage and Renewables Integration, and New Korean Design Innovations. September 20, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Liquid Air Energy Storage, aka. Cryogenic Energy Storage, aka. Air Liquefaction: Potential for Long Duration Storage and Renewables Integration, and New Korean Design Innovations

Rising Electricity Prices Have Nothing to Do with Renewables Incentive Rollbacks or Trump Administration Policies. September 21, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Rising Electricity Prices Having Nothing to Do with Renewables Incentive Rollbacks or Trump Administration Policies

Gas Turbine Deployment Will Grow Regardless of Future Energy Mix, Effects of Lower Utilization Rates on Turbine Components, and Long Wait Times Likely to Continue. September 22, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Gas Turbine Deployment Will Grow Regardless of Future Energy Mix, Effects of Lower Utilization Rates on Turbine Components, and Long Wait Times Likely to Continue

The State of Utah’s Environmental Dispute with Company U.S. Magnesium, the Company’s Chapter 11 Filing, and the Implications for Domestic Magnesium Supply. September 24, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The State of Utah’s Environmental Dispute with Company U.S. Magnesium, the Company’s Chapter 11 Filing, and the Implications for Domestic Magnesium Supply

Beyond Rock Characterization: Deep Learning in Mineral Classification: AAPG Webinar: September 24, 2025: Summary & Review. September 25, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Beyond Rock Characterization: Deep Learning in Mineral Classification: AAPG Webinar: September 24, 2025: Summary & Review

Modeling the Future of Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide Infrastructure: Webinar by GTI Energy and Carbon Solutions: September 23. 2025: Summary & Review. September 25, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Modeling the Future of Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide Infrastructure: Webinar by GTI Energy and Carbon Solutions: September 23. 2025: Summary & Review

Oil Markets Face Uncertainty in Near Term: High Costs Led by Tariffs, Policy & Regulatory Uncertainty, and Demand Uncertainty are Factors in the U.S. September 26, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Oil Markets Face Uncertainty in Near Term: High Costs Led by Tariffs, Policy & Regulatory Uncertainty, and Demand Uncertainty are Factors in the U.S.

Unpacking the Hype: A Deep Dive into the Energy Industry’s Lofty Natural Gas and Electricity Demand Projection: Webinar by Natural Gas Intelligence and Yes Energy: September 23, 2025. Summary & Review. September 27, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Unpacking the Hype: A Deep Dive into the Energy Industry’s Lofty Natural Gas and Electricity Demand Projection: Webinar by Natural Gas Intelligence and Yes Energy: September 23, 2025. Summary & Review

Electrical Submersible Pump Optimization in Gas-Rich Unconventional Oil Wells. September 29, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Electrical Submersible Pump Optimization in Gas-Rich Unconventional Oil Wells

Underground Pumped Hydro Energy Storage: Chinese Researchers Evaluate Henan Province Coal Mines for Pumped Hydro Potential: Scientific Paper Review & Summary. September 30, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Underground Pumped Hydro Energy Storage: Chinese Researchers Evaluate Henan Province Coal Mines for Pumped Hydro Potential: Scientific Paper Review & Summary

Coal Nostalgia by the Trump Administration is Likely to Be Short-Lived Due to Future Political Control and Regulatory Uncertainty. October 1, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Coal Nostalgia by the Trump Administration is Likely to Be Short-Lived Due to Future Political Control and Regulatory Uncertainty

Solar is a Doubled-Edged Sword in Pakistan as it Helps Farmers but Raises Power Prices and Accelerates Groundwater Depletion. October 2, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Solar is a Doubled-Edged Sword in Pakistan as it Helps Farmers but Raises Power Prices and Accelerates Groundwater Depletion

The Energy Centrist: Blog by Geoscientist Jason Eleson: Review. October 3, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Energy Centrist: Blog by Geoscientist Jason Eleson: Review

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