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Energy Sector

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2012

    St. Clair County Sheriff's Department Raids 13 Shops for Synthetic Drugs

    The St. Clair County Sheriff's Department joined forces with the Belleville Police, US Marshals, Cahokia Police, Mascoutah Police and the Fairview Heights Police to simultaneously execute search warrants at thirteen businesses in the county suspected of selling synthetic drugs. The 10 a.m. raid was ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2011

    Cardinals: A Humble Suggestion for This Season's "Mobil on the Run" Song

    The good folks at Mobil on the Run have given us some notable pieces of advertisement over the past couple years, but I have yet to see a new commercial from them this baseball season, regarding the number six or any other numbers, serious or otherwise. To which I say: bunk! We need cheap drink ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2011

    Homophobe Physicist's Solution to Gulf Oil Spill Was Right in Your Kitchen Cabinet

    image viaThe solution to the BP oil spill?​Last spring, you may recall, Washington University physicist Jonathan Katz got kicked off a panel assembled by Secretary of Energy Steven Chu that was supposed to figure out how to stop the BP oil spill. Katz's banishment had less to do with his scien ... More >>

  • News

    December 30, 2010

    The 2010 RFT News Challenge

    image viaThe solution to the BP oil spill?​Last spring, you may recall, Washington University physicist Jonathan Katz got kicked off a panel assembled by Secretary of Energy Steven Chu that was supposed to figure out how to stop the BP oil spill. Katz's banishment had less to do with his scien ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2010

    Protesters Planning Mock Awards Ceremony at Peabody Energy Headquarters in St. Louis Today

    Image viaProtesting Peabody Energy: Not a coal black tie affair.​You know how The Razzies are the anti-Oscars? They're the "awards" that "salute the worst that Hollywood has to offer" each year? Well, that's kind of what a group of climate change protesters have planned this afternoon in downtown ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2010

    Students Protest Speech by Peabody Energy CEO Greg Boyce at Wash U Research Symposium

    Photo by Keegan HamiltonWash U students had a message for Peabody Energy's Greg Boyce at the Symposium for Global Energy Future​Greg Boyce, CEO of Peabody Energy, the world's largest privately held coal company, stepped to a podium Saturday afternoon at Washington University's Symposium on Global ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2010

    Artgasm: This Weekend's Art Openings, October 1-3, 2010

    When Katherine Bish saw a news photo of an oil-slicked pelican after the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico, she did something about it. She doused people in chocolate syrup, to be exact. Bish's black-and-white photographs attempt to capture the tragedy and imagine how humans in that scenario would look ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2010

    Wash U. Students Want University to Come Clean on Coal Research

    Image viaBy contrast, coal accounts for more than 80 percent of Missouri's energy. ​For many environmentalists, the phrase "clean coal" is a contradiction in terms on par with military intelligence and jumbo shrimp. But to the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at Washi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2010

    Organization Sues to Get Bluefin Tuna Endangered Species Protection

    The Center for Biological Diversity is suing the National Marine Fisheries Service for failing to protect Atlantic bluefin tuna after the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. In a press release the agency states that the species has been threatened by overfishing, with the oil spill endangering br ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2010

    Missouri Official Proves It's Possible to Advance Career No Matter Your Job Performance

    Leaving Missouri's E. coli waters, for the Gulf's oil-tarred.​A man suspended from his job for two weeks without pay last year, today has himself a new, high-profile job overseeing a $20-billion trust fund for those impacted by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Mark Templeton, head of the Missouri Dep ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2010

    Giant Vehicle Lumbers Across Indiana at 0.10 MPH

    Photos courtesy Peabody EnergyThe dragline crosses a highway on its slow march to the Bear Run Mine. ​Here's an interesting tale for all you gearheads.  For the past two weeks in southwestern Indiana, one of the world's largest mobile vehicles has been lumbering across farmlands and rural hig ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2010

    BP Honcho Says He'd Gladly Eat Gulf Coast Seafood

    BP's COO says he'd eat seafood from the Gulf of Mexico. The AFP reports that Doug Suttles issued his statement of faith in Gulf seafood two days after Louisiana reopened 2,400 square miles of coastal water for fishing. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Louisiana have been testi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2010

    Capped!

    Last month ... and today.​After 85 days -- and 184 million gallons of oil spewed into the gulf -- BP says it's finally capped the Deepwater Horizon oil well. Hallelujah.

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2010

    Is Anybody Really "Tarballing" BP Gas Stations?

    Image viaGone tarballin'!!!!​When Unreal heard a rumor that St. Louis BP gas stations had seen an uptick of people pooping on their restroom floors -- apparently in protest for the worst environmental disaster in American history -- we called up quite a few of 'em. Most said there was no increase ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2010

    Washington Park's Mobil Gas Station of Death

    Those gas prices are killer!​Running on empty in southern Illinois? You might want to avoid filling up at the Mobil station on Kingshighway in Washington Park.After yet another homicide in the gritty East St. Louis suburb, the village's police chief told the Belleville News-Democrat that police "a ... More >>

  • Music

    June 30, 2010

    Henry Rollins

    8 p.m. Thursday, July 1. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2010

    Local Protesters of Big Oil to Put Hands Across the Sand, Er, Mud and Silt

    Hands Across the Sand​On Saturday, dozens of St. Louisans will gather on the riverfront beneath the Arch to hold hands in a silent protest against offshore oil drilling. Local event organizer Stacey Critzer anticipates 50, maybe even 100 participants. It's not exactly Hands Across America, but the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2010

    Anti-BP Protest Planned for 10 a.m. Today at Delmar BP

    Where it goes down today.​Activists who favor stricter clean-energy legislation, and oppose the controversial Murkowski resolution, are holding a rally at 10 a.m. today at BP gas station on Delmar.The rally is being organized by Repower America and its Missouri chapter, plus like-minded groups suc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2010

    Mall Employee Gets Kinda Naked to Protest Oil Extraction in Canada

    Lush employee Rachael Wall protests mining the Canadian Tar Sands. Click to view larger version.​Editor's note: Daily RFT sent able-bodied intern Steve Hardy to the Galleria today to report on one of the most earnest protests ever held on a Wednesday afternoon in a mostly vacant shopping mall. Bel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2010

    Lush Cosmetics Employees Stripping to Stop Canadian Oil Production

    Artist's butcheringLeft, soaps sold by Lush Cosmetics. Right, the Canadian tar sands. Only if a good scrubbing by one would clean the other.​While the Deep Horizon oil well in the Gulf of Mexico continues to cough up oil underwater, a chain of organic soap shops is planning a separate protest this ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2010

    White-Sand Beaches of Destin, Florida Are NOT Covered In Oil, But Cancellations Have Begun

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaplanbr/ / CC BY-SA 2.0Calm down, St. Louisans - no oily sheen yet.​St. Louisans love love love Destin, Florida. Nary an oil glob has washed ashore, but officials down there just told KTVI that the gigantic BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico has spooked would-be visitors: ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    Jonathan Katz: Wash U Prof Tapped By Obama to Solve Gulf Oil Crisis is "Homophobe, Climate Change Denialist"

    Image sourceJonathan Katz describes himself as "a homophobe and proud"​Washington University physics professor Jonathan Katz is part of a five-man team of the nation's "best scientific minds" assembled by the Obama administration to help BP stem the flow of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. He' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2010

    Before Filling Up at BP/Amoco, Check This Out

    ​60 Minutes last night ran a two-part story on the disaster of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. In interviews with a survivor of the explosion and with engineering experts, the early evidence suggests that that blame lies squarely with BP for ignoring warnings about the well an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster Spills Over to St. Louis Seafood Scene

    Image viaThe Gulf of Mexico oil spill as seen from the International Space Station​Nearly a month after the explosion that sunk the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, killing several workers, oil continues to gush into the Gulf of Mexico. While the federal government and BP struggle to contain the en ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2010

    Great Coal Debate at Wash U. Tonight: Peabody Energy v. Sierra Club

    ​Didya know that 83.5 percent of Missouri's energy comes from coal, and that St. Louis is headquarters to the two largest coal companies in the country in Peabody Energy and Arch Coal? Add it all up and it makes St. Louis a great place to discuss the role of coal in our lives and its impact on the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2010

    Country Version of "Six is a Serious Number" is Seriously Awful

    ​Remember how last year you heard that 'Six is a Serious Number' advertisement on the radio, or saw it on the television, and immediately found it annoying? You thought to yourself, "This is just terrible. Who in the hell thought this was a good idea?" But then, something odd happened. T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2010

    Group Plans Corporate and Government Protests in St. Louis This Week

    Will this Internet-famous St. Louis protester be there?​I'm not sure if the People's Settlement would fall under the category of an extremist militia as defined by the Southern Poverty Law Center. But this I know, the People's Settlement are not Tea Party activists. No, far from it. So who/what is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2010

    Laclede Gas Tied for Worst Place in America to Work if You're Gay, Lesbian or Transgendered

    Laclede: It's a gas -- unless you're gay. ​The Laclede Group, whose primary subsidiary is Laclede Gas, has earned the dubious distinction of finishing tied with Exxon Mobil Corp. as the worst place in the nation to work if you're gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered. A total o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2010

    Peabody, Wash U. Lock Horns with Man Behind Clean Coal Consortium Parody Website

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/duncharris/ / CC BY-SA 2.0Coal!​The website of the Washington University Consortium for Clean Coal Utilization openly admits to "perpetuating the myth that coal can be used in a clean and sustainable manner," to being a "public relations tool for industry," to advancin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2009

    The Big Bloody: In East St. Louis, Three Women Shot at Gas Station, Children in Vehicle

    Police have arrested a man suspected of executing a triple-slaying on Saturday night at an East St. Louis Mobil station, reports KMOX.

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2009

    Wash U. Students Steamed About "Dirty Energy" Flash Executives

    Wikimedia CommonsWash U. kids show big balls in protesting reception attended by energy executives, including some from the coal (above) industry.​Actually, it was a flash mob. Some 100 students clad in yellow T-shirts and arm-bands paraded into the "America Energy First Conference" cocktail recep ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2009

    We Love Our Cheap Gas!

    flickr.com/photos/cindy47452​You may not be aware, but there are high and low seasons for gasoline consumption. (Yeah, it was a surprise to us, too.) The summer driving season ended last week, on Labor Day, and in the resulting plummeting of gas prices, St. Louis ended up with the lowest in the na ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2009

    Love It or Hate It, Cardinals "Six is a Serious Number" Promo is a Serious Ear Worm

    Urban Dictionary defines an ear worm as "any song that is so catchy, and at the same time extremely annoying, that it feels like a worm has crawled into your ear and eaten the intelligent parts of your brain so that you hum the song all day long, no matter how much you hate it." I tend to think of t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2009

    Joe Edwards: A Man and His Orb

    Joe. Moon. Moonrise.What do you get the man who has everything? Why, the moon, of course!And that's just what Joe Edwards -- impresario extraordinaire -- received today when crews hoisted a 3,000-pound orb atop his latest project, the Moonrise Hotel in the Delmar Loop.The giant, celestial model is s ... More >>

  • News

    July 23, 2008

    Special tortilla-contest edition!

    Joe. Moon. Moonrise.What do you get the man who has everything? Why, the moon, of course!And that's just what Joe Edwards -- impresario extraordinaire -- received today when crews hoisted a 3,000-pound orb atop his latest project, the Moonrise Hotel in the Delmar Loop.The giant, celestial model is s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2008

    Missouri Gas Prices Lowest In Country: Why.

    Joe. Moon. Moonrise.What do you get the man who has everything? Why, the moon, of course!And that's just what Joe Edwards -- impresario extraordinaire -- received today when crews hoisted a 3,000-pound orb atop his latest project, the Moonrise Hotel in the Delmar Loop.The giant, celestial model is s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2008

    The Morning Brew: Friday, 4.18

    Joe. Moon. Moonrise.What do you get the man who has everything? Why, the moon, of course!And that's just what Joe Edwards -- impresario extraordinaire -- received today when crews hoisted a 3,000-pound orb atop his latest project, the Moonrise Hotel in the Delmar Loop.The giant, celestial model is s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2007

    Lollapalooza, Day Three: A Review

    Joe. Moon. Moonrise.What do you get the man who has everything? Why, the moon, of course!And that's just what Joe Edwards -- impresario extraordinaire -- received today when crews hoisted a 3,000-pound orb atop his latest project, the Moonrise Hotel in the Delmar Loop.The giant, celestial model is s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2006

    Alternative Energy

    Joe. Moon. Moonrise.What do you get the man who has everything? Why, the moon, of course!And that's just what Joe Edwards -- impresario extraordinaire -- received today when crews hoisted a 3,000-pound orb atop his latest project, the Moonrise Hotel in the Delmar Loop.The giant, celestial model is s ... More >>

  • News

    January 18, 2006

    Big Chill

    It's been a warm winter — but not for some Laclede Gas customers

  • News

    November 23, 2005

    Gas

    (The Hi-Pointe)

  • News

    November 3, 2004

    A Shot in the Arm

    A federal appeals court says Darryl Burton might very well be innocent of the 1984 murder of Donald Ball. But there's nothing they can do about it.

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 29, 2004

    Best Local Landmark

    Giant Amoco sign

  • News

    February 4, 2004

    If You Could Trade Places With Anyone for a Day, Who Would You Choose?

    Week of February 4, 2004

  • News

    January 21, 2004

    Gob Story

    Exxon pulled out of its Clinton County coal mine nearly a decade ago. Locals still live with the mess.

  • News

    March 19, 2003

    Are We Really Going to War This Month?

    Week of March 19, 2003

  • News

    October 25, 2000

    Hunting for the Smoking Gun

    An Alabama lawyer with St. Louis ties takes on big oil

  • News

    October 25, 2000

    Paying the Price

    Bud Faron and other independent dealers devoted their lives to the big oil companies. That just wasn't enough.

  • News

    November 10, 1999

    What Does It Mean When Restaurants Advertise "Fine Foods" or "Fine Dining"?

    Bud Faron and other independent dealers devoted their lives to the big oil companies. That just wasn't enough.

  • News

    October 27, 1999

    Have You Test-Driven the So-Called Female Condom?

    Bud Faron and other independent dealers devoted their lives to the big oil companies. That just wasn't enough.

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