Corporate Citizenship & Sustainability
How would industry cap a well in the event of a spill?
My last post touched on ways industry and government are working to ensure that producing oil and natural gas in offshore environments is done safely and responsibly. I was pleased to mention a recent milestone announced by the Marine Well Containment Company, which has produced a single-ram capping stack – weighing an astonishing 100 tons…
Safety critical to production surge in Gulf of Mexico
According to BloombergBusinessweek , energy production in the Gulf of Mexico is finally bouncing back three years after BP’s Deepwater Horizon accident – and the federal government’s response – brought activity to a halt.
A sound approach on foreign payments and transparency
Earlier today the American Petroleum Institute offered several constructive proposals to the SEC suggesting ways it can re-write its rules to support transparency while also protecting investors from harm.
Common Core a needed measuring stick
At the Education Nation Summit in New York this week, Rex Tillerson helped cut through the fog surrounding the Common Core State Standards to discuss why they are important to our nation’s future.
Getting to the Core of American Competitiveness
Knowledge and application of math and science are the ultimate sources for the innovation and technology that define the modern world. So it’s important for our nation’s competitiveness – now and in the future – to ensure that U.S. students have these skills so they can succeed in the 21st century. But American students are…
Expanding economic opportunities for women: What works?
One thing we have learned from working with developing nations over many years is that efforts to increase the economic participation of women yield tremendous positive impacts in subsequent generations. This fact is supported by decades of research of emerging economies.
