Andy Rowell

The US could soon replace Saudi Arabia as the world’s leading oil producer, just as the Saudis promise to go green

Over 3,000 people braved the rain and cold to protest against the Northern Gateway, which is planned to take the dirty tar sands from Alberta through the forests of British Columbia to the west coast of Canada.

The largest health survey to-date of residents living near fracking sites shows a clear pattern of negative health impacts associated with the technology.

Locals in Ecuador are fighting PetroAmazonas to explore close to the ecologically and culturally sensitive Yasuni national park.

If the irony of Shell, a company at the forefront of exploiting the dirty tar sands, being a sponsor of a conference on climate change was lost on the delegates, it was not lost on protestors.

The Oil Road is a rich, rewarding read. It is a written in a poetic, fluid style that seamlessly weaves an engaging personal story into the current geo-politics of oil aggression and the recent volatile recent history of the region.