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As local communities suffer, GOP and political right weaponize East Palestine disaster

Unless we kick dirty money out of politics and put communities and safety first, there will be more railroad disasters. Until then, the people of East Palestine deserve the dignity of the truth and whether their air is safe to breathe and water safe to drink.

Experts warn fracking in UK is neither safe, viable, nor popular and “amounts to climate suicide”

Last week, new British Prime Minister outlined plans to frack in the UK. However, experts, scientists, activists, NGO’s and even Truss’s own MPs, believe that fracking will fail in the UK.

Alaska: BP’s Exit Leaves a Melting Arctic and Toxic Legacy

BP is selling what it once called its "Jewel in the Crown", its Alaskan operations. But it leaves a toxic legacy..

Row over Earthquakes Caused by Shell and Exxon’s Operations Escalates in Holland

Shell and its joint partner Exxon look set for further confrontation with the Dutch government over a series of small earthquakes that have plagued its operations for years in the north of the country.

“Pinot Not Pipelines”: Canada’s Kinder Morgan Battle Descends into Wine Wars

There is an escalating tension in Canada between the Albertan and British Columbian (B.C) Governments over the disputed Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline, which is due to transport tar sands from Alberta to the B.C Coast.

UK Fracking Task Force Calls For Improved Safety Standards

A report by the UK Task Force on Shale Gas has called for greater safety and transparency measures to be implemented before widespread fracking occurs across the country.

Canadian Government “Concerned” After 2nd Tar Sands Train Explodes

The Canadian press and politicians are waking up to the fact that transporting tar sands by rail is as dangerous as Bakken.

Transporting Tar Sands “As Dangerous” As Shale Oil

There is growing evidence that transporting tar sands oil maybe as inherently dangerous as carrying the volatile Bakken shale oil.

State of Emergency in West Virginia After Latest Crude by Rail Disaster

A state of emergency was declared late yesterday in two counties in the south of West Virginia after a crude by rail train oil derailed and exploded, in what is the latest in a long string of accidents in North America.

Activists Attack “Grossly Negligent” BP

Yesterday over a hundred members and supporters of the UK-based art collective Liberate Tate carried out their latest art protest against the oil giant BP in the Tate Modern’s iconic Turbine Hall in London.