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Shell’s Arctic Drilling Moves Closer
The Obama administration’s inconsistent approach to climate change was laid bare again last night after the US Interior Department reconfirmed Shell’s controversial lease sale in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska.
Big Oil Lobbying Against Safer Crude-By-Rail Standards
Despite the spate of recent crude by rail accidents, the oil industry is lobbying against new safety measures.
Obama’s Offshore Drilling Plan Puts the Climate at Risk
Back in January, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) released the 2017-2022 Oil and Gas Leasing Program, its proposed 5-year plan for offshore U.S. oil and gas development that includes ten potential lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico, three in the Alaskan Arctic, and one in the Atlantic.
Big Oil Eyes Up “The Prize” of Iran
As world leaders converged on the Swiss town of Lausanne over the weekend, their historic deliberations about Iran’s nuclear programme were said to have reached the “end-game” before the deadline at the end of the month.
Crude oil trains are unsafe, period. Stopping them will protect our communities and climate
For the sake of a mere 4% of total petroleum passing through the United States, we say stop the trains now, protect North America’s communities and build an energy system that protects the climate and our citizens from a reckless oil industry.
TransCanada’s Other Massive Pipeline Plan
TransCanada's proposed Energy East tar sands pipeline faces massive opposition in Canada. A large demonstration is planned in Quebec City on April 11th.
Solidarity or self-interest: Ecuador and oil in the age of climate change
Resource sovereignty, OPEC and climate change: implications for Ecuador in the struggle to protect biodiversity and indigenous rights in Yasuni National Park