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The heart of a mountain lain on its side – Blacksburg, Virginia

Mika Minio-Paluello, Anna Galkina and James Marriott are travelling in North America as part of a tour over September and October to promote The Oil Road – Journeys from the Caspian to the City of London. This is the second of a series of blogs on the journey.

Exposing the Climate Change Denial Machine

Greenpeace has just released a new report, Dealing in Doubt, which examines the 25 climate denial campaign by the fossil fuel industry and others.

We Don’t Need KXL, Say Canadians

On his visit to Washington yesterday, Canada’s Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver said the dirty tar sands will be continued to be developed regardless of whether the highly controversial Keystone XL pipeline is approved or not.

Adverts Slam KXL as “Bad Deal for America”

The leading anti-Keystone critic, billionaire and former hedge-fund manager,Tom Steyer has launched a $1-million anti-KXL advertising campaign across the US

British PM Talking “Baseless Economics” over Fracking

One of the most influential economists of his generation, Lord Stern, has rebuked the British Prime Minister David Cameron over his claim that fracking will bring down gas prices in the UK.

Big Oil Winners in UK Lobby Bill

There is widespread outrage in the UK this morning at the proposed “Lobbying Bill” that is being debated today in the House of Commons in London.

Climate Change Causing Spread of Crops Pests

New scientific report by researchers in the UK has concluded that climate change threatens global food security by spreading crop pests towards the Poles at around 3km every year.

YouTube Censors Anti-Oil Videos

YouTube’s reputation as a bastion of internet freedom has taken a battering over the last few days as it has twice censored anti-oil videos.

The Dutch Want to Frack too

As protests against fracking in the UK continue, the Netherlands is the latest European country to signal that it is set to press ahead with the controversial technique.