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New Amazon Oil Threat
On the same day that Peru declares a State of Emergency over oil pollution in the Amazon, the Ecuadorians offer 3 million hectares of pristine forest to the Chinese to explore for oil.
40% of US Frack Gas Could be Exported
Over 40 per cent of the entire US marketed gas production could be exported, if all the LNG applications go ahead.
“An oil spill is ‘the sound of silence’”
First nations in British Colombia use the 24th Anniversary of the Exxon Valdez spill to warn against tar sands and shipping oil via tankers.
The Tar Sands Refugees
At least six families have left their homes in the last two years due to air pollution from tar sands operations in Alberta, including from heated bitumen tanks giving off noxious fumes.
The Billionaire Against Big Oil
Billionaire Tom Steyer argues that Keystone XL “has become the defining issue in the climate change fight of our times".
Is Oil One Reason For Genocide of Rohingya in Burma?
Human rights campaigners are warning that further ethnic cleansing in Burma, which is being exacerbated by land clearances due the Shwe Oil Gas pipeline, could be imminent.
Pro-Keystone XL Senate bill follows pattern of following the oil money
Once again, a group of Senators, spearheaded by Hoeven and Baucus, has released a new bill to push for approval of the Keystone XL pipeline. And, following the clear pattern set by their colleagues, the co-sponsors of this new bill have enjoyed massive contributions from the fossil fuel industry.
The Madness of Exploiting Methane Hydrates
We are now willingly exploiting a new resource of carbon, knowing it will lead to climate chaos.