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Locked into a Gilded “High-Carbon Cage”

New research by British scientists has claimed that the US shale gas boom is not curbing greenhouse gas emissions as much as its proponents claim.

North America is the “New Middle East”

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

Thousands Say No to Northern Gateway

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.

Survey Finds Fracking Impacts Health

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

“We have protected these lands with our hearts, soul and lives”

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

Koch’ed up: Petcoke’s political pollution

If there's a statistical correlation between dirty oil and dirty politics, we have yet to quantify it – but here's another story for the pile of anecdotal evidence.

Canada and Shell “Strangling Climate Action”

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.