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Redford Versus Redford Over KXL

Forget Kramer versus Kramer, the new battle worthy of a motion picture is the increasing bitter spat of Redford Versus Redford over the tar sands.

Exxon’s Paper Towel Clean Up

Footage from activists shows Exxon's incompetent clean up in response to its spill in Arkansas.

Two Spills in Two Days

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.

“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.

“BP was blinded by greed”

After months of delay, the trial of the century finally opened yesterday in New Orleans. Outside rows of protesters had banners with "Restore the Gulf", "#makeBPpay", and "Never Forget".

“Overwhelming evidence that BP is grossly negligent”

Today, nearly three years after BP’s disastrous Deepwater Horizon spill, which claimed eleven lives and led to the largest oil spill in US history, the company is finally due in the dock.

The Missing Tar Sands Monitoring Data

A year after the the Canadians launched a monitoring programme for the tar sands, no data has been released.

Legal Precedent Set as Shell Found Guilty in the Hague

The fact that a Dutch court has found Shell guilty in its home country will now set a huge precedent for further claims.