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As UK Debates Fracking, New Research Links it to Premature Births

One of the communities in the UK on the front-line of the fracking debate will have the chance to quiz their local Conservative MP, as well as representatives from various leading regulators, on the dangers posed by shale gas at a public meeting this evening.

“Legislation to remove crude export restrictions is not needed at this time”

Just as the Republicans seemed to be gaining a head of steam in their efforts to overturn America’s decades-old crude export ban, the White House has announced it would veto any proposals.

30 Days to Save the Australian Bight From BP

Just as BP finally agrees to pay nearly $21 billion to settle claims relating to the disastrous Deepwater Horizon spill, the oil giant is proposing to drill four exploration wells in the Great Australian Bight, which threatens these pristine waters off the Southern coast of the country.

BP’s $21 Billion Deepwater Fine the “Punishment it Deserves”

Oil giant BP will pay nearly $21 billion to settle its 5 year old dispute with US Federal and State authorities over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, which killed eleven workers, and spilt millions of gallons of oil across the Gulf of Mexico.

Carney’s Talk a “Sobering Climate Change Wake-up Call for Canadians”

The speech by Mark Carney, the Governor of the Bank of England, earlier this week about the risks of climate change and “stranded assets” has certainly stirred up the debate about global warming.

Governor of Bank of England Warns of Climate Change and the “Tragedy of the Horizon”

For years a growing number of voices – from activists, analysts and scientists - have been warning that we cannot afford to burn all the reserves of fossil fuels if we are going to keep global warming to 2 degrees. They argue that huge amounts of oil, coal and gas risk becoming “stranded assets”, which can never be burnt.

Shell’s Troubles Mount After “Staggering” Arctic Failure

Twenty four hours after Shell’s seismic announcement that it was pulling out of the Arctic “for the foreseeable future” the announcement is still making waves.

Climate Villain Shell Set to Advise Governments on Climate

Irony. You have got to love irony. Just imagine, in a cartoonish kind of way, that there is a climate villain out there defying all logic and reason and hurting the planet at its most vulnerable point.

New Warnings Over Tar Sands Water Use

The issue of water is slowly creeping up the political and media agenda in Canada. After last Thursday’s televised leaders' debate being held in the run up to next month’s general election, one columnist for the influential Globe and Mail noted about the subject of water that “So many opportunities to bring up what should be the topic du jour – yet no one touched it.”