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Scientists Call for 75% of Fossil Fuel Reserves to be Kept in Ground

To coincide with this year’s Earth Day, a group of globally recognised scientists and economists have issued a statement calling for three quarters of the world’s remaining reserves of fossil fuels to remain buried.

Alberta, the Home of the Tar Sands, Has “Increasing Income Inequality”

As the Albertan election heats up, the worsening economy – in large part caused by the plunge in oil prices – is taking centre stage in the province’s election campaign which comes to a head in early May.

EIA data confirms rail is no replacement for Keystone XL

The EIA's new crude-by-rail data confirms what we always knew. That Keystone XL cannot be replaced by rail and will have a serious climate impact.

Teck Frontier: poster child of tar sands folly

Any way you look at it, Teck's proposed tar sands mine, 'Frontier' is a bad investment.

BP Gulf Oil Disaster: 5 years On and the Gulf South is Rising

As we mark 5 years since the start of the BP Gulf oil disaster, we stand with Gulf South Rising and all those resisting the industry. The Seas are Rising and So Are We.

Time for Smaller Oil: Why Shell’s Takeover of BG goes in the Wrong Direction

Forget Shell's takeover of BG - it's time for Big Oil to plan for managed decline

US Shale Boom “Goes Bust”

The global oil price rose slightly this morning on the back of the news from the US government that US shale oil output is expected to fall for the first time in four years.

“Men like Oronto Douglas do not die”

Nigeria lost one of its most iconic, out-spoken and passionate advocates for social and environmental justice last week with the cruelly early death of Oronto Douglas at the age of forty eight.

New Evidence BP’s Spill Dispersant Caused Harm to Humans and Wildlife

In the desperately dark days following BP’s Deepwater Horizon accident in April 2010, one of the issues that I highlighted on this blog was the dangers of BP’s chemical Corexit, which the oil giant was using to disperse the oil.