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100 Presidential Words Stop 1000 Miles of KXL…for now

Yesterday, in a moment described as void of “drama or fanfare,” he vetoed legislation which would have forced approval of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry dirty tar sands oil Alberta to the Gulf Coast.

Oil Giant Shell Shelves Dirty Tar Sands Mine

In a sign that the oil price plunge is really beginning to bite, yesterday oil giant Royal Dutch Shell announced that the company is indefinitely postponing plans to develop a new tar sands mine in northern Alberta.

Climate Sceptic’s Fossil Fuel Funding Exposed

For nearly two decades avid researcher, Kert Davies, has been hunting climate deniers and exposing their links to the fossil fuel industry.

IHS’s predictable Keystone study adds nothing new

IHS published today a predictable and hollow attempt to rebut much of our work on Keystone XL’s links to markets beyond North America and the ability of rail to replace the pipeline.

Fracking Industry Learns From Big Tobacco

As so often in the past, where the tobacco industry leads, the oil industry follows.

BP Out of Touch on Climate and Clean Energy Technology

How BP's Outlook for Energy looks to the past not the future

State of Emergency in West Virginia After Latest Crude by Rail Disaster

A state of emergency was declared late yesterday in two counties in the south of West Virginia after a crude by rail train oil derailed and exploded, in what is the latest in a long string of accidents in North America.

Exxon to Eat “Bite-sized” BP?

Earlier this month, BP’s beleaguered Chief Executive Bob Dudley warned that the falling oil price had created a “raging gale” for the oil industry which could last for years.

Fracking Industry in “Severe Crisis”

One of the great debates about fracking is whether it heralds a great new chapter in the age of oil or whether it is a small blip in the dying days of the fossil fuel era.

US Frackers to “Pump and Pray”

The oil industry often prides itself in pushing the boundaries of technology. The whole fracking revolution has been driven by the industry pioneering new techniques to exploit oil and gas that was previously out of reach.