First Tar Sands Tanker to Arrive in EU Next Week
You will not have heard of the Aleksey Kosygin, but next week this obscure sounding tanker is set to make history as it becomes the first major shipment of Canadian tar sands to arrive in Europe.
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The Shale Oil That Never Was
The American authorities have “slashed” the amount of recoverable oil from the vast California Monterey shale deposits by a whopping 96 per cent.
Fracking Support Declines in UK and US
The percentage of people who support fracking is now below 50 per cent in both the UK and US and is continuing to decline. Conversely the amount of people opposed to the controversial technique continues to grow.
Caution: Toxic Tax Exempt Oil Train Crossing Ahead
A Plains All American pipeline spilled 10,000 gallons of oil in Los Angeles. The company is heavily subsidize and a major crude by rail company.
EPA Asked to Regulate Fracking Emissions
As the evidence mounts that fracking is causing chronic air pollution and health problems, American civil society organisations are pressuring the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to take action.
Passing the “Point of No Return” on Climate Change, Lets Build A New Runway
Scientists at the University of California and NASA are convinced that the melting of the West Antarctic ice sheet has “passed the point of no return” and parts of it are rapidly melting.
California’s Governor is Doing Big Oil’s Dirty Work on Fracking
Last week the Chief Executive of Occidental Petroleum, a mega-fracker, told analysts and investors if “towns don’t want us there, we won’t be there.” What he failed to mention is that they’ve got the Governor in their pockets doing the dirty work for them.
Two-Thirds of Britain Could be Fracked
The British Government is set to unleash a fracking frenzy across large parts of the country as politicians try and replicate the American energy revolution.
Alabama: The New Tar Sands Frontier
As the Senate is poised to take what could be a decisive vote on whether to approve the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, which would transport Canadian tar sands across the US, America’s own tar sands industry is quietly expanding.
As KXL Vote Nears in Senate, Big Oil Begins Ad Blitz
Today could be the day when the fate of the Keystone XL pipeline could take a decisive turn. Later today the Senate is expected to debate what on the surface is a bipartisan energy efficiency bill, but pro-KXL Senators could try and push through a vote on the controversial pipeline as an amendment to the bill.