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World Bank starts swimmin’, but still might sink

Then you better start swimmin' Or you'll sink like a stone For the times they are a-changin'. - Bob Dylan After decades of campaign efforts to get the World Bank to stop investing in fossil fuels, it appears that the...

The Math Means No KXL

Over 3,000 people marched around the White House yesterday with a simple message for President Obama: Say no once and for all to the KXL.

Tar sands planned growth is 3X climate limit

(Oil’s new supply boom is a bust for the climate: part 2) Last week we published a chart and analysis that showed how the oil industry is striving to build production capacity that would substantially overshoot the limits of our...

Thousands Say No to Northern Gateway

Over 3,000 people braved the rain and cold to protest against the Northern Gateway, which is planned to take the dirty tar sands from Alberta through the forests of British Columbia to the west coast of Canada.

Survey Finds Fracking Impacts Health

The largest health survey to-date of residents living near fracking sites shows a clear pattern of negative health impacts associated with the technology.

Murder is Bad – Even in Nigeria

On Monday morning, Shell's “Grassroots Employee Empowerment Division” emailed 71,900 employees. But that division doesn't exist.

Extraction and Disclosure

This is a guest post from Phil Mattera, over at the always vital Dirt Digger's Digest: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission often behaves like a watchdog with no teeth, but it has just stood up to intense pressure from...