Big Oil Lobbying Against Safer Crude-By-Rail Standards
Despite the spate of recent crude by rail accidents, the oil industry is lobbying against new safety measures.
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The Arctic is Shell’s New Corporate Crisis
Twenty years ago, the oil giant Shell was plunged into a corporate crisis after it was internationally criticised for trying to dump the redundant Brent Spar oil platform in the North Sea and for being complicit in the murder of...
Europe Buckles to Canadian Bullying on Climate
A proposal to label the dirty tar sands as more polluting than conventional oil has been spectacularly abandoned by the European Commission after a four year lobbying campaign by the Canadians.
The $88 Billion Fossil Fuel Bailout
A new report by the Overseas Development Institute and Oil Change International has found that governments are still spending a whopping $88 billion every year supporting fossil fuel exploration.
Big Oil Wins Big in Budget Deal
The oil and gas industry makes out particularly well in the budget deal, with the vast majority of its generous subsidies preserved under the new budget. Meanwhile, support for clean energy is on the chopping block.
Shell’s Guilty Silence
Yesterday was the eighteen anniversary of the murder of Ken Saro-Wiwa. The charismatic, pipe-smoking activist was murdered by the brutal military junta for his campaign against Shell in the Niger Delta.
VW’s Dark Side
Europe's largest car maker, Volkswagen, is harbouring a “dark secret” according to Greenpeace. Despite its populist and consumer-friendly image, VW stands accused of greenwashing its dirty activities, trying to water down action on climate change and refusing to make popular...
Jilted by another smooth-talking oilman
Ever get tired of those cheezy ads from oil companies or really fired up over 'independent' research that asserts that everything you thought was great about alternative enery sources turns out to be a myth? Well Erik Curren over at...
Exxon is Running Out of Oil
When the history of the hydrocarbon age is written, the one company that will personify Big Oil more than any other will be Exxon. Yes, there are other oil majors like Shell and BP, but they are like young pretenders...
Top 5 myths about subsidies to oil companies
This is a cross-post from Transition Voice. Written by Erik Curren Can the president who killed Osama bin Laden now stand up to Big Oil? Encouraged by comments made by House Speaker John Boehner that subsidies for oil and gas...