“They’re unsafe, they’ll never be safe”
Just as the political opposition to crude by rail trains is growing in the US over the latest crash along the Colombia River Gorge, so is the public opposition.
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More Wildfowl Killed by Tar Sands
The debate about the tar sands often centres on the global impact the dirty fuel has on the climate, however, wildfowl is often the victim and only occasionally does it make news.
Oil Price “Turbulence” Still Affecting Tar Sands and Shale
A year on from the start of one of the biggest oil price plunges in recent history, it seems there is going to be no let-up in the turbulence caused by the oil price fluctuations.
Crude Oil Casualties Mount
Everywhere you look there is carnage in the oil industry as the reality of low oil prices begins to bite. From North America, to the North Sea and the Arctic, the low crude oil price is reshaping the size, shape...
Counting the carbon kept in the ground
A graphic published today by Oil Change International shows the carbon left in the ground in cancelled tar sands projects and the potential impact of continued action to stop tar sands pipelines.
Banks “Circling” Tar Sands Debt
The message from the markets for the North American oil industry is summed up in four simple words by the Financial Times today: “No respite for oil.”
Cancer Risk to BP Clean Up Workers
Yesterday the American Journal of Medicine published a new scientific study which found that the clean up workers from BP's Deepwater Horizon disaster are at risk of developing cancer, leukaemia and a host of other illnesses.
Seeing Tar Sands as “Stranded Assets”
Suddenly reserves worth billions of dollars are being thought of “stranded assets”, and that should include the tar sands.
North America is the “New Middle East”
The US could soon replace Saudi Arabia as the world’s leading oil producer, just as the Saudis promise to go green
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...