Biggest Polluter
Sunday’s local newspaper reported that gasoline sales in Vermont were 13 percent below prediction in February of this year and almost 15 percent low for May. I have no theories on the May swoon, aside from the toll continued high...
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One Hours Profit for 500 Dead Ducks
The images last year of some 500 dead and dying ducks drowning in a toxic tailings pond was not one that Canada wanted the world to see. They wanted to keep the downside of Canada's dirty tar sands business secret....
In response to Trump’s Statement on the Benefits of High Oil Prices
As geopolitical tensions rise, Trump’s fossil fuel billionaire donors reap windfall profits while people are being killed and working people around the world face higher energy and food costs.
East Coast refinery shut downs are a symptom of the tar sands oil rush
…in the long term, what the industry has affected is not increased security via Canadian oil to the gulf coast, but a concentration of the nation’s refining capacity in the heart of the nation’s hurricane corridor. The lessons of 2005...
The “You’ve Got To Be Kidding” Department
As news leaks out that the Alberta's government has launched a C$25 million PR campaign to greenwash oil sands, here is Kenny's final post from Alberta. Kenny goes behind the spin: "The rest of the world must share that hope....
The “Dark Side” of Oil Sands
People concerned about the environmental and social downside of the tar sands boom, should read the Guardian today, with a long feature on the “dark side” of the frontier town of Fort McMurray, which is an oil sands boom town...
Scale of Permian Basin Overwhelms Everything, Including Our Climate. We Must Rise Against It.
Four days in the Permian Basin is enough. It’s overwhelming in every way. It’s overwhelming the carrying capacity of the land. It’s overwhelming the community. And as Permian oil, gas, and toxic gas liquids flood global markets, it’s overwhelming our...
Uganda and Tanzania Sign Deal for Major Oil Pipeline
The new 1,400 km East African Crude Oil Pipeline and resulting oil boom in Uganda could bring significant problems to the region. We only have to look at Nigeria and its 60 year spiral of pollution, corruption and violence to...
Shell to Drill in Arctic “Within Two Weeks”
As much of the world is pre-occupied with the Greek financial crisis, oil giant Shell is quietly carrying on with its plans to drill in the Arctic.
Tar Sands Train to Ruin
Southern Pacific Resources was the first tar sands producer to commit all of its production to crude-by-rail. Today, the company is on the brink of disaster.