Controversial Utah Tar Sands Mine “Put on Hold”
Every day the low oil price is causing more pain for the oil and gas industry and no company or region is immune from the damage being caused.
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Shell’s Troubles Mount After “Staggering” Arctic Failure
Twenty four hours after Shell’s seismic announcement that it was pulling out of the Arctic “for the foreseeable future” the announcement is still making waves.
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...
BP: Boldness and Blunders with no Hand on the Brake
Uncertainty still surrounds the success of the replacement cap on the BP well today, with the company expressing cautious optimism that this second, tighter cap has worked. BP will now attempt a “well integrity test” and this means it will...
“It’s got the real smell of death”
And no, we are not talking about the seas of the Gulf of Mexico, where an unknown amount of wildlife is dying and will die due to BP’s oil spill. And no, we are not talking about the nationally renowned...
Empty Promises: Oil & Gas Decarbonization Charter masks massive fossil fuel expansion in 2024
Big oil and gas companies’ voluntary “Decarbonization Charter,” launched at COP28, is a dangerous distraction from the urgent need to rapidly phase out fossil fuels. New data shows Charter members have approved massive oil and gas expansion plans since signing...
Enbridge Intends to Take Enormous Subsidy for Alberta Clipper Tar Sands Pipeline
Enbridge is side-stepping environmental regulations and corporate taxes in attempts to increase Canadian tar sands exports through the United States.
Chevron Must Think We Are Stupid
Sometimes the best laid plans go awry. Oil giant Chevron’s multi-million ad campaign, entitled “We agree” has back-fired badly. What’s worse it has given its critics a real opportunity to spoof the company’s highly misleading adverts.. And boy are they...
Secretive Treaty allows Big Oil to sue for hundreds of billions to stop fossil fuel phase out
It’s the Treaty you have never heard of. But it’s the one that could affect your future and your children’s future.
“No more false solutions. We don’t have time”
There were two different actions over the last few days in Paris, with the same underlying message: as we enter the so-called business end of the COP21 talks, there can be no more false solutions to climate change.