Tar Sands “Linked to Health Problems”
In a landmark report to Alberta’s energy regulator, a panel of experts has concluded that odours from a controversial tar sands processing plant are linked to human health impacts.
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Keystone XL announcement met with predictable oily response
The State Department announced a delay in their Keystone XL review process today, as they wade through 2.5 million public comments, as well as work to get a handle on the fact that thanks to a Nebraska Supreme Court ruling,...
Pipelines vs. Rail: A False Choice
As we release our North American crude-by-rail online map and report, it is worth taking a look at one of the most repeated false claims that the oil industry and its supporters make about crude-by-rail. A major talking point for...
Crude by Rail Industry “Ignored” Safety Issues, Court Will Hear
For anyone concerned about the rising spate of crude by rail accidents across North America, the derailment and explosion last July of a crude by rail train in downtown Lac Megantic, Quebec, which killed 47 local residents, has become something...
Major Victory As Oil Company Pulls Out of Africa’s Oldest Park
It has all the ingredients for an international blockbuster novel: The stunning setting of Africa’s oldest National park, home to half of all the species on the African continent, including one if its most endangered and iconic animals, the Mountain...
What did Big Oil know and when did they know it?
According to multiple sources the State Department will issue its long awaited Final Environmental Impact Statement on the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline later today. The early spin today is that “environmentalists will be disappointed”. But consider the source. Last...
Burma Auctions “Crown Jewels”
Over 60 foreign companies are preparing to bid for rights to explore for oil or gas in 30 offshore fields in the latest bidding round in Burma, described by the Financial Times as one of the most exciting for years.
When in a Hole…
Yesterday, Oil Change International (OCI) published its great new interactive graphic that shows that fossil fuel reserves continue to grow, whereas the scientists are telling us that we can burn less and less carbon.
The Golden State’s Fracking Wars
The State of California is fast becoming the front line in America’s fracking wars.
New White House policy admits social cost of carbon higher than they thought
The official policy of the Obama administration now asserts that the social cost of carbon emissions to society are 60% higher than they previously estimated.