“Still barreling down the highway to a dangerously warming world”
Not much was expected of the UN’s 18th conference on climate change in Doha, Qatar, and not much was delivered.
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Amidst Drilling Boom, Average Price For U.S. Gasoline Hit Record High In 2012
The U.S. is experiencing a domestic oil boom that could soon make it the world’s largest liquid fuels producer. And how has that surge in production impacted gasoline prices? In 2012, Americans paid more for gasoline than ever before.
Legal Precedent Set as Shell Found Guilty in the Hague
The fact that a Dutch court has found Shell guilty in its home country will now set a huge precedent for further claims.
EU Sees KXL is an Export Pipeline
Officials from the European Commission see Keystone XL as an export pipeline from America to the EU.
Iraqi Oil Law
Remember when we used to talk about how the war in Iraq was about oil? Remember the banners that read "No blood for oil?" Oil has fallen out of the discussion lately, but it's time to bring it back in...
Different Voices Unite Against Tar Sands
From Canada to Texas, from protestors to oil industry whistleblowers, there is one message. Stop the tar sands and KXL.
Survey Finds Fracking Impacts Health
The largest health survey to-date of residents living near fracking sites shows a clear pattern of negative health impacts associated with the technology.
Thousands Say No to Northern Gateway
Over 3,000 people braved the rain and cold to protest against the Northern Gateway, which is planned to take the dirty tar sands from Alberta through the forests of British Columbia to the west coast of Canada.
Tar sands planned growth is 3X climate limit
(Oil’s new supply boom is a bust for the climate: part 2) Last week we published a chart and analysis that showed how the oil industry is striving to build production capacity that would substantially overshoot the limits of our...
Shell in Nigeria: Its Worse than Bad
And so it goes on. It might be a different day but the ongoing vortex of violence, pollution, protest and conflict continues in the Niger Delta. The oil giant, Shell is at the middle of this vortex, as it has...