State of Emergency as “Repeat Offender” Causes “Nightmare” Oil Spill
A state of emergency was declared yesterday in southern California after 105,000 gallons of oil poured out of a ruptured pipeline near Santa Barbara.
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IHS’s predictable Keystone study adds nothing new
IHS published today a predictable and hollow attempt to rebut much of our work on Keystone XL’s links to markets beyond North America and the ability of rail to replace the pipeline.
GAO: Lifting Crude Export Ban Would “Increase Greenhouse Gas Emissions”
For years the oil industry has been lobbying tirelessly to overturn the US crude export ban as domestic production increases on the back of the fracking revolution.
Big Oil Sets Up Crude Export Lobby Group
The growing political fight over relaxing America’s decades-old crude export ban intensified at the end of last week, when 14 oil and gas firms set up a lobbying group specifically to push to relax the ban.
Fact Checking on Keystone XL and Exports
The President was right on Keystone XL being an export pipeline. The Washington Post Fact Checker got it wrong.
Sacrificing the Climate for Art’s Sake
The endorsement granted to Big Oil companies by preeminent arts institutions allows them to whitewash their image.
Big Oil Threatens Maine City After Tar Sands Export Ban
Big Oil has always been a bad, bad loser. And it is therefore no surprise that it has threatened to sue a small coastal city in Maine which on Monday night struck an historical blow against the industry by banning...
Health Risks of One Third of Frack Fluid “Unknown”
Could this be the fracking industry’s Silent Spring moment? One of the most alarming aspects of fracking is how little we understand the long term risks of the technology. As the shale boom explodes in the US, concerns about the...
“If All Else Fails, Let’s Go North”
We can’t go South, we can’t go West, we can’t go East, so, hey, lets’ go North”. That is the latest thinking of the Canadians in their increasingly desperate attempts to export the dirty, carbon intensive tar sands from Alberta.
Europe Eyes American Shale Gas
In the diplomatic fallout from the crisis in Crimea, European leaders are said to be scrambling to reduce their dependence on Russian gas. You cannot negotiate with Putin if he holds all the aces.