New Amazon Oil Threat
On the same day that Peru declares a State of Emergency over oil pollution in the Amazon, the Ecuadorians offer 3 million hectares of pristine forest to the Chinese to explore for oil.
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Arkansas: Exxon’s latest spill and spin zone
Arkansas has become the latest scene of an Exxon oil spill, and the subsequent spin attempts to side-step blame. The truth tells a different story.
Oops: Shell’s Spill Dome “Crushed like a Beer Can”
Documents reveal that Shell's oil spill containment dome is "crushed like a beer can,” in tests.
BP sued “for hiding truth” over Deepwater
BP’s disastrous Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico refuses to go away. The Daily Telegraph in the UK is reporting that BP is being sued for tens of millions of dollars in America US by institutional investors. The...
Two-Faced Shell Talks Clean, But Acts Dirty
The advert in the weekend edition of the Financial Times is heart-warming... from Shell?
Activists Take to the Trees to Stop KXL
Yesterday morning eight young activists put their lives on the line in the fight against climate change.
Big Oil spin vs. Reality in Tonight’s Debate
It’s pretty safe to assume one or both of the candidates will bring up energy issues in some predictable ways.
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...
70,000 Ask Shell to Clean Up in Nigeria
Seventeen years ago I was one of many protestors at Shell’s AGM in London at the prestigious Queen Elisabeth Centre that lies in the shadow of Big Ben, near London’s Parliament. There were two issues facing the oil giant that...
Shell’s History of “Corporate Malfeasance”
Poor old Shell. Last week it was humiliated in a spoof action by Greenpeace and the Yes Men. This week its corporate reputation takes a battering in a report by the Alaska Wilderness League. The 51 page report, published as...