Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Tag: Oil

Mexico is letting an oil company destroy protected mangroves for an...

Satellite images posted on Quartz show the cleared land to accommodate the construction.

West Texas fracking boom sputters as Apache Corp. admits firm lost...

The losses are “a preview of the impacts of the inevitable decline of the oil and gas industry on a broad scale.”

California lagged in capping century-old oil wells leaking under homes of...

On November 28, 2015, Roger Majano, plagued by a noxious smell overwhelming his Los Angeles neighborhood, heaved a jackhammer onto the walkway...

This problem with fracked oil and gas wells is occurring ‘at...

Just look to its track record, and don't expect any surprises.

Congress needs to end war profiteering now

War is bad for nearly everyone. But as long as we allow the leaders of our privatized war economy to reap unlimited rewards, their profit motive for war in Iran — or anywhere — will persist.

Forecast for 2020: More oil trains, fires, spills, and the rise...

If past is prelude, the regulatory and market conditions show North America is poised for another rise in “bomb trains.”

Oil companies were not held accountable for 10.8 million gallons of...

Scientists predict that future storms, which will increase in intensity due to the climate crisis, will exacerbate environmental damage.

Trump’s reckless push to drill in the Arctic is meeting fierce...

The Arctic Refuge is one of the U.S.’s last wild places, and the coastal plain is its biological heart.

How things got so fracking bad in Ohio

Ohio’s natural gas production has swelled more than 2,200 percent in just seven years. But some residents are reporting polluted air and water as a result.

Book Review: “The Plot to Overthrow Venezuela: How the US is...

In one concise statement, Dan Kovalik sums up the criminal — if self-serving and for now effective — foreign policy of the U.S. across the planet:

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MIT faces backlash for silencing pro-Palestine activism, raising concerns about academic freedom and its ties to Israeli military institutions.

Illinois students face felony charges for protesting Gaza genocide

University of Illinois students face felony charges for peaceful Gaza protest, raising concerns over free speech suppression and institutional bias.

Resist: How to keep ‘it’ from happening here

Resistance is just another word for constructive policy.

People are creating the Green New Deal at the grassroots level

People are taking action at every level of society from students and workers to tribes to cities and states to create the transformation we need.