Tag: Oil
Emails reveal Trump admin mulling Big Oil plan to transfer public...
This revelation comes from emails and documents obtained by the Western Values Project through the Freedom of Information Act.
ExxonMobil’s climate disinformation campaign is still alive and well
The company is still very much engaged behind the scenes in trying to stymie any government attempt to seriously address climate change.
Ireland puts a halt on future fossil fuel exploration
Climate Energy Bill is the newest legislature passed by the Irish government to protect the environment and effects of climate change.
China is financing a petrochemical hub in Appalachia. Meet its powerful...
“This hub of horrors is a nightmare waiting to happen … The people deserve better than false economic hope and toxic neighbors.”
National Monuments open for business: Mining and drilling to begin on...
Today marks the "largest rollback of protections for public lands and waters in U.S. history."
Meet the money and people fueling the contested Bayou Bridge Pipeline
Here are the interests pushing Bayou Bridge despite the substantial public opposition.
Elizabeth Warren condemns Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling
"This handout to Big Oil executives puts short-term corporate profits ahead of the long-term health and livelihood of America’s coastal families and ignores the growing threat posed by climate change."
90 percent of Outer Continental Shelf of US coast in jeopardy
“President Trump is once again defying a majority of American citizens, states, and businesses.”
Mexico’s Standing Rock? Sempra, TransCanada face indigenous pipeline resistance south of...
Mexico is now facing its own Standing Rock-like moment as the Yaqui Tribe challenges Sempra Energy's Agua Prieta pipeline between Arizona and the Mexican state of Senora.
How Northwest communities are stopping big oil projects
Last week, a Washington state energy panel voted unanimously to oppose what would be the nation’s largest oil-by-rail terminal.