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Read a Sample Chapter of Crude World: The Violent Twilight of Oil
In Nigeria, the oil has not stopped leaking.
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Beyond the Gulf Oil Spill: Five Ongoing Ecological Disasters With No End In Sight
Living some 6,000 miles away from the Gulf of Mexico, I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that the oil spill often seems like an abstraction to me. A big, big abstraction, but still.
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Gulf Spill Just A Drop In The Bucket Compared To What Happens Every Day, Everywhere Else
Forest and farmland were now covered in a sheen of greasy oil. Drinking wells were polluted and people were distraught. No one knew how much oil had
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Climate Change Puts the Reality in This TV Show
At first it sounds like any other reality show: "Candidates will be put through a series of tough physical
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Nigerian Oil, Shark Fin Soup & Elephant Poaching: Planet in Peril's Lisa Ling Answers TreeHugger's Questions
Over on CNN their award-winning series Planet in Peril, hosted by Anderson Cooper, Lisa Ling and Dr Sanjay Gupta, is returning for another season (the premier episode is Thursday, December 11 at 9 PM EST) focusing on the some of the conflicts that are
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Chevron Cleared of Charges in Nigerian Human Rights Case
The jury in a San Francisco federal court this week cleared Chevron of charges for human rights abuses committed in NIgeria. More details on the decision and its impact below the fold.The Bowoto v Chevron case we
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Bowoto v Chevron Human Rights Case Could Set Legal Precedent With Environmental Applicability
With all the focus on the US presidential race, thankfully coming to a close tomorrow, here’s another one of those things you’d be forgiven for not noticing, but which has some potentially great
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Carbon Cap & Trade To Give Middle Eastern, State-Controlled Oil Companies Market Advantage
If oil companies like Shell reported the carbon footprint of oil from their operations in Nigeria, the numbers, in comparison to oil from other sources, could be shocking, even to SUV drivers. The relatively high carbon "footprint" of Nigerian oil
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Nigeria To Tax "Donated" Used Computer Imports
Maybe it's time to stop giving tax write offs for "educational donations" of computers and peripherals (a.k.a. closet fill). That would stem the tide of toxic electronic junk headed toward developing nations under the guise of being "for educational
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Nigeria Investing in Solar Energy to Power Rural Communities
Nigeria's government has just announced its intention to make another round of investments in solar energy to supply up to 10 rural communities that currently lack access to the national power grid. The initiative, funded
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One Laptop Per Child - Reviewed By Expert
The One Laptop Per Child project first hit our pages back in 2005, and has since made our guide to green laptops too. The basic premise is a simple, cheap and robust computer, known as the XO, that is designed as a learning device for children in the
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Global Gas Flaring Satellite Survey Reveals Oil's Hidden Costs
The first recently unveiled global satellite survey of gas flaring — a process commonly used to dispose of natural gas freed during oil production — has shown what many have now suspected for years: it is an extremely wasteful, costly problem
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Attacks In Oil Fields Drive Crude Oil Toward US$70 Per Barrel
"Brent North Sea crude for July delivery rose 42 cents to 69.84 dollars in electronic trading...On Monday, New York's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in June, gained 21 cents to 65.15 dollars a barrel in electronic deals
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Contest Sows Seeds, Growing Green Business Trees
It always warms the heart to hear about entrepreneurs turning a profit as they protect the environment. And nothing says there's plenty of green to go around as well as eco-businesses that put some into the pockets of the poor. The Supporting
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Firewall Philanthropy: Blind-Eye Denialism In A Changing Climate
We all love it when the wealthy give to a good cause that government can't seem to come to grips with. Or, when a self-directed creative genius wins a MacArthur Fellowship. Such well-targeted giving provides inspiration and hope beyond all headlines.
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Butta Bamboo Undies
We do prattle on about the virtues of bamboo (renewable, fast growing, minimal synthetic agri-chemicals, soft hand, biodegradable and so on), as well as the development of fair trade (decent wages and conditions for workers). Well, here appears to be a
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Most Huggable
Inc.com lists its top 50 green companies…
