Tag: Oil
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The $4 Billion Lobbying Blitz That Bought Shell the Arctic
Shell spent $4 billion dollars lobbying for the right to drill in one of the nation's most pristine areas. Its efforts paid off.
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Roomba-Like Robots Dropped by Helicopter Could Clean Up Oil Spills
A design for a floating robot to clean up after oil spills also has a system for keeping at-risk animals at bay.
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Two-Thirds of US Land Leased by Oil Industry Not Used
Yet the oil industry wants access to more land...
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Mississippi River's Flow Kept Gulf Spill Oil Off Shore More Than Expected
New research shows that spring flood waters rushing into the Gulf created mounds of water that, for a while, kept the oil offshore.
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New Bill Unveiled to Kill $113 Billion in Fossil Fuel Subsidies
The "End Polluter Welfare Act" would strip federal handouts to the nation's most profitable companies.
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Daniel Beltrá's Amazing Photos: See the BP Oil Spill Like Never Before
Two years later, the true impact of the Gulf Oil Spill remains in question—and justice is elusive. In light of this, we look back at Photographer Daniel Beltra's shocking visual journal of the disaster.
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Obama Campaign Ads Paint Romney as "In the Tank" for Big Oil
The president's earliest attacks on his presumptive opponent focus on his ties to the oil industry. Watch:
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After Slow Jamming the News, President Obama Wishes for Clean Energy Reform (Video)
When asked what he would change immediately, if he could, President Obama talked about reforming energy policy to favor clean alternatives.
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From Fracking to Water Rights: How Foreign Interests Are Cleaning Out Africa
“Africa will be the backbone of our production and growth in the next 10 years.”
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Inupiat Woman Wins Goldman Prize for Leading Fight Against Arctic Drilling
"We would like to live a traditional culture life. We should be given that option."
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2 Years After the BP Spill: 2 Big Unanswered Questions + A Prior Accident Hidden From Congress
On the two year anniversary TreeHugger takes a look at how well the Gulf ecosystem is recovering, where BP's civil damages stand, and at some shocking evidence that BP hid the true cause of a similar accident from Congress.
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With 13% of World's Undiscovered Oil, Nations Continue Resource Scramble in Arctic
There are eight nations making claims in the region, attempting to define boundaries now that those boundaries increasingly have serious financial implications.
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Obama Proposes $52 Million Program to Take on Oil Speculators
The president seeks to strengthen federal oversight of commodities traders, hopes to rein in market manipulation.
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Hope Fades for Oil Spill Cleanup in Nigeria
Last year, UNEP released a report calling for a $1 billion cleanup fund for years of oil spills in the Niger Delta, but eight months later, there is little more than silence on the issue.
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Energy News: Shell's Small Gulf Spill, NASA's Floating Algae Biofuel Project, More
Plus, more outcry over Indonesia chopping down rainforest in pursuit of palm oil and biofuels (further endangering orangutans' and myriad other animals' habitat); and the lack of direct connection between renewable energy targets and electricity rates.
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To Lower Emissions Climate Coalitions Should Start Buying Fossil Fuel Rights & Not Use Them
Are we overlooking an effective means to lower emissions, keeping fossil fuels in the ground? A new study says yes. Would it be allowed to work though?
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UK Fuel Crisis Makes Case for Electric Vehicles and Shed Offices
As British fuel pumps ran dry thanks to government incompetence, some motorists were left completely untouched. Will this help kickstart the electric car market?
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Energy News: Cape Wind Will Lower Electricity Rates; Japan's Residential Solar Soars; More
Beyond the headline: Pennsylvania towns challenge fracking being shoved down their throats; BP looks to the Amazon for more oil; Alberta, Canada's oil rush shortchanges locals. Keep reading for the details.
