Tag: Oil - Page 5
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California Fracking Set to Expand with New Federal Auction
Nearly 18,000 acres in the Monterey Shale is coming up for auction, with companies hoping to frack for shale oil.
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Shell Already Forced to Stop Arctic Drilling Operation
Shell commenced drilling an exploratory well in the Arctic, but the fun was over nearly as soon as it began.
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Obama, Romney, or Stein: Who Has the Greenest Energy Policy?
Hint: One's dark green, one greenish with some brown spots, and one a solid dark brown.
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Energy News: BP Oil Spill Woes Continue, Resurface; Kenya's Geothermal Power Doubles; More
Plus... Shell announces first carbon capture project in the Alberta Tar Sands; Arctic oil and natural gas's high cost to limit their global share.
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We're One Step Closer to Tars Sands in the U.S.
Why should Canadians have all the fun?
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World's Largest Oil Producer Gets Hacked
Saudi Aramco, the world's biggest oil-producing company, fell victim to a coordinated cyber attack.
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GOP Gets Ready to Approve Predictably Oily Energy Platform at the RNC
At its National Convention, the GOP will approve its most predictable energy platform yet.
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Greenpeace Activists Scale Arctic Oil Rig
The famed environmental activist group took on the first oil rig in the Arctic yesterday—and got hosed down in the freezing climes.
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Mitt Romney's Oily Energy Plan, by the Numbers
The GOP presidential candidate would to put the kibosh on clean energy and let the oil flow.
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Wired Magazine Tells Us "Don't Worry, Be Happy" About Climate, Population, Resources, Pandemics
Matt Ridley might be right about the world not ending on December 21 this year. But the rest of the article is delusional.
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US Oil Imports from Saudi Arabia Spike 20% This Year
Because of continued sanctions in Iran, oil imports from Saudi Arabia are up. Expect this to turn into a pro-Keystone XL talking point.
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Massive Fire at Chevron Refinery May Cause Gas Prices to Spike to $4
The Chevron plant refines 16% of the West Coast's gas—now that it's shut down, analysts say prices will spike.
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Another Enbridge Pipeline Spills, This Time in Wisconsin
Though not a huge spill, as these things go, the latest Enbridge accident comes nearly two years to the day after another of their pipeline's ruptured in Michigan.
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Shell's Series of Broken Promises Spell Trouble for the Arctic
Shell's plans to drill for oil in the Arctic are shaky and dangerous.
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Enbridge Whistleblower Sues Over Pipeline Spill Cover Up, Reaction
A former Enbridge employee says he was told to cover up the extent of the Kalamazoo River tar sands pipeline spill. When he refused and tried to publicize it, Enbridge harassed, threatened and defamed him.
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Proven Fossil Fuel Reserves Contain 5x the Carbon We Can Burn Before Destroying Our Climate
We can't leave this to market forces alone. We must take a stand for the planet and against fossil fuel companies. A values judgement must be made, decisively.
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Big Oil Hacked by Anonymous Over Arctic Drilling
"Our shared concern for the planet we leave our children transcends all borders that divide us and makes us - together - the most powerful force today." - Anonymous statement.
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Shell Asks EPA to Bend Air Pollution Rules So It Can Drill in Arctic
Several of Shell's ships grossly exceed EPA requirements to limit air pollution, so Shell asks that the rules be changed for them.
