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  Big Oil Wins Big in Budget Deal

  Shakuntala Makhijani, December 18, 2013
  The oil and gas industry makes out particularly well in the budget deal, with the vast majority of its generous subsidies preserved under the new budget. Meanwhile, support for clean energy is on the chopping block.
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  Significant Victory Against Chevron in Ecuadorian Pollution Case

  Andy Rowell, December 18, 2013
  In the long and tortuous legal battle between indigenous communities in Ecuador against the oil giant Chevron, the plaintiffs scored a major victory yesterday in, of all places, Canada.
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  Europe Wants Gas, Ignores Human Rights

  Andy Rowell, December 17, 2013
  Today, the British Foreign Secretary William Hague is one of the first European politicians to visit Azerbaijan, a country with an appalling human rights record, since widely condemned Presidential elections.
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  New California anti-fracking campaign asks: Will Jerry become Big Oil Brown?

  David Turnbull, December 16, 2013
  On the heels of the first of a series of public hearings on proposed regulations regarding well stimulation in California, Oil Change International today launched the “Big Oil Brown” campaign, increasing pressure on Governor Jerry Brown to impose a moratorium on the controversial extraction practices of hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) and acidization in the state.
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  “Do I die by starvation or do I die by poisoning?”

  Andy Rowell, December 16, 2013
  The Canadian press is reporting that the Albertan government is preparing to release new data “within weeks” about cancer rates in Fort Chipewyan, the First Nations community which is just under 300 kilometers north of Fort McMurray.
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  Refinery Report: New online tool tracks tar sands flows through North America

  Lorne Stockman, December 13, 2013
  Oil Change International has launched a new online tool today that tracks the flow of Canadian tar sands crude oil to North America’s refineries.
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  Momentum Grows to Stop Coal Finance, but Further Action is Critical

  Heike Mainhardt, December 13, 2013
  Two important actions were added to the growing list of recent global steps curbing public finance for coal. First, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) joined the World Bank and European Investment Bank (EIB) in adopting a new Energy Strategy that significantly restricts support for coal power projects. As the second climate feat of the week, the U.S. government voted no on the Board of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for a proposed coal power plant in Pakistan. However, even though the U.S. and several other countries voted no or abstained from supporting the Pakistan coal plant, the ADB board still had a simple majority, and therefore approved $900 million in funding for the 600 MW Jamshoro coal plant.
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  Time to #UnFrackCal – Californians say no to fracking

  David Turnbull, December 11, 2013
  Last night, dozens of concerned Californians descended on the Oakland convention center for a "scoping meeting" regarding the California Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources "environmental impact report" process that is kicking off to study the impacts of fracking in the state.
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  Fracking: “The concerns of the public are validated”

  Andy Rowell, December 11, 2013
  As the British government presses ahead with fracking, more evidence emerges from the US of serious air pollution issues, this time with the cancer-causing chemical, benzene.
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  Scientists Warn Arctic Oil is “Unburnable Carbon”

  Andy Rowell, December 10, 2013
  This is the scientific paper that should stop all Arctic drilling now. It should also stop the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. It is yet another warning that business as usual for the oil industry is just not acceptable.