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Transporting Tar Sands “As Dangerous” As Shale Oil
There is growing evidence that transporting tar sands oil maybe as inherently dangerous as carrying the volatile Bakken shale oil.
100 Presidential Words Stop 1000 Miles of KXL…for now
Yesterday, in a moment described as void of “drama or fanfare,” he vetoed legislation which would have forced approval of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry dirty tar sands oil Alberta to the Gulf Coast.
OCI Response to Presidential Veto of Keystone XL Bill
Fossil fuel funded politicians in Congress should take note – when the President of the United States says he is going to do something, he follows through.
Oil Giant Shell Shelves Dirty Tar Sands Mine
In a sign that the oil price plunge is really beginning to bite, yesterday oil giant Royal Dutch Shell announced that the company is indefinitely postponing plans to develop a new tar sands mine in northern Alberta.
IHS’s predictable Keystone study adds nothing new
IHS published today a predictable and hollow attempt to rebut much of our work on Keystone XL’s links to markets beyond North America and the ability of rail to replace the pipeline.
Climate Sceptic’s Fossil Fuel Funding Exposed
For nearly two decades avid researcher, Kert Davies, has been hunting climate deniers and exposing their links to the fossil fuel industry.
Fracking Industry Learns From Big Tobacco
As so often in the past, where the tobacco industry leads, the oil industry follows.
State of Emergency in West Virginia After Latest Crude by Rail Disaster
A state of emergency was declared late yesterday in two counties in the south of West Virginia after a crude by rail train oil derailed and exploded, in what is the latest in a long string of accidents in North America.
Exxon to Eat “Bite-sized” BP?
Earlier this month, BP’s beleaguered Chief Executive Bob Dudley warned that the falling oil price had created a “raging gale” for the oil industry which could last for years.