Feds Weaken New Oil-By-Rail Safety Regulations Days After Announcing Them
Mar 28, 2014, 9:26 am By Justin Mikulka
Nine days after announcing new regulations designed to improve oil-by-rail safety, the Department of…BP Doubles Initial Estimate of Lake Michigan Oil Spill
Mar 27, 2014, 7:03 pm By Steve Horn
Three days after spilling crude oil into Lake Michigan, BP has doubled its spill estimate to between…Oil Shipments Turn Albany Into “Houston on the Hudson” As Communities Across Country Fight Oil-By-Rail Proposals
Mar 27, 2014, 7:18 am By Justin Mikulka
Due to a massive increase in the movement of crude oil by rail in the past few years, communities…Admiral Dennis Blair: "We Sent Troops to Middle East...Because of Oil-Based Importance of Region"
2:54pm By Steve Horn
At the just-completed U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing titled, “The Geopolitical…Follow the Money: Three Energy Export Congressional Hearings, No Climate Change Discussion
7:44am By Steve Horn
In light of ongoing geopolitical tensions in Russia, Ukraine and hotly contested Crimea, three (yes,…Exclusive: Climate Change Philosopher A Target Of Abusive Hate Campaign
Tue 10:07pm By Graham Readfearn
“DIE you maggot,” reads one of the hundreds of emails from climate science deniers that have…Former Ohio Excavator Pleads Guilty to Dumping Contaminated Fracking Water
Tue 4:18pm By Anne Landman
The former owner of a Youngstown, Ohio, excavating company pled guilty to illegally dumping…Imperiled Migratory Birds in Path of Galveston Oil Spill on Anniversary of Exxon Valdez Disaster
Mar 24, 2014, 12:01 pm By Julie Dermansky
Heavy fuel oil that spilled from a Kirby Inland Marine oil barge after it collided with a cargo ship…Research Shows Some Test Methods Miss 99 Percent of Radium in Fracking Waste
Mar 24, 2014, 8:00 am By Sharon Kelly
Every year, fracking generates hundreds of billions of gallons of wastewater laced with corrosive…Colorado Legislators Seek to Punish Cities that Ban Fracking
Mar 21, 2014, 5:45 pm By Anne Landman
Two Colorado legislators announced they are introducing a ballot initiative aimed at punishing…Science Journal Set To Retract Paper Linking Climate Change Scepticism To Conspiracy Theorists After Sceptics Shout Libel
Mar 20, 2014, 10:42 pm By Graham Readfearn
A psychology journal is said to be preparing to retract a scientific paper that found a link between…A Short History of Joe Oliver, Canada's New Finance Minister
Mar 20, 2014, 1:48 pm By Jeff Gailus
Joe Oliver, Canada’s new federal Minister of Finance, made quite a name for himself during his…AAAS "What We Know" Initiative: Same Denial, Different Issue - From Ozone Depletion to Climate Change
Mar 19, 2014, 4:19 pm By Guest
This is a guest post by Cindy Baxter, cross-posted from PolluterWatch with permission. It must be…Coal Exporter United Bulk Sued For Polluting Mississippi River
Mar 19, 2014, 3:41 pm By Farron Cousins
A coalition of environmental advocacy groups filed a lawsuit earlier this week against United Bulk,…The Human Face of TransCanada's Energy East Pipeline
Mar 19, 2014, 1:25 pm By Raphael Lopoukhine
A photographer who has shot for National Geographic Traveller is setting out on a road trip along…A Record Year of Oil Train Accidents Leaves Insurers Wary
Mar 18, 2014, 9:00 am By Sharon Kelly
Spurred by the shale drilling rush that has progressed at breakneck speed, the railroad industry has…Fracking California's Coast: Billions of Gallons of Fracking Pollution Legalized By Feds
Mar 17, 2014, 6:00 pm By Farron Cousins
If an energy company accidentally spilled 9 billion gallons of toxic waste into the ocean, the…Why ExxonMobil's Partnerships With Russia's Rosneft Challenge the Narrative of U.S. Exports As Energy Weapon
Mar 17, 2014, 4:39 pm By Steve Horn
In a long-awaited moment in a hotly contested zone currently occupied by the Russian…The "Significance" Trap: New Economic Analysis Finds that Keystone XL Would Increase Tar Sands Production, Carbon Emissions
Mar 16, 2014, 9:00 am By Ben Jervey
In its environmental assessment of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, the U.S. State Department…Debunked: Eight Things the U.S. State Keystone XL Report Got Wrong About the Alberta Oilsands
Mar 15, 2014, 5:37 pm By Indra Das
Last week the Alberta government responded to the U.S. State Department's final supplemental…
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