17
Jun
BP ends Deepwater Horizon oil spill cleanup in Florida, Alabama and Mississippi
Environmental groups say oil is still coming to shore and more work needs to be done.
17
Jun
BP ends Deepwater Horizon oil spill cleanup in Florida, Alabama and Mississippi
Environmental groups say oil is still coming to shore and more work needs to be done.
28
May
09
May
Oil and fracking booms creating housing busts
As exploration increases, employees often find themselves without adequate or affordable housing.
02
May
Protestors dislike Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s support of Keystone XL
Zuckerberg’s group has funded a pro-Keystone ad for Republican Senator Lindsey Graham and another political ad with a pro-drilling message.
17
Apr
BP’s oiled animals: Where are they now?
Three years after the worst oil spill in American history, the Gulf of Mexico is shifting from acute aftermath to the uncharted waters of long-term rehab.
15
Apr
Two weeks ago today, Exxon Mobil’s Pegasus pipeline carrying diluted bitumen from Canada ruptured catastrophically, creating a 22-foot long gash that unleashed hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil and toxic chemical diluents into the Central Arkansas town of Mayflower. Since then, the local media has faced strong intimidation from Exxon, local residents have become sick from the toxic fumes, a severe thunderstorm threatened cleanupefforts and led officials to release contaminated water into Lake Conway and the Attorney General of Arkansas has launched an investigation, as a number of lawsuits have been filed on behalf of residents.
via Exxon pipeline rupture is 22 feet long, indicating immense pressure, possible criminal negligence
07
Apr
Tar sands muddled by pipeline spills
From Michigan to Arkansas, a series of recent oil spills have raised doubts about the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline.
05
Apr
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Despite spilling tens, if not hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil and chemicals into an Arkansas neighborhood, thanks to a loophole in a law from 1980, ExxonMobil will not be paying into a federal oil spill cleanup fund because the oil they spilled is not the right type of oil. It is a twisted example of the legal technicalities and lax regulations that all too often favor oil companies, but a coalition of environmental groups are working to close the loophole.
via Exxon won’t pay into cleanup fund because oil spilled in Arkansas isn’t “oil”
01
Mar
Shell scraps Arctic drilling plans for 2013
Plagued by a string of setbacks in recent months, the oil giant says it will ‘pause’ its offshore drilling program in the Arctic Ocean at least until next year.
via treehugger