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A preliminary report released Wednesday by the federal Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force says that cleanup is needed for the Gulf of Mexico “urgently,” in orde…
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A preliminary report released Wednesday by the federal Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force says that cleanup is needed for the Gulf of Mexico “urgently,” in orde…
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Bloomberg has released a whopping 21-page investigative and historical essay on the many crimes of the infamous Koch Brothers, their company Koch Industries and its …
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As the so-called “Super Committee” works to figure out how to trim $1.2 trillion from the U.S. government’s federal deficit, the dirty energy industry has thei…
Continue readingThere are no winners in the upcoming legal battle between tobacco companies that hid the dangers of smoking, and the governments who regulated and once encouraged the use of the cancer causing drug. The losers are clearly the Canadian taxpayers, and everyone who has lost a loved one to the normalization of a deadly addiction. […]
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Proponents of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline project would like you to believe that, if approved, its construction will put hundreds of thousands of Americans to work. Thi…
Continue readingTop oil and natural gas corporate executives are attending a conference this week titled, "Shaping the Future: Innovating Beyond Limits" in Bahrain, the tiny island state that has become the tragic dark sore of the famed Arab Spring.&nbs…
Continue readingIn case you ever wondered whatever happened to WikiLeaks, it’s still making headlines in the news, from diplomatic cables that are in some cases years old. This is because there’s such a large volume of lies from our governments, that it’s going to take years to reconcile history with the truth. This morning there were […]
Continue readingThe Pentagon public relations and propaganda machine is at it again. Working overtime to convince pundits and citizens of the benevolence of its "democracy spreading" missions abroad, some notables have drank the kool-aid.
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Isn’t it strange how oil companies can act as if they have the rights of people, but if they commit crimes or need police protection, they are suddenly special entities? If you built a pipe through your neighbours yard, and it leaked toxins thousands of times, do you think your neighbour wouldn’t sue you into […]
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Global financial institutions including the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have released a new set of recommendations for G20 countries to meet their goal of providi…
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On Sunday, energyNOW! news tackled the Keystone XL debate in a wide-ranging half hour program that covered the controversial pipeline in typically comprehensive fashion.
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Not much is more thrilling that finding a parking spot. The only thing that is better is not having to look for one at all. I’m looking forward to the UofR’s parking forum next Friday in the Pit. There are many options available to those who must drive and the vast majority who can get […]
Continue readingLast week, the New York Times published a bombshell of an expose about the government's woefully inadequate program to monitor and ensure the security and safety of American energy pipelines. I’ve spent a lot of time lately investigating the …
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The problems facing BP along the Gulf Coast continue to pile up. After more than a year of investigations, the U.S. Coast Guard has finally released their long-awaited as…
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Last week, BP America hired former Department of Defense spokesman, Geoff Morrell, as its head of communications.
The move sheds light on the central tenet of American natio…
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In the wake of President Obama’s speech on job creation last week, major players in the energy industry have banded together to put pressure on the president to speed u…
Continue readingInspired by this story: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/09/07/gadhafi-petro-canada.html
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Earlier this week, in an interview with EnergyNow!, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu hinted that the administration would likely approve the Keystone XL tar sands pipeli…
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The U.S. Department of Justice has launched an official investigation to determine whether or not BP lied to the public and to the government about the amount of oil that was leak…
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A new report released by authorities in the Marshall Islands says that the failure of oil rig workers to properly address safety issues led to last year’s ca…
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