Why Isn’t Petcoke Regulated As a Public Health Threat?
Last year, a train leaving a Valero refinery in Benicia, CA derailed while carrying petroleum coke, also known as petcoke, a toxic byproduct of the crude oil refining process. None…
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Chevron RICO Verdict Sets Dangerous Precedent For Activists
Last week, Chevron’s RICO suit against the lawyers representing 30,000 Ecuadoreans impacted by the company’s oil pollution in the Amazon came to its inevitable conclusion when the judge presiding over…
Alberta Doctor: Canada Is "Lying" About Health Impacts of Tar Sands
Last month, a doctor from Northern Alberta asked a group of U.S. Senators to “keep up the pressure” on the Canadian government about an “ongoing tragedy” he has witnessed firsthand:…
Solar Power Had A Huge Year In 2013
A new report out from GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) shows that solar power came an incredibly long way toward asserting itself as a key part…
Peabody Energy Faces Popular Revolt at Illinois EPA Coal Hearing
Last night, at an Illinois Environmental Protection Agency hearing about a water quality permit for the expansion of a Peabody Energy strip mine in Rocky Branch, IL, local residents made…
Chevron Tries A New PR Trick: Free Pizza to Neighbors of Exploded Gas Well
Chevron is known for responding aggresively to anyone who tries to hold the company accountable. The creativity the company applies to evading responsibility for its messes is arguably unparalleled. Even…
Nobody Knows How Much Fracking is Happening Off California’s Coast
The modern environmental movement was born when a drilling platform blew out and some 100,000 gallons of oil spilled into the Santa Barbara Channel in 1969, polluting California’s famous coastline.…
Disastrous Day in Fossil Fuels: WV coal slurry spill, PA gas well explosion, ND gas explosion
West Virginia officials are reporting that, a coal slurry line at the Kanawha Eagle Prep Plant, which belongs to Patriot Coal, ruptured and spilled an unknown amount of the toxic…
Wall Street Journal Investigation: High-Tech Oil Pipeline Monitors Catch Less Than 20 Percent Of Leaks
Last September, a farmer harvesting wheat in North Dakota smelled crude oil in his fields. That was the first indication anyone had that a Tesoro pipeline had ruptured and spewed…
Oil Train Derailment, Explosion In Alabama Points To Need For Tighter Regulation
We’re all used to seeing oil spills at sea, or oil spewing from a ruptured pipeline. But lately we’ve been presented with a new image of oil spills with increasing…
Oil Industry Spending Big To Win Unfettered Fracking Rights In The Golden State
There’s a lot of money at stake for oil companies that want to frack California’s Monterey Shale, so it’s no wonder Big Oil is spending big to forestall any new…
Chevron’s Scorched Earth Strategy To Derail Justice for Its Victims
From Richmond, CA to Ecuador to Romania, communities impacted by oil giant Chevron’s operations are rising up to demand justice. Chevron’s response in each case has been consistently irresponsible: Deny…
Who Is Fracking With California?
California has become the newest battleground state in the fracking fight that is already being waged in states like Pennsylvania and New York. Why? The short answer is the Monterey…
How Much Did Seven House Votes Pushing Keystone XL Cost Taxpayers?
News broke recently that the 37 House votes to repeal Obamacare cost taxpayers $55 million. The House has voted for Keystone XL eight times, and Oil Change International says the…