by faster | Dec 14, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: The Narwhal DATE: December 14, 2020 SNIP: There are more than a trillion litres of toxic oilsands waste stored in tailings ponds near Alberta’s Athabasca River — and they’re leaking. Yes, we now have “scientifically valid evidence” that the ponds meant to...
by faster | Nov 16, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: Seattle Times, Washington Post DATE: November 16, 2020 SNIP: The Trump administration has called for oil and gas firms to pick spots where they want to drill in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as it races to open the pristine wilderness to development...
by faster | Oct 4, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: DeSmog Blog DATE: October 4, 2020 SNIP: The American public is facing a potential bill of $280 billion for the cleanup of 2.6 million unplugged oil and gas wells, according to Billion Dollar Orphans, a new report from London-based think tank Carbon Tracker....
by faster | Aug 18, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: Sludge and Huffington Post DATE: August 18, 2020 SNIP: The Democratic National Committee has quietly dropped from its party platform language calling for an end to subsidies and tax breaks for fossil fuel companies, HuffPost reported on Tuesday. The language...
by faster | Aug 6, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: The Real News DATE: August 6, 2020 SNIP: California-based multinational oil company Chevron landed two rounds of drilling permits from Gov. Gavin Newsom this summer—evidence, climate advocates say, that Newsom is not committed to tackling the climate crisis....