Brazil: court orders Chevron to suspend drilling
Source: World War 4 Report, 08/05/2012 A federal court in Brazil on Aug. 1 ordered Chevron and drilling company Transocean to suspend all oil drilling in the country within 30 days in the wake of two...
View ArticleVideo: Oil and ice don’t mix – the risks of drilling in Alaska’s Arctic Ocean
Note: It only takes six minutes to demonstrate the insanity of drilling in Arctic waters… By Kiley Kroh and Michael Conathan, August 20, 2012. Source: Center for American Progress As the decision looms...
View ArticleNative communities in Peru take charge of environmental monitoring
By Milagros Salazar, December 12, 2012. Source: Inter Press Service At the end of every month, with the skill of an environmental engineer, Wilson Sandi prepares a work plan that will be used by...
View ArticleWill Shell’s grounded drilling rig impact US energy policy in Arctic?
By Alex DeMarban and Suzanna Caldwell, January 2, 2013. Source: Alaska Dispatch As Royal Dutch Shell struggled Tuesday to salvage a fuel-laden drilling ship grounded on a remote Alaska island, the...
View ArticleIndigenous Peruvians protest state oil company taking over their land
By David Hill, June 7, 2013. Source: The Guardian Members of the Achuar indigenous people in the northern Peruvian Amazon have been protesting against Peru’s state oil company’s plans to enter their...
View ArticleThe dilbit disaster 3 years later: Sunken oil is looming threat to Kalamazoo...
By David Hasemyer, July 25, 2013. Source: Inside Climate News The Kalamazoo River near Marshall, Mich. is a place of serenity these days. It ripples lazily past new parks and boat launches, past red...
View ArticleLos Angeles Oil Spill Sends 10,000 Gallons Of Crude Into City Streets
Great comment by Jill Press to the story on Huffington Post. She ends: “If the media gave the in-depth coverage to every oil spill that they give to every reckless celebrity outburst, the American...
View ArticleColombia: protest, rebel attacks depress oil output
May 31, 2014. Source: WW4 Report Colombian crude production sank to a 20-month low of 935,000 barrels per day in April as guerilla attacks and community protests curbed output. Technicians from...
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