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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...

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Video: 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...

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Native 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...

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Will 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...

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Indigenous 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...

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The 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...

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Los 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...

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Colombia: 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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