Tag: Energy
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Big Oil, Big Profits, Big Tax Breaks
Once again, it’s been a good quarter for Big Oil. The big five oil companies—BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil and Shell—reported $23 billion in combined profits for their third quarter of 2013. That’s $175,000 per minute. Together, these five companies earn more in one minute than 95 percent of Americans earn in a year. These profits…
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Ed Begley, Jr. and Other Celebrities Star in Keystone XL Pipeline Horror Spoof
The ongoing battle over Keystone XL has been riddled with conflict, controversy and fierce opposition. With President Obama set to make a final decision on the tar sands pipeline project soon, the situation could finally be over or just beginning. To convey the frightening prospect of Keystone XL, True Climate Stories recently released a film spoof…
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As Fracking Expands in California, Water Board Refuses to Regulate Toxic Waste Disposal
As fracking threatens to expand drilling in California, a coalition of environmental justice and community health groups sent a letter yesterday challenging the legality of the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Board’s plan to keep letting oil companies dump toxic drilling-mud waste throughout the valley with minimal safeguards. Citing state environmental laws, the letter urges…
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Ecuadorians Fight for Justice in Landmark Chevron Trial, Danny Glover Visits Contaminated Rainforest in Support
American actor and activist Danny Glover arrived in Ecuador yesterday to visit an area of the Amazon rainforest were the multinational oil giant Chevron operated decades ago, and was sentenced by a local court to pay a multibillion-dollar fine for a massive environmental contamination, according to a CSR Wire press release. The actor will visit the former oil field Aguarico…
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Coast Guard Proposes Policy to Transport Radioactive Fracking Wastewater by Barge
By Emily DeMarco The U.S. Coast Guard, which regulates the country’s waterways, will allow shale gas companies to ship fracking wastewater on the nation’s rivers and lakes under a proposed policy published Wednesday. [caption id="attachment_310892" align="alignnone" width="500"] Industry officials say barges are the safest, and cheapest, way to move fracking wastewater, but a spill would…