Tag: big oil
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States Turn Blind Eye as Fracking Industry Routinely Violates Laws
A scathing new investigation from EnergyWire confirms the worst fears of citizens across the country who live near fracking sites: state regulators are not doing everything they can to prevent oil and gas companies …
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Nobel Laureates to President Obama: Reject Keystone XL and Be On the Right Side of History
Recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize are calling for the rejection of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. A letter from 10 Nobel Peace Prize winners addressed to both the President and Secretary of State Kerry announced …
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States to Tax Hybrid Drivers, A Profoundly Stupid Idea
States struggling to deal with declining gas tax revenues are unfairly targeting owners of gas-free vehicles to create new revenues. Roads and bridges across the nation are largely built and maintained using money from gas taxes, and those revenues hav…