Colombians sue BP over environmental damage
Text More than 100 Colombian farmers filed suit with the UK high court against a BP subsidiary over damage to their lands from the company's Ocensa oil pipeline.More than 100 Colombian farmers on Oct....
View ArticleBehind oil slump: shale boom or geopolitics?
Text Experts tell us the North American shale oil boom is responsible for low prices despite Middle East unrest. But the price slump serves Western aims of weakening Russia and Iran.As we noted in...
View ArticleObama's new offshore plan: don't believe the hype
Text Obama's five-year plan for offshore drilling opens up the Southeast coast and grandfathers Arctic leases—but the industry is still griping because it would keep ANWR off limits. This week, the...
View ArticleBP in $18.7 billion settlement over 2010 oil spill
Text BP reached a settlement with the US Justice Department requiring the company to pay $18.7 billion in penalties and damages to settle all claims regarding the 2010 Gulf oil spill.BP on July 2...
View ArticleNew war brewing between Russia and Georgia?
Text The government of Georgia accuses Russian military forces of encroaching on its territory in the contested South Ossetia enclave, seizing a section of BP's Baku-Supsa pipeline.Georgia's Foreign...
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Brazil: indigenous activists disrupt fracking auction
Text Indigenous leaders and activists interrupted an auction of oil and gas exploration blocs in Rio de Janeiro, seizing the stage to discuss climate change and indigenous rights.amazon.jpgIndigenous...
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SCOTUS turns down Mexican appeal in BP oil spill
Text The US Supreme Court denied certiorari in an appeal by Mexican states attempting to sue BP over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.deep water horizons oil spill.jpgThe US Supreme Court on Nov. 30...
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Trump lifts restrictions on offshore drilling
Text President Donald Trump signed an executive order to lift restrictions placed on offshore oil drilling by the previous administration, opening vast areas to exploitation.offshore.jpgPresident...
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San Francisco sues fossil fuel companies
Text San Francisco filed a lawsuit against five fossil fuel companies due to expected expenses the city will incur from global warming. The companies named in the suit are BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips,...
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Arctic oil scramble in offing after GOP tax bill
Text As a part of the Republican tax overhaul bill, Congress voted to open Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil and natural gas drilling, after more than four decades of...
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