Environment

Alberta oil leak into week 10 – can it be stopped?

July 26, 2013 By Blake Skylar

Nine weeks ago, oil near a tar sands extraction site in Alberta, Canada, began to leak and ooze from the ground, blackening vegetation and killing wildlife, and it shows no signs of stopping.

$EPA fines ExxonMobil subsidiary for fracking spill$

EPA fines ExxonMobil subsidiary for fracking spill

July 23, 2013 By Blake Skylar

It has also ordered the company to invest at least $20 million in an improved fracking wastewater management system, which would prevent future incidents.

Hundreds of chimps to be moved from labs to sanctuary

July 16, 2013 By Blake Skylar

Experiments on chimps have been conducted in the U.S. for more than 90 years, despite consistent pressure on the government and corporations by animal welfare groups.

Devastating Quebec train crash reaffirms dangers of oil

July 9, 2013 By Blake Skylar

Whether the explosion's origins lie in criminal activity or not, the train crash follows a string of oil-related disasters this year, indicating how risky oil transport is.

Keystone XL pipeline means “death” for Native Americans

July 8, 2013 By Albert Bender

The KXL project, if approved, would stretch 1,179 miles to transport tar sands oil, the dirtiest in the industry, from Canada through the U.S. Northern Plains to refineries in Texas.