Oil
Oil-rich Neuquén, Argentina—site of a new U.S. military base
July 16, 2018With Trump's personal indecencies sucking up all the news coverage, U.S. imperial excesses are getting a pass.
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Kinder Morgan pipeline: Who will fight Big Oil in Canada’s tarsands?
May 11, 2018The unholy alliance of Liberal, NDP, and Conservative parties striving to meet the demands of the oil companies over wide public opposition says a lot about Canadian politics right now.
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Charges dropped against railroad for Lac-Mégantic catastrophe
April 16, 2018This was the story not of careless, lazy workers but of a railroad carrying hazardous cargo that cut corners on safety and maintenance wherever it could.
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California offshore oil firms rack up nearly 400 violations
April 11, 2018Critics have long said state regulators were too cozy with oil interests and had gone easy on enforcement.
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Oil keeps flowing as Corps misses deadline for DAPL environmental study
April 4, 2018Foot-dragging Judge Boasberg lets the oil keep flowing through DAPL, even as the Army Corps of Engineers fails to submit an ordered environmental assessment.
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