Oil
Standing Rock: Tribes await court ruling due August 10
August 8, 2018Despite an abundance of legal setbacks from Judge Boasberg, the tribes are still hopeful that he will suspend DAPL operations.
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Iraq’s oil union defends protesters
August 1, 2018The deterioration in social services that brought about the victory of the Sairoon coalition has impelled thousands of people to take to the streets.
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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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