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North Dakota oil train explosion is another harsh lesson

January 3, 2014 By Blake Skylar

In what was a devastating end to 2013, on Dec. 30, just a mile outside Casselton, N.D., a train carrying oil collided with another train, producing a series of explosions that left 10 cars ablaze.

Mexican lawmakers OK privatization of nation’s oil industry

December 19, 2013 By Tim Pelzer

The measure will allow foreign multinational corporations to explore, drill and sell Mexican oil and gas.

Oil refinery waste piling up in Chicago

December 3, 2013 By Blake Skylar

Residents on the southeast side of this city are complaining about smoke, but it's actually dust from an oil refinery, and it's drifting into many nearby neighborhoods.

Oil sands are Canada’s environmental nightmare

November 25, 2013 By Tim Pelzer

Oil companies have not yet fulfilled promises to develop new technologies to treat toxic water in the tailing ponds, and fears exist that this dirty water will sit there for decades, leaking toxic water.

Sudan Communists call for push against Al Bashir

November 22, 2013 By Emile Schepers

Grassroots protests against the despotic regime of Sudanese President Omar Hassan al Bashir continue, and the government is feeling its hold slipping.