Oil
Proposed bill would end fossil fuel subsidies
May 15, 2012Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn. announced they would introduce the End Polluter Welfare Act to Congress.
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Mass bird, dolphin deaths in Peru
May 11, 2012About 5,000 pelicans and other ocean birds have been washing up on the northern coast of Peru, just weeks after over 900 dolphins perished in that same area.
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Greenpeace occupiers fight Shell’s Arctic drilling
May 4, 2012A different type of collective action took place - a coordinated effort by Greenpeace activists to stop oil giant Shell from drilling in the arctic.
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Oil in the balance in Sudan-South Sudan war
April 30, 2012A full scale war may be developing between two key oil-producing countries in Africa, Sudan and South Sudan.
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Argentina takes control of oil firm
April 17, 2012Argentinean President Cristina Fernandez presented a Bill to Congress April 16 that would empower her government to nationalize Spain's controlled oil company YPF.
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