Monday, June 9, 2025

Tag: big oil

Montana eased regulations for Keystone XL after lobbying by TransCanada

By the year’s end, TransCanada expects to make a final decision on whether to proceed with Keystone XL.

Oil giants admit potential spill could have 30% chance of hitting...

The region is home to species that don’t exist anywhere else on earth.

Leaked documents show Jerry Brown giving big oil a seat in...

The California governor is selling himself as a climate advocate on the global stage, but behind the scenes, the fossil fuel industry appears to have his ear.

Federal research has been stoking oil, gas interest in Bears Ears...

“Bears Ears could very well become another Standing Rock in both desecration and resistance."

Is U.S. climate policy killing capitalism?

It’s the Koch Brothers and the rest of Big Oil, and Big Gas, and Big Coal.

Former GOP congressional staffer follows revolving door, now latest Keystone XL...

It only took TransCanada roughly three weeks to hire a lobbyist tied to the Republican Party to advocate for Keystone XL.

Trump’s Mexico border wall could be Trojan horse for increasing U.S....

The proposal has split the oil refining and oil-producing sectors.

Big Oil cheers as Trump plans to open national parks for...

For now, it looks like the Right's "Drill, Baby, Drill" ethos is back on.

Obama banned Arctic and Atlantic offshore drilling and Big Oil isn’t...

Big Oil hopes that the Trump administration will reverse the decision.

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Is there a crack in Western support for genocide? 

The shift in political rhetoric among Israel's traditional Western allies continues as it ratchets up its campaign to make life in Gaza so impossible for Palestinians that they will submit to ethnic cleansing.

New lawsuit claims Ziploc brand products misleading, increases risk of exposure to microplastics

Made from polyethylene and polypropylene, research shows that these materials release microplastics when microwaved and frozen "making them fundamentally unfit for microwave and freezer use."

The far right’s tipping point

Over the last decade, the world has suffered bouts of political whiplash as right-wing populists and their opponents have battled it out at the ballot box.

Algae vs. the sanitation crisis: How a rural South African town is cleaning wastewater...

A low-cost, climate-resilient solution using microalgae offers hope for clean water in underserved communities across Africa.