Tag: oil spills
Gov. Gavin Newsom says California is cracking down on oil spills....
After we reported oil companies are making millions from illegal spills, California’s governor defended his administration’s record on oil regulation.
Did North Dakota regulators hide an oil and gas industry spill...
“I am disgusted with how state officials and city council members view these threats and deem it acceptable to potentially harm human health.”
50 years later: Trump administration’s off-shore drilling plan completely unnecessary
This time around, partisan politics have become part of the process.
Dakota Access Pipeline is already springing leaks
“This is what we have said all along: Oil pipelines leak and spill.”
Giant North Dakota oil spill from 2013 still not cleaned up
This is another example of how unsafe pipeline are, and that spills are not a question of “if” but “when.”
North Dakota’s oil spill record: 85 pipeline accidents in 20 years
A new study finds that Standing Rock protesters’ concerns about the DAPL pipeline are well founded.
Oil Spills are Actually Good for Birds, Fish, and the Economy...
“Environmentalists worry that an increase in oil trains could lead to a rise in oil train derailments, but witnesses that testified before the EFSEC on behalf of Vancouver Energy say oil spills might not actually be that bad for the environment.”
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Judge dismisses the last January 6 case, writing that absolving the Oath Keepers is...
The Justice Department told the court a retrial would harass eight men whose sentences Trump had already commuted. Two Oath Keepers who pleaded guilty and cooperated keep their convictions.
“The People’s Historian”: Dave Zirin’s New Book Explores “Remarkable” Life of Howard Zinn
We speak to Dave Zirin, author and sports editor at The Nation , about his new book, The People’s Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn , chronicling the life and activism of the legendary historian Howard Zinn, author of A People’s History of the United States .
US workers average 10 paid vacation days a year, and 33 million get none
Twenty-five OECD countries require employers to provide at least 20 days. The US legal minimum is zero, and 57 percent of the lowest-paid tenth of workers get no vacation at all.
Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
El-Sayed wins Michigan Senate primary after AIPAC’s super PAC spends a record $30.6 million
Outside groups supplied 88 percent of the money spent on the Democratic side of a contest AdImpact ranks as the third most expensive Senate primary in US history.