Tag: Oil
Big Oil’s new strategy: Profit today, fight again tomorrow
Despite countless investigations, lawsuits, social shaming, and regulations dating back decades, the oil and gas industry remains formidable.
Biden administration is ‘rubber stamping’ Oil and gas permits on public...
“Congress and the Biden administration must resist that pressure and push aggressively to move the nation—and the world—away from planet-destroying fossil fuels.”
With Shell abandoning the Cambo Project, the North Sea urgently needs...
Cambo is the first of many oilfields whose fate is to be decided in the coming years, some much larger in size.
As Americans struggle to afford rising gas prices, Big Oil profits...
U.S. oil companies are making more money than any other time in history.
Right-wing group uses ‘B.S.’ environmental justice argument in effort to keep...
“Keeping our communities apart ensures they can keep one of the riskiest pipelines open and pumping profits for themselves while we assume all the risk.”
Corporate giants promote climate action, but work with oil lobbyists in...
The overlap raises questions about the sincerity of corporate climate commitments.
Big oil to testify before Congress, new report confirms
“What we need from the fossil fuel industry is complete cooperation with our investigation, so the American people can understand the role the industry played in fueling the climate crisis.”
‘Twisting words’: UK oil industry and business department using Climate Change...
Oil & Gas UK and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy have been taking the CCC’s advice “out of context” when discussing new North Sea projects, say campaigners.
Bankers eager to continue funding oil and gas
Comments from a recent energy industry conference reveal major financiers of fossil fuels view environmental and social investing concerns as a trend to “inoculate” against.
Energy Transfer to increase volume of oil transported per day, still...
“Now with increased capacity, the threat to our health and drinking water supply has only grown. We look to the Biden administration to take action.”
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Popular sugar substitute erythritol damages blood-brain barrier, elevating stroke risk
A new study shows how erythritol, a zero-calorie sugar alternative, directly damages human cells that comprise the blood-brain barrier.
Nearly all plant-based meat alternatives Contain mycotoxins
The researchers found that 100 percent of the plant-based meat substitutes contained at least one of 19 different types of mycotoxins, often showing high "co-occurrence" (multiple toxins in a single product).
Waterboarding for dollars in Cuba
The CBS Sunday Morning program, “Next: Cuba?” which aired on April 26, presented a discussion of the recent intensification of sanctions on...
California officials accuse Trump administration of targeting blue states after Medicaid funding freeze
Federal officials cite fraud concerns while California leaders warn millions could lose access to critical healthcare and in-home support services.
Butter (and schools), not guns (and warfare)
The War Against Iran, Up Close and Personal (and All Too Far Away).