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10 Years After BP Oil Spill, Pandemic Compounds Hardships Faced by Louisianaโ€™s Commercial Fishers
By Julie Dermansky
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A decade after the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded, killing 11 and spewing 200 million gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico, south Louisiana resident Kindra Arnesen told me that the...
uk/Comment: 10 Years on from Deepwater Horizon, Coronavirus Shows Continued Need for a Just Transition Away from Big Oil
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By Chris Garrard, Co-Director of Cultureย Unstained Livelihoods lost and businesses closed overnight. A โ€œslow, inadequate and incompleteโ€ response. The health of a community severely hit. 10 years ...
How a Non-Proliferation Treaty Could Save Lamuโ€™s World Heritage Site from the Destruction of Fossil Fuels
By Sophie Mbugua
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This story is a part of Covering Climate Nowโ€™s week of coverage focused on Climate Solutions, to mark the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Covering Climate Now is a global journalism collaboration co...
us/Big Oil Foresaw Extreme Flooding Now Predicted to Hit US Coasts Almost Daily
By Dana Drugmand
on
Oil companies have long been aware that their products cause global warming and the impacts, includingย from rising seas, could be catastrophic. From a scientist who warned executives in 1959 that N...
Large blue natural gas pipeline connections and valves emerging and going underground of pale reddish-tan earth
us/Public Ownership of Fossil Fuels a Potential Solution to Multiple Crises, Says New Report
By Nick Cunningham
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At a time of overlapping crises, putting fossil fuel assets into public ownership offers a way to slash carbon emissions and pave the way for a just transition for oil and gas workers who find them...
us/Oil, Gas, Petrochemical Financial Woes Predate Pandemic โ€” And Will Continue After, Despite Bailouts, Report Finds
By Sharon Kelly
on
The oil, gas, and petrochemical industriesย haveย taken a massive financial blow from the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report from the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) concludes, but its...
โ€˜We Need Water Before Oilโ€™: Kenyan Communities Scarred by Chinese Oil Exploration
By David Njagi
on
The repeated honking of a speeding Tawakul shuttle announces the return of travellers to Merti from distant towns at dusk. It also marks the close of another searing and slow day in this part of no...
A Decade After the Deepwater Horizon Explosion, Offshore Drilling Is Still Unsafe
By Guest
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Byย Donald Boesch, University of Maryland Center for Environmentalย Science Ten years ago, on April 20, 2010, the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, killing 11 crew members and starting the larg...
us/Some Oil Producing Nations Agree to Cut Production 10%
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Byย Jordan Davidson, EcoWatch. Reposted with permission from EcoWatch. Oil-producing nations led by Russia, the U.S. and Saudi Arabia reached an unprecedented agreement on Sunday to cut oil product...
uk/Coronavirus Brings North Sea Oil's Need for a Just Transition Into Focus
By Chris Silver
on
The practical challenges of tackling coronavirus on a cramped North Sea oil platform cannot be overstated โ€” living spaces are often shared, two-metres social distancing is tricky and often unenforc...

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10 Years After BP Oil Spill, Pandemic Compounds Hardships Faced by Louisianaโ€™s Commercial Fishers
ByJulie Dermansky
on

A decade after the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded, killing 11 and spewing 200 million gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico, south Louisiana resident Kindra Arnesen told me that the...
uk/Comment: 10 Years on from Deepwater Horizon, Coronavirus Shows Continued Need for a Just Transition Away from Big Oil
ByGuest
on

By Chris Garrard, Co-Director of Cultureย Unstained Livelihoods lost and businesses closed overnight. A โ€œslow, inadequate and incompleteโ€ response. The health of a community severely hit. 10 years ...
How a Non-Proliferation Treaty Could Save Lamuโ€™s World Heritage Site from the Destruction of Fossil Fuels
BySophie Mbugua
on

This story is a part of Covering Climate Nowโ€™s week of coverage focused on Climate Solutions, to mark the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Covering Climate Now is a global journalism collaboration co...
us/Big Oil Foresaw Extreme Flooding Now Predicted to Hit US Coasts Almost Daily
ByDana Drugmand
on

Oil companies have long been aware that their products cause global warming and the impacts, includingย from rising seas, could be catastrophic. From a scientist who warned executives in 1959 that N...
us/Public Ownership of Fossil Fuels a Potential Solution to Multiple Crises, Says New Report
ByNick Cunningham
on

At a time of overlapping crises, putting fossil fuel assets into public ownership offers a way to slash carbon emissions and pave the way for a just transition for oil and gas workers who find them...
Large blue natural gas pipeline connections and valves emerging and going underground of pale reddish-tan earth
us/Oil, Gas, Petrochemical Financial Woes Predate Pandemic โ€” And Will Continue After, Despite Bailouts, Report Finds
BySharon Kelly
on

The oil, gas, and petrochemical industriesย haveย taken a massive financial blow from the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report from the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) concludes, but its...
Series: Finances of Fracking: Shale Industry Drills More Debt Than Profit
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โ€˜We Need Water Before Oilโ€™: Kenyan Communities Scarred by Chinese Oil Exploration
ByDavid Njagi
on

The repeated honking of a speeding Tawakul shuttle announces the return of travellers to Merti from distant towns at dusk. It also marks the close of another searing and slow day in this part of no...
A Decade After the Deepwater Horizon Explosion, Offshore Drilling Is Still Unsafe
ByGuest
on

Byย Donald Boesch, University of Maryland Center for Environmentalย Science Ten years ago, on April 20, 2010, the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, killing 11 crew members and starting the larg...
us/Some Oil Producing Nations Agree to Cut Production 10%
ByGuest
on

Byย Jordan Davidson, EcoWatch. Reposted with permission from EcoWatch. Oil-producing nations led by Russia, the U.S. and Saudi Arabia reached an unprecedented agreement on Sunday to cut oil product...
uk/Coronavirus Brings North Sea Oil's Need for a Just Transition Into Focus
ByChris Silver
on

The practical challenges of tackling coronavirus on a cramped North Sea oil platform cannot be overstated โ€” living spaces are often shared, two-metres social distancing is tricky and often unenforc...

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