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us/Oil, Gas, Petrochemical Financial Woes Predate Pandemic — And Will Continue After, Despite Bailouts, Report Finds
By Sharon Kelly
on
The oil, gas, and petrochemical industries have taken a massive financial blow from the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report from the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) concludes, but its...
‘We Need Water Before Oil’: 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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By Donald Boesch, University of Maryland Center for Environmental 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%
By Guest
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By 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 — living spaces are often shared, two-metres social distancing is tricky and often unenforc...
us/Big Banks Pull Financing, Prepare To Seize Assets From Collapsing Oil and Gas Industry
By Justin Mikulka
on
The finances of the oil and gas industry are so dismal that the major banks that have funded the money-losing fracking boom are now exploring taking the unusual step of taking over the oil companie...
us/Baltimore, Rhode Island Argue They’re Suing Fossil Fuel Companies Over Climate Deception
By Dana Drugmand
on
At a time when fossil fuel companies are using a public health crisis to demand financial and regulatory support, the governments of Baltimore and Rhode Island are calling out a “decades-long campa...
us/Trump Admin Bypasses Congress, Offers Backup Storage to Boost Troubled Oil Industry
By Dana Drugmand
on
After Congress declined to allocate $3 billion of the recent economic stimulus package to fill the government’s emergency stockpile of oil, the Trump administration has taken its own steps to provi...
uk/Tortoise Media’s ‘Uncomfortable’ Relationship With BP
By Sophie Yeo
on
Just over a month ago, I was invited to speak on a panel about climate change, taking place at Newcastle University’s student union. The event was being hosted by Tortoise Media, a journalism start...
us/COVID-19 Fears Intensified for New Mexico Family Living in Fracking Industry’s Shadow
By Julie Dermansky
on
Penny Aucoin and her husband Carl Dee George have worried about living near oil and gas producing sites in New Mexico's Permian Basin since the sites began springing up near their home six years ag...

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us/Oil, Gas, Petrochemical Financial Woes Predate Pandemic — And Will Continue After, Despite Bailouts, Report Finds
BySharon Kelly
on

The oil, gas, and petrochemical industries have 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
Series: Fracking Finances
‘We Need Water Before Oil’: 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

By Donald Boesch, University of Maryland Center for Environmental 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

By 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 — living spaces are often shared, two-metres social distancing is tricky and often unenforc...
us/Big Banks Pull Financing, Prepare To Seize Assets From Collapsing Oil and Gas Industry
ByJustin Mikulka
on

The finances of the oil and gas industry are so dismal that the major banks that have funded the money-losing fracking boom are now exploring taking the unusual step of taking over the oil companie...
Series: Finances of Fracking: Shale Industry Drills More Debt Than Profit
Series: Fracking Finances
us/Baltimore, Rhode Island Argue They’re Suing Fossil Fuel Companies Over Climate Deception
ByDana Drugmand
on

At a time when fossil fuel companies are using a public health crisis to demand financial and regulatory support, the governments of Baltimore and Rhode Island are calling out a “decades-long campa...
us/Trump Admin Bypasses Congress, Offers Backup Storage to Boost Troubled Oil Industry
ByDana Drugmand
on

After Congress declined to allocate $3 billion of the recent economic stimulus package to fill the government’s emergency stockpile of oil, the Trump administration has taken its own steps to provi...
uk/Tortoise Media’s ‘Uncomfortable’ Relationship With BP
BySophie Yeo
on

Just over a month ago, I was invited to speak on a panel about climate change, taking place at Newcastle University’s student union. The event was being hosted by Tortoise Media, a journalism start...
us/COVID-19 Fears Intensified for New Mexico Family Living in Fracking Industry’s Shadow
ByJulie Dermansky
on

Penny Aucoin and her husband Carl Dee George have worried about living near oil and gas producing sites in New Mexico's Permian Basin since the sites began springing up near their home six years ag...
Series: Permian Problems: Fracking Industry's Promised Land Turns Sour
Series: Fracking the Permian