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- Activists allege decision to grant oil exploration licences violated right to healthy environment
- Keystone XL oil pipeline is canceled Sat, 12 Jun 21, 3:30amTC Energy announced Wednesday that it is officially terminating its Keystone XL oil pipeline. The controversial project planned to carry oil sands crude from Alberta all the way down to Texas’ gulf coast.[...]
- World oil demand ‘will rebound to pre-Covid levels by end of 2022’ Sat, 12 Jun 21, 2:07amOpec and allies will face pressure to pump more fossil fuels as economies recover, says IEA
- Line 3: protests over pipeline through tribal lands spark clashes and mass arrests Thu, 10 Jun 21, 7:00pmPolice arrested more than 100 people this week as activists try to block the expansion of the pipeline
- Owner cancels Keystone XL pipeline months after Biden revoked permit Thu, 10 Jun 21, 8:47amTC Energy halts project that faced longstanding opposition from climate campaigners
- Shell chief vows to bolster emissions strategy after court ruling Thu, 10 Jun 21, 3:21amBen van Beurden pledges to ‘rise to challenge’ after court ordered oil firm to cut global carbon emissions by 45%
- It’s time to nationalize Shell. Private oil companies are no longer fit for purpose | Johanna Bozuwa and Olúfẹ́mi O Táíwò Mon, 7 Jun 21, 8:15pmFailing, heavily subsidized private oil companies enjoy the profits of oil extraction while the rest of us pay in tax dollars, human rights abuses, and an unlivable climate
- It’s time to nationalize Shell. Private oil companies are no longer fit for purpose | Johanna Bozuwa and Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò Mon, 7 Jun 21, 8:15pmFailing, heavily subsidized private oil companies enjoy the profits of oil extraction while the rest of us pay in tax dollars, human rights abuses, and an unlivable climate
- I joined the oil rush to an American boomtown. Guess who got rich? Sun, 6 Jun 21, 8:00pmPeople said Williston, North Dakota, would boom for decades. Instead, Michael Patrick Flanagan Smith learned, it went the way of every other legendary boomtown
- ‘This isn’t ideological’: reluctant ‘green hero’ behind Exxon coup Fri, 4 Jun 21, 4:58pmTiny hedge fund Engine No 1 says a strong climate strategy simply makes good business sense
- ‘This isn’t ideological’: reluctant activists behind Exxon coup Fri, 4 Jun 21, 4:00pmTiny hedge fund Engine No 1 says a strong climate strategy simply makes good business sense
- Biden administration pauses oil drilling leases in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Fri, 4 Jun 21, 2:30amThe Biden administration has placed a moratorium on oil and gas leases, offered by the Trump administration, in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. In his last days in office, former President Trump opened up the Arctic...
- Little-known firms lead America's list of top methane polluters Fri, 4 Jun 21, 3:30amAccording to a new analysis of the latest emissions data available to the Environmental Protection Agency, little-known oil companies are the leading emitters of methane pollution...
- Activist fund expected to win third seat on ExxonMobil board Thu, 3 Jun 21, 6:28pmThird director nomination secured by Engine No 1 amid growing pressure over fossil fuels
- Chemical-laden container ship continues to burn off Sri Lankan coast Thu, 3 Jun 21, 2:30amDespite efforts to put out the fire aboard the MS X-Press Pearl, authorities expect the vessel, which has been burning off Sri Lanka’s coast since May 20, to sink...