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Estimates of Michigan’s Enbridge spill were way (way) too low
It's almost impossible to know how much oil spilled into the Kalamazoo River in 2010. One thing we can know: It was more than Enbridge reported.
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A report from inside the Shell ‘oil spill’ party prank
It took Grist a hot second to figure out that this too-ironic-to-be-true video of a Shell party gone wrong was a prank. The concept, though, is brilliant — an “oil derrick” on a cake started “spilling” liquid all over the assembled guests. Pulling it off wasn’t easy, or cheap. Salon has dishy details from a […]
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Pennsylvania gives Shell a sweet, crude deal
In order to convince the oil giant to open an ethane plant in the state Pennsylvania sweetens the pot with 1.65 billion pounds of sugar.
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Protests temporarily delay opening Alabama forests to drilling
Key word there: temporarily.
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Conspiracy of the day: American nonprofits oppose Canadian tar sands
Why on Earth would Americans care about environmental harm occurring in Canada? Obviously because they're up to something.
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North Dakota’s fossil fuel boom: Messy
A report from ProPublica reveals that the state's booming economy has resulted in tens of thousands of gallons of spilled oil and wastewater.
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What’s really funny: Taking the oil industry’s word on its job creation
If you've seen the video lampooning what counts as a green job, consider this: what does the industry count in its job numbers? They'll never tell.
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Fakey McFakerson: Mini oil rig causes massive booze spill at Shell execs’ party
IMPORTANT UPDATE: This smelled kinda like oil-soaked fish to us (and a lot of the internet), so I called Shell, and a spokesperson told me in no uncertain terms, “I can confirm that this was not a Shell event.” You may still want to watch the video, but view it as a delightful exercise in […]
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Thieves steal grease; slip away
A rash of grease thefts means only two things: the biofuel industry is here to stay, and The Simpsons is awfully prescient.
