oil industry
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Announcement of alternate tar-sands pipeline sends Midwest oil prices surging
Cross-posted from ThinkProgress Green. After the spiking of the Keystone XL pipeline by the Obama administration, the tar-sands industry moved quickly to open an alternate route from Canada to Gulf Coast refineries. With the announcement of the pipeline deal, U.S. oil prices spiked, on the expectation that Canadian tar-sands crude would no longer be locked […]
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Here’s a template for your Occupy Wall Street sign
The Occupy Design group on Flickr has a lot of arresting images, including this one about oil company profits and subsidies. If you're not angry already, clicking through this set will probably help with that — and then you can print out one of these designs, paste it on a sign, and go get tear […]
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Mark Ruffalo wants you to fight the tar sands
Actor Mark Ruffalo explains why you should join him and thousands of others in protesting the Keystone XL pipeline in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 20.
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We can save $78 billion by ending oil and gas subsidies
We could save $78 billion by ending oil and gas subsidies.
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DeChristopher sentence: Impressions from Umbra
Tim DeChristopher was sentenced to 2 years in prison, a $10,000 fine, and 3 years of supervised release. Here are Ask Umbra's courtroom observations.
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The $50,000 playhouse that oil built
Ever wonder what oil executives do with all the money they make from wrecking the planet? Well, take a tour with me through the playhouse that oil exec John Schiller ($7.7 million in compensation in 2010, including a $2.6 million bonus) had built for his 4-year-old. That's an artist's conception above, not the actual blueprint, but all the features -- air conditioning, running water, fireplace, 32-inch flat-screen TV -- are for real. (The New York Times has pictures, too.)
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Judge: Tar-sands equipment can't travel on Montanan backroads
A group of Montanans, Idahoans, Oregonians, and Washingtonians struck a blow against ExxonMobil and its push to extract carbon-soaked oil from Canada's tar sands this week. The Northwesterns weren't upset about the environmental impact of the tar sands, exactly, but they were upset that an Exxon subsidiary wanted to haul oversized loads of oil-extraction equipment from the Port of Vancouver, Wash., over small winding highways in environmentally valuable areas, to the Canadian border.
They asked a judge to stop the company from using those roads. And on Tuesday, he did. -
Critical List: Carmageddon is a waste of money; Napa winegrowers aren't afraid of climate change
Carmageddon: L.A.'s shutting down a major highway to add a carpool lane, which is probably a waste of $1 billion in transit funding.
Say it ain't so, Sandra Lee! The Food Network star spoke to a petroleum industry group and won't say why. Maybe she just wants to use crude oil as an ingredient -- it’s not edible, but when has that ever stopped her?
Napa Valley can totally take climate change: Wine growers say, "We'll be able to adapt." Bacon panic: Still on. -
Pump fiction: U.S. gas is artificially cheap
What's the true price of gasoline? This animated feature from the Center for Investigative Reporting explores the external costs of oil use in the US.