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Louisiana agency sues big oil firms for hurting wetlands
2013-07-24 20:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A Louisiana agency sued 97 oil companies - including BP Plc, Exxon Mobil Corp, Chevron Corp and Royal Dutch Shell Plc - in state court on Wednesday for allegedly damaging hundreds of miles of sensitive wetlands by cutting through them with pipelines and transportation canals. The suit demands the oil industry pay for or remediate environmental damages stemming from decades of work that allegedly caused erosion and hurt coastal wetlands - which experts say serve as critical buffers during floods...
Oil, gas lobby shell out big money to defeat Ohio tax
2013-07-17 22:02:46| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
When Ohio Gov. John Kasich pitched his budget a few months ago, he made a big deal about a "fracking tax" that would bring billions of dollars to the state in the coming years.
Alternative Energy and Big Oil: Poor Returns Versus `Lies'
2013-06-29 10:59:39| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
I don't typically rely on Rolling Stone for energy policy analysis, but I couldn't help scratching my head over a piece earlier this week decrying "Big Oil's Lies About Alternative Energy."
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If Centrica is prepared to risk earthquakes in Blackpool, big oil will want a share of shale
2013-06-16 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Observer: Expect to see more big names from the oil industry, such as Shell, ExxonMobil and Statoil, moving into the British shale sector now that one of their competitors Centrica has taken the plunge. The international companies have always taken a keen interest in the UK fracking scene, despite endless statements from their chief executives that there are better prospects in China and elsewhere. There is some speculation this weekend that the reason Centrica paid a fairly toppy price for the stake...
How Big Oil Uses the Republican Party to Subvert American Democracy
2013-05-10 15:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: In a surprise move, the eight Republican members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee yesterday blocked a floor vote on President Obama`s nominee, Gina McCarthy, as U.S. EPA Administrator. In doing so the Republican senators broke their earlier promise to move McCarthy`s nomination if she answered an unprecedented 1,079 written questions, a quest she completed. Political observers assume the Republican roadblock is meant to derail or delay the implementation of a new EPA rule, promised...
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