Astroturf Alert: Oil industry is up to its old tricks
Rallies Against Congressional Oil Spill Measures Represent Industry Views – Not Citizens Today marks the start of rallies across the country organized by the oil and gas industry to block Congress from...
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Another Rig Explosion in the Gulf of Mexico
Watch: Tyson’s interview on Democracy Now! Here’s what we know: On the morning of Thursday, Sept. 2, an oil and gas platform owned by Mariner Energy, Inc., operating in about 340 feet of water on the...
View ArticleBP: Beyond Punishment?
The conclusions of a BP-led investigation into the causes of the worst environmental and industrial accident in American history aren’t surprising: it’s Transocean’s and Halliburton’s fault. To be...
View ArticleWhat happened to climate change?
One of the most glaring omissions during Obama’s State of the Union address was the acknowledgement of climate change. As the Senate and House return to Capitol Hill both sides are gearing up to...
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In U.S. Nuclear Disaster, Liability Limits Would Not Cover Cost of Cleanup
See if this sounds familiar. An energy company’s machinery fails and the environment is polluted with toxins. The energy company puts up a minimum amount of cash to pay for as much cleanup as required...
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Like rearranging chairs on the deck of the Titanic
Public Citizen’s energy program have a lot to say about BP one year after the disaster. We have a long history of fighting dirty energy here at Public Citizen so when the spill happened, we...
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Tar Sands Action Gives Climate Movement Momentum
On Friday, the State Department released its final environmental impact statement for the Keystone XL pipeline. Like the two preliminary statements before it – which the Environmental Protection Agency...
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A report from the Keystone protest: This is what democracy looks like
On Friday, hundreds of activists turned out for a rally held during the final State Department public hearing on the TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline project. Among these activists were folks that...
View ArticleChinese Govt Wades Into US Offshore Drilling
Today a subsidiary controlled by the China National Offshore Oil Corporation, a state owned enterprise of the People’s Republic of China, teamed up with Canadian company Nexen to control up to 6 Gulf...
View ArticleIt is irresponsible to allow BP to resume drilling in the Gulf
It is inexcusable for the Obama administration to grant BP millions of dollars in leases to conduct exploratory drilling in the Gulf of Mexico without any substantial new safeguards in place. Has the...
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