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North Slope Oil Spill: Leak In Alaska Among Worst Ever (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 12.09.2009 | Green

Read More: North Slope Pipeline, North Slope Oil, North Slope Oil Spill, Bp, BP Criminal Charges, Oil Spill, Prudhoe Bay Oil Field, Alaska, North Slope, Slideshow, Green News

AP reports on a massive oil spill on the North Slope -- among the worst ever in the region: A North Slope spill of an estimated 46,000 gallons was ca...

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EPA: Uranium From Polluted British Petroleum Mine Found In Nevada Water Wells

AP | SCOTT SONNER | Posted 11.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Bp, Yerington, Us Bureau of Land Management, Mining, Epa, Atlantic Richfield, Uranium, British Petroleum, Nevada, Yerington Paiute Tribe, Nevada Department Of, Uranium Mine, Hydreology, Uranium Mines, New Mexico, Green News

YERINGTON, Nev. — Peggy Pauly lives in a robin-egg blue, two-story house not far from acres of onion fields that make the northern Nevada air sm...

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What's Up With the Rainforest: Stopping Rainforest Destruction Can Cut World Emissions By 17%

James Boyce | Posted 11.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Willie Smits, Thomas Friedman, Bp, Borneo, American Electric Power, Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity Study, Rainforest Alliance, Brazil, James Boyce, Damian Kanya, Green News

Working with The Rainforest Alliance, we helped create The Rainforest NewsLadder. Every couple of weeks I will check in to see what's buzzing, and provide you with the latest news and media.

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BP Slapdown: EPA Really is Back on the Job!

Henry Henderson | Posted 10.22.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Lisa Jackson, Bp, Nrdc, Northwest Indiana, Epa, British Petroleum, Bp Whiting Refinery, Indiana, Coal Industry, Lake Michigan, Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Environmental Protection Agency, Atrazine, Water Pollution, Asthma, Air Pollution, Chicago News

The EPA is back: it just weighed in on the controversial BP refinery expansion on Lake Michigan and issued an objection to the lax pollution permit that Indiana had lavished on the project.

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BP Makes "Giant" Oil Discovery In Gulf Of Mexico

Posted 10.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Bp, Oil, Oil Mexico, British Petroleum, BP Oil, Business News

(AP) BP PLC said Wednesday that it had made a "giant" oil discovery in the Gulf of Mexico but had not yet determined the size and commercial potential...

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BP Says It Has Made 'Giant' New Oil Discovery

BBC NEWS | Posted 10.18.2009 | World

Read More: Bp, Gas, Crude Oil Prices, BP Oil, Tiber Well, British Petroleum, Gulf of Mexico Oil, Oil Companies, Tiber, Oil Industry, Oil Drilling, Big Oil, Oil Prices, Oil, Gulf of Mexico, Oil in the Gulf of Mexico, World News

Oil giant BP says it has made a "giant" new oil discovery in its fields in the Gulf of Mexico....

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Jack Straw Denies Claims That Lockerbie Bomber Megrahi Was Released For Libyan Oil

The Guardian | Michael White and Severin Carrell | Posted 10.16.2009 | World

Read More: Megrahi, Bp, Libya Oil, Abdelbaset Al-Megrahi, Jack Straw, Scotland, British Petroleum, UK-Libya Prisoner Transfer Agreement, Gadhafi, Lockerbie Bomber, Lockerbie Bomber Released, Labour, Moammar Gadhafi, Libya, Lockerbie, Pta, World News

The justice secretary, Jack Straw, today denied fresh allegations that he gave the Scottish government the green light to release Abdelbaset al-Megrah...

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Texas and New Mexico 'Energy Citizens' Events Are Really "Energy Employees" Rallies

Kevin Grandia | Posted 09.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Bp, Freedomworks, Energy Citizens American Petroleum Institute, Nam, Chevron, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Astroturfing, Green News

The oil industry is paying its employees to go to "Energy Citizen" events, claiming they are grassroots when nothing could be further from the truth. If you live in one of the cities below, show up.

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DuPont, BP Receive Go Ahead On Biofuel Venture

The News Journal | Posted 09.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Dupont, Bp, Biofuels, Evolving Energy Tech, Biofuel, Greenhouse Gases, Environment, Renewable Energy, Green, Renewables, British Petroleum, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Green Energy, Green Technology, Sustainability, Green News

DuPont and BP said Thursday that European Union officials have approved a joint venture to develop and produce what they termed a new generation of bi...

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Iraq Oil Fields Receive One Offer; Foreign Firms Reject Government Terms

Al Jazeera | Posted 07.31.2009 | World

Read More: Bp, Shell, Big Oil, Exxon Mobil, Oil, British Petroleum, Iraq, Iraq Oil Reserves, Iraq Oil Fields, Rumaila, World News

Iraq's long-awaited licensing round to develop some of its massive oil reserves has run into trouble as international oil and gas companies rejected a...

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BP And China's CNPC Win Iraq Oil Contract

Al Jazeera English | Posted 07.31.2009 | World

Read More: Bp, China Cnpc, Bp Group, Cnpc, Iraq Oil, British Petroleum, Iraq, Bp Iraq Oil, Iraq Oil Bids, Iraq Oil Contracts, Cnpc Iraq Oil, World News

An oil consortium led by British Petroleum has won a contract to develop a large oil field in Iraq, as dozens of international firms compete for the r...

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Out of Gas: Court Order Limits Emissions At BP Plant

AP | Posted 07.30.2009 | Green

Read More: BP Court Order, Clean Air, Bp, Emissions Standards, Green News

AUSTIN, Texas — BP Products North America Inc. has agreed to a court order forcing the petrochemical giant to end what state officials say are i...

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Congressmen Press EPA To Investigate BP Pollution

Crain's Chicago Business | Lorene Yue | Posted 07.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, Pollution, Bp Pollution, Bp, Mark Kirk, Bp Chicago, Environment, Bp Whiting Refinery, Mike Quigley, Chicago News

More than a dozen federal legislators from both sides of the aisle are calling upon the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to scrutinize pollution p...

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Texas Sues BP For Pollution Violations Tied To Deaths

AP | MICHAEL GRACZYK | Posted 07.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Oil, BP Lawsuit, Texas, Bp, Pollution, Green News

HOUSTON — BP Products North America Inc. is being sued by Texas authorities who accuse the petrochemical giant of 46 pollution violations at its...

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BP Has a Deal it Hopes we Can't Refuse: Benzene Releases and Refinery Expansion Plans

Henry Henderson | Posted 07.04.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Benzene, Bp, Lake Michigan, Bp Dirty Fuel, British Petroleum, Air Pollution, Pollution, Energy, Bp Whiting Refinery, Chicago News

BP seems to be proposing that to fix the current health-threatening pollution, they need to increase their refinery operations to refine even dirtier petroleum. Does that make any sense?

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BP to pay almost $180 million in pollution case

AP | Posted 03.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Pollution, Bp, Texas, Texas City, BP Settlement, Green News

WASHINGTON — The international energy giant BP has agreed to pay almost $180 million to settle a pollution case with the government. BP Product...

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"Emerald Paintbrush Award" For Greenwashing Goes To... (VIDEO)

Treehugger.com | Posted 01.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Video, Bp, Greenwashing, Greenpeace, Emerald Paintbrush Award, Green News

It's Jackass meets environmental activism! Okay, so maybe it's a little heavier on the Jackass side. Earlier this week, dinner jacket-clad Greenpeace ...

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Stop the CSR Spin

Stefan Deeran | Posted 01.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Bp, Corporate Social Responsibility, Fortune Magazine, Shell Oil, Csr Consulting, Csr, Green News

A recent corporate social responsibility (CSR) ranking in Fortune magazine reveals one of the many inherent flaws in this burgeoning practice.

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Oil Business Not So Bad: BP Posts 83 Percent Profit Growth

AP | EMILY FLYNN VENCAT | Posted 11.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Oil, Oil Prices, Recession, Bp, Oil Companies, Oil Profits, Financial Crisis, Business News

LONDON — British oil company BP PLC reported a huge 83-percent rise in third-quarter net profit Tuesday on the back of surging energy prices bet...

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Iraq's Oil Up For Grabs Today In Biggest Oil Sale Ever

The Guardian | Posted 11.13.2008 | Business

Read More: Bp, Exxon Mobil, War Wire, Oil, Oil Prices, Iraq, Shell, London, Business News

The biggest ever sale of oil assets will take place today, when the Iraqi government puts 40bn barrels of recoverable reserves up for offer in London....

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The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Already Here!

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 09.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Little Odessa, Bp, Iron Curtain, Switzerland, Cote D'Azur, Colorado, Texas, Cannes, Snowmass, Bush, Soviet, Nato, Wealth, Black Gold, Oil, Russians, Billionaire, James Gray, We Own the Night, Cap-Ferrat, Business News

The new tool to crush the opposition is funded by a new menace, that of capitalism built on a phenomenal wealth in commodities and oil.

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McCain And BP Sharing Logo Ideas?

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mccain Logo, John McCain, Bp, Mccain Energy, Bp Logo, Oil, British Petroleum, Logos, Alternative Energies, Lexington Project, Politics News

A sharp-eyed Democrat sends over screen grabs of two, similarly designed logos: the image for John McCain's Lexington Project (his energy policy) and ...

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Oil Earnings Mixed On "Weak" Gasoline Margins

AP | JOHN PORRETTO | Posted 08.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Gas Prices, Oil Prices, Oil Earnings, Oil Profits, Bp, Valero, Business News

HOUSTON — The roiling global oil market continues to pick its winners and losers, as oil giant BP PLC reported a 28 percent rise in second-quart...

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Oil Deals

Jeff Danziger | Posted 07.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Shell, Total, Bp, OIL DEALS, Mobil, Iraq War, Iraq, Oil, Politics News

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Unearthed: News of the Week the Mainstream Media Forgot to Report

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 07.04.2008 | Media

Read More: Bp, Exxon Mobil, Donald Rumsfeld, Pepper Spray, Traffic Pollution, VA Chantix, Dick Cheney, Shell Oil, Iraq War Veteran, Childhood Allergies, Peak Oil, Democratic National Convention Denver, Blackwater Iraq, Clean Technology, Ptsd, No-Bid Contracts, Global Warming, Sharia, Media News

Government report links extreme weather to global warming, traffic pollution to childhood allergies, Denver Police stockpiling pepper weapons and Rumsfeld got torture advice from Army psychologists.

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