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Oil Companies Should Call off Their Assault on Transparency

Dominic Eagleton | Posted 02.25.2013 | Green
Dominic Eagleton

It is fitting that the EITI has chosen to meet in Norway this week, a country known for promoting transparency in the extractive industries.

'She Couldn't Take Time Off, Because She Would Not Be Paid'

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 02.15.2013 | Politics

Life isn't easy at $7.25 an hour. Following President Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday, where he called for increasing the national ho...

Did Alaska Tax Liability Play Role in Shell Oil's Drill Rig Fiasco?

AlaskaDispatch.com | Posted 03.05.2013 | Home
AlaskaDispatch.com

Hopes of avoiding millions in state taxes may have faded for Royal Dutch Shell when the clock struck midnight on Jan. 1 and 2012 became 2013. Just hou...

Shell Scraps Drilling Plan In Contested Canadian Area

Reuters | Posted 02.17.2013 | Green

* Shell to focus on larger shale plays * To build water recycling plant using royalty credits * 4-year moratorium was du...

The Rise of National Oil Companies

Daniel Wagner | Posted 01.15.2013 | Business
Daniel Wagner

With energy demand, predicted to rise 20% through 2025, National Oil Companies are poised to have even an greater impact on the global economy, and in shaping oil producing countries' foreign policies.

Delta Boys: Powerful Documentary Chronicles Niger Delta Oil Struggle

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 12.16.2012 | Green
Brendan DeMelle

Nigeria suffers the equivalent of an Exxon Valdez oil spill every year, as it has each of the last 50 years of oil exploitation.

Shell Remains Persistent Despite Arctic Setbacks

AP | DAN JOLING | Posted 11.30.2012 | Green

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The stars lined up — almost — for Shell Oil to drill exploratory wells this year in waters off Alaska's north coast. ...

Shell Sues Greenpeace

AP | TOBY STERLING | Posted 11.21.2012 | Green

AMSTERDAM (AP) — Royal Dutch Shell PLC is taking Greenpeace International to court in an attempt to have the environmental organization banned from ...

Fighting Fracking in South Africa

Eileen Flanagan | Posted 11.11.2012 | Impact
Eileen Flanagan

South Africa announced Friday that it would lift its moratorium on "fracking." In response, Treasure the Karoo Action Group is launching a legal battle to protect the ecologically-sensitive, arid area in the Karoo region of the Eastern Cape, under which most of the natural gas lies.

Shell Begins Petroleum Drilling Off Alaska Coast

AP | DAN JOLING | Posted 11.10.2012 | Green

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — More than four years after Royal Dutch Shell paid $2.8 billion to the federal government for petroleum leases in the Chukchi...

Shell To Proceed With Oil Sands Carbon Capture Project

Reuters | Posted 11.05.2012 | Green

* First oil sands carbon capture project * Quest project to bury 1 mln tonnes of CO2 per year * Construction complete by late 2015 ...

Human Rights Violations Cast a Dark Shadow Over the London Olympics

Katie Redford | Posted 10.22.2012 | World
Katie Redford

The stories behind gold medal triumphs are always front and center on the Olympic stage, celebrating hard work, dedication, and courage, and inspiring millions. But this year, there's a different gold medal tale that has gone untold.

The SpaceX Dragon: Industrial Innovation's Sputnik Moment

XPRIZE | Posted 10.01.2012 | Technology
XPRIZE

On Friday morning, I got up before dawn again to watch a truly epic moment for space travel, as the Dragon capsule successfully docked with the International Space Station.

Exxon Mobil's Rising Profit Masks Larger Problems

AP | CHRIS KAHN | Posted 09.25.2012 | Business

NEW YORK (AP) — A jump in Exxon Mobil's net income couldn't mask broader problems for America's largest oil company. The Irving, Texa...

Timothy Stenovec

LOOK: Shell Spoof Site Goes Viral

HuffingtonPost.com | Timothy Stenovec | Posted 07.19.2012 | Green

At first glance, Arctic Ready looks like a legitimate website from Shell. The clean lines, judicious use of white space and the prominent placement of...

Dear Mr. President, "I Believe" Isn't Good Policy

Shannyn Moore | Posted 09.10.2012 | Politics
Shannyn Moore

Your secretary of the interior, Ken Salazar, recently told reporters asking about Shell's recent drilling permits and Alaska's Arctic, "I believe there's not going to be an oil spill." "I believe" is not good policy. I believe that unicorn fur is the most absorbent clean-up product.

Conservation Groups Sue Over Arctic Spill Response Plans

AP | BECKY BOHRER | Posted 09.09.2012 | Green

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A coalition of conservation groups sued the federal government Tuesday over its approval of oil spill response plans for an Ar...

There's A New Most Profitable Corporation In The World

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 07.10.2012 | Business

Gas is in. Chocolate is out. That's the message we're getting from this year's Global 500, the annual list of the world’s biggest companies by sa...

Appeals Court Rejects Arguments Against New Offshore Wells

AP | Posted 08.27.2012 | Green

ATLANTA (AP) — A federal appeals court has rejected arguments by a coalition of environmental groups, who maintain that U.S. regulators failed to th...

Chemical Plants Flock to Louisiana for Cheap Natural Gas

Susan Buchanan | Posted 08.13.2012 | Green
Susan Buchanan

Louisiana has attracted some cleaner industries recently, but after natural gas prices dropped to ten-year lows this spring, chemical manufacturers are rushing to build and expand. Residents need those jobs but fear explosions and toxic emissions.

Curtain Closing on Canadian Crude

Daniel J. Graeber | Posted 08.05.2012 | Green
Daniel J. Graeber

Shell announced plans to expand its oil sands operations in Alberta province by as much as 90,000 bpd and said similar efforts were under way to make the country's western coast a major export hub for liquefied natural gas.

'Drop-In' Biofuels: The Best of All Possible Worlds?

Colleen Becker | Posted 07.31.2012 | Green
Colleen Becker

Given the potential of drop-in biofuels, the U.S. and EU have every reason to raise renewable fuel thresholds higher. Advantages include energy security, reduced dependence on foreign oil, fewer carbon dioxide emissions and domestic job creation.

What Does Shell Have in Common With General Ratko Mladic?

Katie Redford | Posted 07.23.2012 | Business
Katie Redford

What does Royal Dutch Shell have in common with General Ratko Mladic, former commander of the Bosnian Serb army? More than you'd think...

Environmental Groups Push Back Against Shell Arctic Permits

AP | DAN JOLING | Posted 07.17.2012 | Green

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Environmental and Alaska Native groups on Wednesday appealed an air permit granted by the Environmental Protection Agency t...

Oil Seeps and Slicks Studied Near BP's Macondo Well

Susan Buchanan | Posted 07.15.2012 | Green
Susan Buchanan

Scientists say oil and gas seeps surrounding BP's Deepwater Horizon well appear to be mostly natural and to pre-date the 2010 spill.