Coastal cities rising up against Atlantic offshore drilling plans
As the Obama administration prepares to open the Atlantic Ocean to oil and gas drilling for the first time in decades, the coast is in rebellion.
As the Obama administration prepares to open the Atlantic Ocean to oil and gas drilling for the first time in decades, the coast is in rebellion.
As the Obama administration prepares to open the Atlantic Ocean to oil and gas drilling for the first time in decades, the coast is in rebellion.
A federal judge ruled Thursday that oil giant BP was grossly negligent in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon blowout, which killed 11 workers and resulted in the biggest environmental disaster in U.S. history. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbiers decision could force BP to pay up to $18 billion in fines under the Clean Water Act.
Supporters of the embattled Pebble Mine project in the Bristol Bay watershed are making a desperate effort in Congress and the courts to keep it alive in the face of warnings from the EPA that it could devastate the finest run of wild salmon left on the globe.
Supporters of the embattled Pebble Mine project in the Bristol Bay watershed are making a desperate effort in Congress and the courts to keep it alive in the face of warnings from the EPA that it could devastate the finest run of wild salmon left on the globe.
Months after the prairie began to shake, scientists still struggle to explain a surge in Kansas earthquakes that appears connected to increased fracking.
New York state’s highest court ruled Monday that cities and towns have the power to ban fracking, a decision that comes as local governments across the nation are increasingly trying to use zoning laws to stop the contentious spread of drilling.
Think you’re paying more than you should be for gasoline right now? You are.
Think you’re paying more than you should be for gasoline right now? You are.
Oil markets are watching in alarm as Sunni militants sweep through northern Iraq, creating havoc and endangering the countrys revival into a leading oil producer and major contributor to the stability of global energy prices.
Oil markets are watching in alarm as Sunni militants sweep through northern Iraq, creating havoc and endangering the countrys revival into a leading oil producer and major contributor to the stability of global energy prices.