Showing posts with label Oil Accidents. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oil Accidents. Show all posts

Friday, August 23, 2013

Keystone is Only Part of the Problem - 3 More Controversial Pipelines!

It can be easy to remain caught up in the hype over Keystone XL and think that's the sole problem. There's plenty of problems with the oil industry and the consumption of oil.

http://gas2.org/2013/08/23/keystone-is-only-part-of-the-problem


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Saturday, August 17, 2013

ExxonMobil Hopes You've Forgotten About the Mayflower, Arkansas Spill

On March 29th, ExxonMobil Pegasus oil pipeline ruptured, pouring (what ExxonMobil said was) 200,000 gallons of oil into Mayflower, Arkansas. Now, months later, the residents of Mayflower are trying to sift through the lies and misinformation to find out exactly what happened to them, and what –
http://gas2.org/2013/08/17/exxonmobil-hopes-youve-forgotten-about-mayf

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Thursday, August 8, 2013

Keystone Light: The Keystone XL Alternative You’ve Never Heard of Is Probably Going to Be Built : Climate Desk

As the Keystone XL pipeline has been mired in controversy, a competitor is speeding through plans for a pipeline that would do the exact same thing. Last week, the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, which would transport oil from the Alberta tar sands to the Gulf of Mexico, hit another snag: The Sta
http://climatedesk.org/2013/08/keystone-light-the-keystone-xl-alternat

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BP CEO Says He's Done Paying For The Deepwater Horizon Disaster | ThinkProgress

BP's chief balked at the amount the company owes for the worst oil disaster in American history. The post BP CEO Says He Done Paying For The Deepwater Horizon Disaster appeared first on ThinkProgress.    
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/08/08/2438731/bp-spill-claims

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Thursday, August 1, 2013

You Can Thank The Koch Brothers For The Big, Dirty Cloud Floating Over Detroit | ThinkProgress

A large black cloud spotted over the Detroit River last weekend is confirmed to be petroleum coke, a byproduct of tar sands refining, owned by Koch Carbon. The post You Can Thank The Koch Brothers For The Big, Dirty Cloud Floating Over Detroit appeared first on ThinkProgress.    
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/08/01/2392481/kochs-coke-cloud

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Gulf Rig Fire is Deja Vu for Fishermen Still Reeling from BP Disaster | Rocky Kistner's Blog | Switchboard, from NRDC

Rocky Kistner, Communications Associate, Washington, DC: When the Hercules Offshore Inc. gas well  blew and caught fire  last week, spewing natural gas and flames into the air 50 miles off the Gulf coast, many in the nearby fishing communities had another sickening feeling of déjà vu. It's...
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/rkistner/three_years_after_they_plug

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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Tar Sands Oil Has Been Leaking Into Alberta For 10 Weeks And No One Knows How To Stop It | ThinkProgress

The first leak was reported on May 20, with three others following in the weeks after -- making it at least 10 weeks that oil has been flowing unabated. The post Tar Sands Oil Has Been Leaking Into Alberta For 10 Weeks And No One Knows How To Stop It appeared first on ThinkProgress.    
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/07/29/2283411/tar-sands-oil-has-

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