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Texas Pipeline Company Admits Santa Barbara Oil Spill Was 40 Percent Larger Than Estimated

08.07.15

By Aaron Cantú
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Greenpeace Temporarily Blockades A Shell Vessel, As the Oil Major Begins Drilling in the Arctic

08.02.15

By Matt Smith
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07.31.15

By Oscar Rickett
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Shell Executive Says the Company Might Drop the Word ‘Oil’ From Its Name

07.10.15

By Esha Dey
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Here’s How Many ‘Bomb Trains’ Could Pass Through the Pacific Northwest Every Day

07.08.15

By Matt Smith
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A Year of Low Oil Prices Means Fewer Rigs in the US — But Not Less Oil

07.08.15

By Sarah Jane Keller
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BP Just Agreed to Pay $19 Billion in Damages for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Disaster

07.02.15

By Matt Smith
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This Is TransCanada’s Latest Justification for Constructing the Keystone XL Pipeline

07.01.15

By Rob Verger
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It’s Official: New York State Bans Fracking

06.30.15

By Esha Dey
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Here’s Why Canada’s Oil Is Worse Than America’s

06.26.15

By VICE News
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06.18.15

By Matt Smith
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Here’s Why Oklahoma May Be Having So Many Earthquakes

06.18.15

By Matt Smith

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