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Tauranga Coast
New Zealand Oil Spill Seen as Potential Environmental Catastrophe
Oil leaking into the sea off the Tauranga coast has increased by as much as ten-fold, raising fears that New Zealand could face an environmental crisis.
AUCKLAND, New Zealand—Fears that New Zealand could face a large-scale environmental crisis have...
By Toby Manhire, Guardian
Oct 11, 2011 | Read More
An oil pipeline in Alaska
U.S. Senate Panel Approves Bill for Pipeline Safety
Under the bipartisan bill — a response to several pipeline accidents in the last year — pipeline safety fines would more than double to $2.5 million
WASHINGTON—Reckless operators of U.S. petroleum and natural gas pipelines would pay higher fines...
Tom Doggett, Reuters
May 6, 2011 | Read More
Oil and Water in Nebraska: Elected Officials Ducking Pipeline Issue
This multipart series explores the election-season dynamics surrounding a plan to build the Keystone XL pipeline through Nebraska
Editor's Note: In late September, SolveClimate News reporter Elizabeth McGowan traveled to Nebraska...
By Elizabeth McGowan
Sep 29, 2010 | Read More
Photographer Chronicles Petroleum Planet
In viewing them, we remember that we swim in a world of oil
From the editors of the Earth Island Journal The fish, famously, doesn’t know it’s in water. Our...
By Guest Writer
Jun 8, 2010 | Read More
When Corporations Rule Federal Agencies
The fatal disasters at the Upper Big Branch Mine and Deepwater Horizon are fresh evidence the Bush...
By Bill Becker
May 30, 2010 | Read More
U.S. Policy Experts: Premature to Pass Oil Spill Liability Bill
Pres. Obama should push renewable energy 'with all the force he can muster' now, rethink 'broken' oil liability system later
WASHINGTON—BP's vow to pay what chief executive officer Tony Hayward calls "all legitimate...
By Elizabeth McGowan
May 27, 2010 | Read More
Companies Toss Around Blame for Oil Spill At Senate Hearing
Senators try to lock down BP's financial liability
The flow of 5,000 barrels of oil every day continues unabated beneath the surface of the Gulf of...
By Dave Levitan
May 12, 2010 | Read More
Gulf spill will change deep water operations across oil industry, says BP
BP says Deepwater Horizon disaster will have consequences for all offshore drilling as clean-up costs rise to $350m.
By Tim Webb, Guardian The oil industry will have to overhaul how it operates in deep water as a...
By Guest Writer
May 10, 2010 | Read More
DOE Still Disavows Peak Oil Forecast, Despite New Studies
Gulf oil spill adds pressure for release of "proprietary database" behind DOE's optimism.
The U.S. Department of Energy has long disavowed peak oil theory: the notion that annual world oil...
By Julia Harte
May 10, 2010 | Read More
BP Had Other Problems in Years Leading to Gulf Spill
By Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica BP, the global oil giant responsible for the fast-spreading...
By Guest Writer
May 3, 2010 | Read More