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The pipeline giant has offered a $100 million bond to Nebraska if it fails to clean up a spill. Opponents say federal law already requires more.
WASHINGTON—TransCanada's offer to fund a $100 million performance bond if it fails to clean up a...
Oct 28, 2011
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A UN-led investigation has criticized Shell and the Nigerian government for contributing to 50 years of pollution in a region of the Niger Delta
A U.N. report has criticized Shell and the Nigerian government for contributing to 50 years of...
Aug 4, 2011
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Oil giant is criticized by some shareholders for a 'take no prisoner' attitude to an $18.6 billion fine that an Ecuadorean judge levied against the company
Chevron bosses are facing shareholders for the first time since the company was fined a total of $...
May 25, 2011
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The biggest oil spill cases show that lengthy and expensive litigation works in favor of oil companies
When an Ecuadorian judge ordered Chevron to pay plaintiffs $8.6 billion last month for damages from...
Mar 20, 2011
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The oil industry is pushing hard to drill in the Arctic but is unprepared to clean up an oil spill, according to a Pew study
The next big offshore oil disaster could take place in the remote Arctic seas where hurricane-force...
Nov 11, 2010
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Deepwater Horizon spill leads to rise in dolphins and endangered brown pelicans injured or killed this week
By Suzanne Goldenberg, Guardian
U.S. officials recorded a big jump in the numbers of dolphins...
Aug 9, 2010
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"It's not time to celebrate," company chief says, as clean-up and controversy continue
by Suzanne Goldenberg, Guardian
BP held out hope today that it had finally brought America's...
Jul 16, 2010
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Climate advocates say showdown opens path for sixty-vote supermajority needed to pass climate legislation this year
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R) of Alaska failed in her ill-timed and controversial campaign to take away...
Jun 11, 2010
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Clean energy bills and a coming renewable portfolio standard may shake up the state's energy picture
In the six weeks since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig blew up and began spilling untold amounts of...
Jun 2, 2010
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Oil company's future in doubt as attorney general opens investigation into worst oil spill in American history
By Tim Webb and Ed Pilkington, Guardian
The future of BP was in doubt tonight as the U.S....
Jun 2, 2010
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