Tag Archives: Oil
New Illinois Fracking Regulations Heralded As ‘Compromise’; Locals Disagree
May 17, 2013
While touted as a compromise by local media, proposed fracking regulations being considered by Illinois lawmakers aren’t being accepted by community members who long have called for a moratorium and science-based environmental study...
Want To Boycott Monsanto? There’s An App For That
By Trisha Marczak
A new smartphone app is allowing consumers to take a stand against biotech giant Monsanto and the Koch brothers through barcode reading technology that alerts users when a product is associated with either organization.
The Buycott app is the answer to the prayers of food...
ExxonMobil Gears Up For Publicity Battle As US Oil Reserve Estimates Climb
By Trisha Marczak
As America battles the prospect of a 1,700 mile Keystone XL pipeline constructed in the heartland of the nation that would transport more than 800,000 of oil through the U.S. every day, the oil-fracking movement is gaining even more traction with a new report indicating...
Canada’s Harper Sells Obama On Keystone Pipeline
By Trisha Marczak
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is making a last-minute sales pitch to Washington this week to encourage President Barack Obama to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, a move that would allow TransCanada to transport oil from the Alberta tar sands to the Gulf of Mexico.
“This...
Carbon Dioxide Levels In Atmosphere Surpass Worrisome Milestone
By Talia Ralph
Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have surpassed a worrisome milestone for the first time in, oh, three to five million years.
Atmospheric CO2 — one of the main manmade gases responsible for global warming — topped 400 parts per million, a symbolic marker that...
Scenic Montana: The New Oil Frontier
By Trisha Marczak
In the quest for temporary national energy independence by 2030, fewer Americans are finding themselves left out of the equation as the industry moves into the backyards of those living in states as picturesque as rural Montana.
Montana’s northeastern corner contains...
Iranian Presidential Hopefuls Launch Campaigns To Replace Ahmadinejad
By The Associated Press
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s presidential race got underway Tuesday as authorities officially opened the registration process for candidates in next month’s election that will pick a successor to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and offer a critical test for reformists...
Scenic, Strugglling S. Illinois Braces For Oil Rush
By The Associated Press
This is the Illinois that many people never see — the sparsely populated southern tip where flat farmland gives way to rolling hills, rocky outcrops, thick forests and cypress swamps.
Blacktopped county roads wend through no-stoplight towns. Locals speak in soft drawls...
Arctic’s Open Waters New Territory For Oil Boom
By Trisha Marczak
As crude oil is pumped out of Canada’s tar sands at increasing rates, the government of Alberta is looking at alternatives to pipeline transportation, including an Atlantic shipping plan that would utilize Northern waters to reach foreign markets.
The main motivation...
Study Shows Toxic Air Following Exxon Pegasus Oil Spill
By Trisha Marczak
Mayflower, Ark., resident April Lane hasn’t rested since the Exxon Pegasus Pipeline rupture that leaked more than 500,000 gallons of Canadian crude oil devastated her community in March, causing the evacuation of entire neighborhoods and threatening the city’s water...
