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Texaco to Ecuador: Have You Tried a Swiffer?
Texaco haunted by dirty legacy in Ecuador |
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27 Apr 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Texaco to Ecuador: Have You Tried a Swiffer? Texaco haunted by dirty legacy in Ecuador At a ChevronTexaco shareholder meeting today in California, Amazonian community leaders, celebrities, and activists will confront company officials, focusing attention anew on Texaco's messy legacy in Ecuador. Twenty years of oil exploration in the nation left much of the western edge of the Amazon rainforest in ecological ... |
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| Topics: Amazon, business, Ecuador, energy, news, oil (all these topics) |
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You've Come a Long Way, Maybe
Stats on how far we've come (or haven't) since the first Earth Day |
Todd Hymas |
22 Apr 2005 |
Counter Culture |
| Photo: NASA. 3.7 billion -- world population in 19701 6.4 billion -- world population in 20051 1,535 billion -- kilowatt-hours of electricity used in the U.S. in 19702 3,837 billion -- kilowatt-hours of electricity expected to be used in the U.S. in 20053 6.0 -- percentage of electricity in U.S. consumed in 1970 produced from renewable sources4 6.7 -- percentage of electrici ... |
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| Topics: climate, energy, GMOs, oil, placemaking, population, solid waste treatment and disposal, United States (all these topics) |
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Is That a Fat Lady We Hear Singing?
The era of cheap oil is coming to an end soon; duck! |
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21 Apr 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Is That a Fat Lady We Hear Singing? The era of cheap oil is coming to an end soon; duck! Cheap oil is running out. A report from the U.S. Energy Department's Office of Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves puts the problem in stark terms: "The disparity between increasing production and declining discoveries can only have one outcome: a practical supply limit will be reached and future supply to meet conventional oil ... |
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| Topics: energy, green living, news, oil (all these topics) |
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How to Win Friends and Influence People
Iran using oil, natural gas resources to find fast friends |
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20 Apr 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| How to Win Friends and Influence People Iran using oil, natural gas resources to find fast friends Much in the way the kid with the backyard swimming pool and the trampoline always manages to rustle up friends, Iran is turning to its oil and gas reserves to leverage alliances with influential Eastern nations -- and rather urgently, as it faces the threat of sanctions from the U.S. and Europe over its nuclear program. ... |
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| Topics: energy, Iran, natural gas, news, oil (all these topics) |
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A Matter of Great Export
Arctic Refuge oil could be sent overseas |
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19 Apr 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| A Matter of Great Export Arctic Refuge oil could be sent overseas A portentous U.S. commitment, sold with slogans about freedom and national security, that turns out to be all about the oil industry. No, not that one. We're talking about drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Drilling proponents cite the fact that the U.S. imports most of the oil it uses, thus leaving it dependent on some rather g ... |
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| Topics: Arctic, energy, mining and drilling, news, oil (all these topics) |
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The Best 'Science' Money Can Buy
ExxonMobil plows millions into funding for 40 climate-skeptic groups |
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19 Apr 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| The Best "Science" Money Can Buy ExxonMobil plows millions into funding for 40 climate-skeptic groups In 1998, the American Petroleum Institute outlined a strategy to sow the seeds of doubt about global-warming science "with Congress, the media, and other key audiences." "Victory will be achieved," read an API memo, "when ... recognition of uncertainty becomes part of the 'conventional wisdom. ... |
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| Topics: climate, energy, news, oil (all these topics) |
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Platform Shoos
Abandoned oil rigs host thriving ecosystems, stir debate |
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12 Apr 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Platform Shoos Abandoned oil rigs host thriving ecosystems, stir debate Discovery of thriving ecosystems on some abandoned oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico is refueling a debate over what to do with old rigs once their oil-drilling life is over. Some conservationists have been advocating a "Rigs to Reefs" program whereby old platforms are tipped over, cut down below the water's surfa ... |
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| Topics: energy, environmental planning, Gulf of Mexico, news, oil (all these topics) |
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Oil and Peace Don't Mix
Oil strategists plan for geopolitical drama as demand increases |
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11 Apr 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Oil and Peace Don't Mix Oil strategists plan for geopolitical drama as demand increases It's a small world after all -- with an even smaller oil supply. That's what U.S. energy experts, oil companies, and national-security planners are concluding as they try to project America's and the world's oil demand versus declining supplies in coming years. Military planners in particular, aware of the interconnectedness of, if not all ... |
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| Topics: business, energy, news, oil (all these topics) |
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Coast Busters
Oil and gas drillers set their sights on U.S. coastal areas |
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08 Apr 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Coast Busters Oil and gas drillers set their sights on U.S. coastal areas A federal moratorium on oil and gas drilling off U.S. coasts has been in place for 24 years, but there are signs -- the debate over drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge being just one -- that it may be in danger. The oil and gas industry has been heavily lobbying state governments, where they believe the decis ... |
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| Topics: energy, mining and drilling, natural gas, news, oceans, oil (all these topics) |
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The Shipping Spews
Shipping line agrees to pay $25 million for illegal oil dumping |
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06 Apr 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| The Shipping Spews Shipping line agrees to pay $25 million for illegal oil dumping Evergreen International, one of the world's largest shipping lines, agreed Monday to pay a $25 million fine after pleading guilty to 24 felony charges and one misdemeanor involving secretly dumping oil off the coasts of five U.S. states and purposefully lying to U.S. Coast Guard officials about the practice. The plea agreemen ... |
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| Topics: energy, news, oceans, oil, pollution and waste (all these topics) |
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Friedman Fighter
An interview with New York Times columnist and 'geo-green' advocate Thomas Friedman |
Amanda Griscom Little |
05 Apr 2005 |
Main Dish |
| An interview with New York Times columnist and "geo-green" advocate Thomas Friedman By Amanda Griscom Little 05 Apr 2005 Thomas Friedman. Photo: Greg Martin. As the green movement fends off accusations of impotence, Thomas Friedman has hatched an idea that could make a man out of environmentalism. In January, the three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The New York Times debuted his "geo-green" strategy, a powerful proposal for reframing America's ... |
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| Topics: climate, energy, interview, oil, politics (all these topics) |
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Route Scootin' Boogie
Shell alters pipeline route to spare whale feeding grounds |
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30 Mar 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Route Scootin' Boogie Shell alters pipeline route to spare whale feeding grounds It's one small step for environmentalists, one giant leap for endangered gray whales: Energy giant Royal Dutch/Shell has agreed to alter the planned route of a massive oil and gas pipeline off of Russia's Sakhalin island by 12 miles to preserve the charismatic mammal's feeding grounds. Shell and its partners bowed to pressure from enviros c ... |
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| Topics: energy, news, oceans, oil, Russia (all these topics) |
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Oil Together Now
Bipartisan coalition presses Bush to get behind oil-use reduction |
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28 Mar 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Oil Together Now Bipartisan coalition presses Bush to get behind oil-use reduction Lambasting U.S. oil addiction: It's not just for America-hating radical homosexual vegetarian Schiavo-killing eco-terrorists anymore! A growing bipartisan coalition is arguing that U.S. dependence on foreign oil is a serious national security threat. Today, a letter signed by 26 former national-security officials from both Republican and Democra ... |
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| Topics: energy, news, oil, politics (all these topics) |
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The Sound of One Hull Splitting
Sixteen years after Exxon Valdez, tankers still not safe |
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23 Mar 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| The Sound of One Hull Splitting Sixteen years after Exxon Valdez, tankers still not safe This week, to mark the 16th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez disaster that spilled 11 million gallons of oil in Alaska's Prince William Sound, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer is running a special series on the environmentally precarious state of modern oil-tanker transport. Some key findings of its investigation: Post-Valdez initiatives inten ... |
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| Topics: energy, health, news, oil (all these topics) |
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Crude Awakening
An open letter to Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska |
Terry Tempest Williams |
18 Mar 2005 |
Soapbox |
| Dear Sen. Stevens, This week you got your wish: a 51 to 49 vote against the Cantwell amendment and in favor of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Caribou in the Arctic Refuge. Photo: Ken Whitten, Wilderness Society. The crude minds have spoken. Finally. You told your colleagues and anyone else who would listen that you have been clinically depressed for 24 years -- the same 24 y ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, Arctic, energy, mining and drilling, oil, politics, Ted Stevens (all these topics) |
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SUV-Loving Public Deems Itself Unpatriotic
Americans think fuel efficiency is patriotic, poll finds |
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18 Mar 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| SUV-Loving Public Deems Itself Unpatriotic Americans think fuel efficiency is patriotic, poll finds According to a new poll released yesterday, fuel efficiency ranks up there with apple pie, baseball, and hating liberals as emblematic of American patriotism. Some 66 percent of Americans believe it's "patriotic" to purchase a fuel-efficient vehicle, as it would aid the U.S. in kicking its addiction ... |
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| Topics: energy, news, oil, placemaking, United States (all these topics) |
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Rikipedia
Author and oil-spill expert Riki Ott answers readers' questions |
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18 Mar 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Riki Ott, author of Sound Truth and Corporate Myth$. We know that using oil is wasting our planet, ruining the atmosphere and oceans, and poisoning our water and children, but we still find using it a reasonable thing to do. Who is really at fault, Exxon or us? Are we destined to pollute earth to a point that destroys us all? -- Bruce Wright, Executive Director, Conservation Science Institute, Wasilla, Alask ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, business, energy, InterActivist, interview, oil, politics (all these topics) |
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Caribou-Hoo-Hoo
Senate votes to open Arctic Refuge to drilling |
Amanda Griscom Little |
16 Mar 2005 |
Muckraker |
| Stickin' it to the porcupine caribou in the Arctic Refuge. Photo: Ken Whitten, Wilderness Society. Oil companies are closing in on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. In a crushing blow to those who have fought for some 25 years to preserve the unspoiled Alaskan wildland, the Senate voted today to clear the way for oil and gas drilling within the Arctic Refuge. By a 51-49 vote, they rejected a ... |
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| Topics: Arctic, Arctic Refuge, energy, Muckraker, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Riki-Tikki-Savvy
Author and oil-spill expert Riki Ott answers Grist's questions |
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14 Mar 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Riki Ott. What work do you do? What's your job title? For the past seven years -- 1998 to 2004 -- I researched and wrote a book, Sound Truth and Corporate Myth$: The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. Now I'm an author/activist/scientist on book tour. Titles: Well, I have been bestowed numerous titles by others. For example, "pain in the ass" by Alyeska, the consortium that operates and (sup ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, business, energy, InterActivist, interview, oil, politics (all these topics) |
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Because it's there
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David Roberts |
24 Feb 2005 |
Gristmill |
| It's difficult to work up outrage these days, I know. But still. Republicans have long had a hard on for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. It's never made any sense -- the amount of oil we could get is a tiny fraction of what we need, and it's 10 years out in the future. It will do nothing to reduce energy prices or dependence on foreign oil. Now it turns out that even the oil companies themselves don't think it's worth it. A Bush ... |
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| Topics: Arctic, Arctic Refuge, energy, oil, politics (all these topics) |
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Hot wind
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David Roberts |
16 Feb 2005 |
Gristmill |
| Frequent Grist contributor Bill McKibben has a column in today's NYT saying that environmentalists should get behind wind energy. He is sympathetic to some enviros' objections and rather gentle toward them. I fully agree with McKibben, but I can't say I share his sympathy. Oil and gas exploration is ravaging the American West. The nuclear industry is resurgent. And oh yeah, the globe is frying. If environmentalists take global warming seriously, and expect others to ... |
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| Topics: Bill McKibben, Massachusetts, oil, renewable energy, wind power (all these topics) |
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Smokestack Lightening
ConocoPhillips will pay half a billion to clean up refineries |
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28 Jan 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Smokestack Lightening ConocoPhillips will pay half a billion to clean up refineries The largest refinery settlement in U.S. history was announced yesterday, as ConocoPhillips, the nation's largest oil refiner, agreed to spend more than $525 million to clean up nine refineries, a deal that will remove 47,000 tons of harmful pollutants from the air each year. This is the 13th such settlement since 1998. ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, business, energy, oil, United States (all these topics) |
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Hope Against Slope
Bush admin poised to open sensitive Alaska North Slope land to drilling |
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24 Jan 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Hope Against Slope Bush admin poised to open sensitive Alaska North Slope land to drilling The Bush administration plans to open to drilling more than 400,000 acres of Alaska's North Slope thought to be vital to migratory birds and caribou, after the Bureau of Land Management determined that drilling can be done with "minimum impact" on wildlife. Interior Secretary Gale Nort ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, Bureau of Land Management, energy, oil, oil and gas drilling (all these topics) |
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The Terminal
Enviros gear up for international battle over Siberian oil pipeline |
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21 Jan 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| The Terminal Enviros gear up for international battle over Siberian oil pipeline Russia's 2,565-mile, $15.5 billion trans-Siberian oil pipeline -- currently under construction -- is at the center of a major emerging international environmental brouhaha. At issue is the Pacific terminal site. Recently, the terminus was abruptly moved from Vostochny, Russia's main Pacific industrial port, to Perevoznaya, a pristine bay an ... |
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| Topics: energy, marine life, oil, Russia (all these topics) |
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China
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David Roberts |
20 Jan 2005 |
Gristmill |
| Here's a worthwhile David R. Francis editorial about China's growing demand for oil. It's another reminder that environmentalists who really care about the fate of the earth -- the entire earth, not just their favorite camping spot out West -- can do nothing more valuable than trying to make sure that China does not follow the same development path as the U.S. and Europe. This means lobbying the Chinese government not only to adopt aggressive conservation and renewable ... |
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| Topics: China, energy, oil (all these topics) |
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