The British oil trading giant, Trafigura – the world’s third largest trader – has agreed to pay an unprecedented multimillion-pound payout to reach a “global … Justice for 30,000 Trafigura VictimsRead more
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Posted inArctic / Oil
Arctic Oil Rush Begins
The oil majors are running out of places to find oil. That’s why countries with huge reserves such as Iraq and Libya are seen as … Arctic Oil Rush BeginsRead more
Posted inHuman right / Oil
Burma’s $5 Billion Blood Money
A major two- year investigation by EarthRights International has found further, compelling evidence linking oil giants Total and Chevron to forced labour, killings, and high-level … Burma’s $5 Billion Blood MoneyRead more
Posted inHuman right / Oil
Shell pays out $15.5m for the killing
The oil giant Shell has agreed to pay $15.5m (£9.7m) in settlement of a legal action in which it was accused of having collaborated in … Shell pays out $15.5m for the killingRead more
Posted inClimate Disaster / Oil
ExxonMobil continuing to fund climate sceptic groups
The world’s largest oil company is continuing to fund lobby groups that question the reality of global warming, despite a public pledge to cut support … ExxonMobil continuing to fund climate sceptic groupsRead more
Posted inOil / Social
Shell Guilty
After legal battles lasting nearly fourteen years, oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has been forced to pay a $15.5 million out-of-court settlement. Plaintiffs from the … Shell GuiltyRead more
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Carbon intensity of Shell
a ground-breaking study by Oil Change and other NGO’s calculated that Shell was the world’s most carbon intensive oil company, per barrel of oil equivalent … Carbon intensity of ShellRead more
Posted inAutomobiles / Climate Disaster / Economics / Global Warming / Oil
Hidden truth
For more than a decade the Global Climate Coalition, a group representing industries with profits tied to fossil fuels, led an aggressive lobbying and public … Hidden truthRead more
Posted inFisheries / Oil / Spill
Oil Spill Surface Cleanup
Birds are the most high-profile victims of oceanic oil spills, but fish suffer from these messy accidents, too. Even worse, a new study suggests, the … Oil Spill Surface CleanupRead more
Posted inOil / Pollution
Cleaning oil spills also harmful
A new Queen’s University study shows that detergents used to clean up spills of diesel oil actually increase its toxicity to fish, making it more … Cleaning oil spills also harmfulRead more