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13 Years Is Too Long for Victims of Shell’s Oil Spills to Wait for Justice

13 Years Is Too Long for Victims of Shell’s Oil Spills to Wait for Justice This case has beaten a path through the undergrowth for victims of corporate crimes. Now we need strong laws to make this avenue easier to access. Donald Pols (R), director of Dutch environmental organization Milieudefensie, and Channa Samkalden (L), lawyer […]

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Risky Shale Oil-by-Rail Expands Despite Lack of Spill Response Preparedness

Risky Shale Oil-by-Rail Expands Despite Lack of Spill Response Preparedness The worst onshore oil spill in United States history was the Kalamazoo River tar sands pipeline spill in 2010 with estimates of one million gallons of oil spilled. In comparison, the oil-by-rail accident in Lac-Megantic, Quebec was 50% bigger. With the oil-by-rail industry proposing large expansions to West […]

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Why U.S. East Coast Should Stay Off-Limits to Oil Drilling

Why U.S. East Coast Should Stay Off-Limits to Oil Drilling It’s not just the potential for a catastrophic spill that makes President Obama’s proposal to open Atlantic Ocean waters to oil exploration such a bad idea. What’s worse is the cumulative impact on coastal ecosystems that an active oil industry would bring. by carl safina When […]

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Here’s Why Keystone XL Is the Wrong Choice for Our Nation

Here’s Why Keystone XL Is the Wrong Choice for Our Nation The new Republican majority in Congress wants to force approval of the Keystone XL pipeline for dirty tar sands oil. President Obama announced he will veto bills that bypass the official review of Keystone XL. There are plenty of reasons to block these bills […]

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