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The 6 Crucial Errors that Lead to the BP Spill
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It's beyond well-known by now that crucial mistakes and shoddy cost-cutting measures were instrumental in bringing about the tragedy at the Deepwater Horizon dril
Exploiting Utah's Oil Shale Deposits is Fossil Foolishness (Video)
Can You Really Boycott Fuel Produced From Canadian Tar Sands?
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With all the increased attention Canada's tar sands projects have been getting--both in terms of environmental impact and distributing them through pipeline into the United States--it's not surprising that many people are calling for a boycott on oil and fuel produced from tar sands.
Canadian Tar Sands Industry & Government Maintains Higher Water Toxicity Near Projects is Natural
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The Canadian tar sands industry-government group Regional Aquatics Monitoring Program doesn't much like a recent report in the Proceedin
Tar Sands Projects Responsible for Water Pollution in Alberta's Rivers - Despite Industry Claims to Contrary
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Contradicting previous industry- and government-backed studies about the source of pollution occurring downstream from Alberta tar sands projects, a new study in the Proceedings of
Gulf Oil Plume Gone, Eaten By Newly Discovered Microbes
Analysis by Berkeley Lab revealed the dominant microbe in the dispersed Gulf of Mexico oil plume was a new species, closely related to members of Oceanospirillalesfamily.
Peak Oil Alarm Raised By Secret Government Talks
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Could government finally be waking up to the threat of peak oil? When a government minister attended a peak oil conference as a "keynote listener", I perhaps unkindly cited it as evidence that miracles do happen.
Peak Helium: Get Ready For The $100 Party Balloon
Richard Heinberg is going to have to write a volume two for his book Peak Everything, because things keep getting added to the list that ranges now from petroleum to rock music t
How Should We Really Measure Green Building?
"One of the greenest homes ever built"
Katherine Salant writes in the Washington Post:
Can a big house be green?
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