Blog Profile / DeSmogBlog
| URL : | http://www.desmogblog.com/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Issues & Causes / Climate Change | |
| Posts on Regator: | 2379 | |
| Posts / Week: | 9.9 | |
| Archived Since: | November 10, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Koch & Exxon-funded Willie Soon Challenged by Students at Climate Denial Event
Crossposted from PolluterWatch.
Rarely do we meet those who have made careers selling us lies. Consider the oddball doctors who took tobacco money to deny a link between cigarette smoking and cancer, or the handful of scientists whoShow More Summary
Ties That Bind: Ernest Moniz, Keystone XL Contractor, American Petroleum Institute and Fracked Gas Exports
Congress will review the Obama Administration's nomination of Ernest Moniz for Secretary of the Department of Energy (DOE) in hearings that start today, April 9.
Moniz has come under fire for his outspoken support of nuclear power, hydraulic...Show More Summary
PHOTOS: Mayflower, Arkansas Residents Launch Class Action Lawsuit After Exxon Tar Sands Disaster
Residents of Mayflower, Arkansas, are suing ExxonMobil for damages in a class action lawsuit that is seeking more than $5 million in compensation for property damage.
"This Arkansas class action lawsuit involves the worst crude oil and tar sands spill in Arkansas history," the lawsuit reads. Show More Summary
As Their Oil Floods Arkansas Neighborhoods, Exxon Wins National Safety Award
Isn't this the definition of irony? The National Safety Council (NSC) honored Exxon Mobil with an award for “ comprehensive commitment to safety excellence ” at the same time that Exxon's Pegasus pipeline spewed an estimated 84,000Show More Summary
Shell Pipeline Spill Is Fourth Disaster In Bad Week for Keystone XL Promoters
Last Friday, as national attention turned to the massive Exxon Pegasus tar sands pipeline spill in Mayflower, Arkansas, another oil spill was occurring near Houston, Texas. Operators of a Royal Dutch Shell subsidiary's West ColumbiaShow More Summary
Average 250 Pipeline Accidents Each Year, Billions Spent on Property Damage
If only this were milk there would be no need to cry. Cleanup efforts are currently underway in three separate oil spills that have occurred in the last ten days. On March 27th, a train carrying Canadian tar sands dilbit jumped the rails...Show More Summary
Colbert Report on the Exxon Pegasus Tar Sands Oil Spill
A quick break for some Friday afternoon comic relief. As only Colbert can, he highlights the absurdity and somehow culls the funny out of a freaking oil spill. And he hits the most important points, too: the Pegasus-Keystone XL comparisons...Show More Summary
Greenwashing the Tar Sands, Part 2: Do As I Say, Not As I Do
Last week, I wrote a short history of the greenwashing campaign being waged by tar sands promoters, including (and especially) the Canadian and Alberta governments. It’s clear that as the battle over the future of tar sands development...Show More Summary
Whistleblower Claims Austalian Govt Censored Environment Concerns Prior To Approving Mega Gas Projects
A WHISTLEBLOWER has claimed approvals for two multi-billion dollar gas export projects in Australia were waved through government despite warnings that key information on a range of environmental impacts were either missing or inadequate.
Environment...Show More Summary
Climate Science Denier James Delingpole Calls For "Alarmists" To Face Court With Death Penalty Powers
I IMAGINE only a small percentage of people reading this have had any journalism training, but don't let that stop you from pondering the following ethical question.
If you read a newspaper story that included a direct quote from someone...Show More Summary
Alberta Govt Hires Bipartisan Team of Lobbyists to Woo Washington on Risky KXL Tar Sands Pipeline
The Alberta government has hired a team of "foreign special interest groups" to lobby the U.S. Congress and the White House in a desperate attempt to garner support for the risky Keystone XL pipeline that would carry (and certainly spill) tar sands crude t hrough the heartland of America to the Gulf Coast and on to export markets overseas. Show More Summary
Tar Sands Tax Loophole Cost US Oil Spill Fund $48 Million in 2012, Will Cost $400 Million by 2017
A tax loophole exempting tar sands pipeline operators from paying an eight-cent tax per barrel of oil they transport in the US is costing the federal Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund millions of dollars every year. With expected increases...Show More Summary
Exxon's Unfriendly Skies: Why Does Exxon Control the No-Fly Zone Over Arkansas Tar Sands Spill?
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has had a "no fly zone" in place in Mayflower, Arkansas since April 1 at 2:12 PM and will be in place "until further notice," according to the FAA website and it's being overseen by ExxonMobil itself. Show More Summary
Can We Trust Exxon To Pay for Pegasus Tar Sands Spill Cleanup? Their History Suggests Otherwise
ExxonMobil is getting defensive about its response plans for the tar sands pipeline spill in Arkansas. The company took to Twitter this afternoon to respond to what it called “allegations” that Exxon isn't liable for the full costs of cleaning up their tar sands crude spill in Mayflower, Arkansas. Show More Summary
State Dept. Keystone XL Contractor ERM Also Green-Lighted Explosive, Faulty Peruvian Pipeline Project
Environmental Resources Management (ERM), the State Department consulting firm that claims TransCanada's proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline proposal is safe and sound, previously provided a similarly rosy approval for the expansion of a Peruvian natural gas project that has since racked up a disastrous track record.
On March 1, the U.S. Show More Summary
Because 'Bitumen is not Oil,' Pipelines Carrying Tar Sands Crude Don't Pay into US Oil Spill Fund
As Think Progress has just reported, a bizarre technicality allowed Exxon Mobil to avoid paying into the federal oil spill fund responsible for cleanup after the company's Pegasus pipeline released 12,000 barrels of tar sands oil and...Show More Summary
Everything You Need to Know About the Exxon Pegasus Tar Sands Spill
In Greek legend, everytime the winged horse Pegasus struck his hoof to the Earth, an " inspiring spring burst forth." Unfortunately for residents in Mayflower, Arkansas, when the Pegasus pipeline ruptured, the only thing bursting forth...Show More Summary
Utah's Students Forced to Push Fossil Fuel Propaganda for Earth Day
Last week, Huffington Post reported a story about the Utah Division of Oil, Gas & Mining’s ridiculous Earth Day Poster Contest. You know, the one where elementary school students were invited to submit posters around the theme, “ Where...Show More Summary
Oil On The Tracks: Canadian Pacific Rail Spills 30,000 Gallons of Crude in Minnesota
Who ever saw this coming ? Yesterday, a Canadian Pacific train carrying crude oil jumped the tracks in Parkers Prarie, Minnesota and immediately spilled 20,000 to 30,000 gallons of crude onto the snowy, frozen fields.
Fourteen cars of...Show More Summary
More Financial Worries Coming to Light in Domestic Shale Drilling Industry
Virtually anyone who has followed the onshore drilling bonanza knows the name Aubrey McClendon and the company he co-founded, Chesapeake Energy.
McClendon was the hard-driving CEO and chairman of one of America’s most aggressive drilling...Show More Summary