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Ecuador Amazon Tribe Win First Victory Against Oil Companies

Matias Prieto — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 20:41:58 +0000

Ecuador’s Waorani indigenous tribe won their first victory against big oil companies in a ruling that blocks the companies’ entry onto ancestral Amazonian lands for oil exploration activities. After two weeks of deliberations, a criminal court in Puyo, central Ecuador, accepted a Waorani bid for court protection in Pastaza province to stop an oil bidding process after […]

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Big Oil Companies Pledge to Slash Potent Methane Emissions

Matthew Fiala — Thu, 27 Sep 2018 18:45:45 +0000

On Monday, a group of oil and gas companies pledged to slash emissions of methane emissions to a fifth by 2025 to battle climate change. Methane is roughly 30 times more potent than carbon dioxide as a heat-trapping gas. The Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI), which the United State’s Exxon Mobil and Chevron joined […]

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UK Renewable Energy Companies Given Less Access to Government

Annika Tostengard — Fri, 27 Nov 2015 17:57:22 +0000

The UK government prioritizes relationships with fossil fuel companies, rather than those that generate renewable energy, according to a new analysis by The Guardian. Ministers have held 112 meetings with executives from Shell while BP has enjoyed 79 meetings with government officials. While there were a total of 119 with renewable energy executives, they were split […]

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Big Oil and Gas Companies Will be Struggling in Years to Come

Annika Tostengard — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 05:38:10 +0000

As oil prices drop, the biggest oil and gas companies may be the ones that suffer the most. While smaller companies may find it easier to start and stop work as the market fluctuates, the largest companies will likely have a difficulty adjusting. In addition, companies are also cutting their exploration budgets, which will significantly […]

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Oil Companies May Shift from Recycled Water to Saltwater

Janina Lazo-Cruz — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:49:21 +0000

Concerns on too much of water consumption during hydraulic fracturing have been pushing oil companies in recycling water, which in turn costs them much time and expenses. Fortunately, an alternative has been developed to use salt water instead. A drilling project already consumes 6 million gallons of drinkable water that are just disposed into underground […]

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Who Killed The Electric Car? (full movie)

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:05:24 +0000

The EV1 has been a dream that ended up quickly and painfully for everyone to forget it. Although it's an oldie, this movie shows the facts that stood behind the decision of not only shutting down the EV1 production line, but also destroying all of them altogether.

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