The Stench of Money: Canada’s Environment Succumbs to Oil Sands
Canada is home to the world’s third largest oil reserves. But extracting the black gold is difficult, and threatens to destroy both the surrounding environment and …
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Oil sands activist Melina Laboucan-Massimo: ‘What you do to the land you do to yourself’
Melina Laboucan-Massimo, Climate campaigner with Greenpeace Canada and member of the Cree First Nation, on oil sands operations in northern Alberta, threats to her homeland, …
Oil Disaster in the Gulf Coast: ‘I Have to Keep My Good Spirits’
For as long as he can remember Floyd Lasseigne has been a fisherman on Grand Isle, off the coast of Louisiana. Now he has to …
BP’s Oil Disaster: The Dangers and Difficulties of ‘Bottom Kill’
SPIEGEL-Online International: BP has only one arrow left in its quiver, a method known as ‘bottom kill.’ The idea is for relief wells to stop …
Hidden Menace in the Gulf of Mexico: Oil Spill’s Real Threat Lies Beneath the Surface
The Gulf of Mexico spill is vastly larger than the Exxon Valdez accident in 1989, but where is all the oil? While efforts to protect …
The Risky Hunt for the Last Oil Reserves: Does Deep Sea Drilling Have a Future?
The oil catastrophe afflicting the Gulf of Mexico underscores just how dangerous offshore oil exploration can be. Oil companies are seeking to extract the planet’s …
Deep Trouble in the Gulf of Mexico: ‘A Disaster of Epic Proportions’
The oil spill from the sunken Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico could turn into the biggest environmental catastrophe in US history. It …