Crude oil spill off Newfoundland coast deemed impossible to clean up
The SeaRose FPSO — a floating production, storage and offloading vessel in the White Rose oil and gas field near...
Energy company ditches plan to install a possible tar sands oil facility in New York
Environmentalists celebrated a victory in New York state after an energy company tossed out a 5-year-old plan to...
BP oil and gas spill near the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge under control
A BP oil and gas well in Alaska blew out late last week, uncontrollably spilling crude oil and gas just around...
700 barrels of crude oil spill in California as pipeline breaks
An oil pipeline just began to leak in Ventura, California. Early Thursday morning, firefighters rushed to the scene...
Worldwide fossil fuel consumption set a new record in 2015
Two global energy records were broken in 2015. On one hand, the amount of renewable energy produced worldwide has...
First Nation builds spirited solar project in the heart of Canada’s oil sands
Studies have linked oil production from Alberta’s tar sands to devastating impacts on both the environment and...
Obama vetoes Keystone XL bill, but the fight continues
President Obama has today—as expected—quietly vetoed a bill that sought to approve construction of the controversial...
Keystone XL to emit 1.37 billion tons of greenhouse gases, EPA finds
If President Obama was looking for any additional reasons to veto the senate's recent vote in favor of Keystone...
Saudi Arabia is Investing Heavily in Solar Power; Is This the End for Big Oil?
When the country with the largest oil reserves in the world decides to start investing in renewable energy, it...
BP Attempts to Shrink Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Estimate, Reduce Fines
The BP Deepwater Horizon trial has been pottering on in the New Orleans Federal Court since February, and as it...
Exxon Mobil Pipeline Leaks 80,000 Gallons of Crude Oil in Rural Louisiana
Oil Pipeline Image from Shutterstock An Exxon Mobil pipeline serving the nation's third-largest refinery 'failed'...
