The 20th century was the century of oil. From farm to fork, factory to freeway, there is no aspect of our modern life that has not been shaped by the oil industry. But as the “post-carbon” era of the 21st century comes into view, there are those who see this as the end of the Read More…
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A Case Study In How Chevron Ravaged The Amazon With Little To No Repercussions
Many people have heard stories about big oil companies exploiting the environment for profit; but how many people have actually dived deeper into the cases to see just how far these companies will go in order to prop up their share price? Even for those independent researchers who have become immune over the years after been exposed Read More…
Repeat Oil Spills Turning Peruvian Amazon into ‘Sacrifice Zone’ for Big Oil
‘The situation is criminal’ Less than six months after two horrific oil spills in the Peruvian Amazon devastated Indigenous communities and the local ecosystem, yet another spill in the region has been reported. On Friday afternoon, a leak was discovered in the Nothern Peruvian Pipeline—the same pipeline responsible for the earlier spills—that eventually coated over Read More…
Wikileaks Documents Show NSA Spied on World Leaders on Behalf of Big Oil
According to documents published by WikiLeaks this week, the NSA spied on multiple world leaders on behalf of oil companies. The documents revealed that the NSA spied on the private meetings of world leaders such as UN chief Ban Ki-Moon, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and other European politicians. The discussion between Ban Ki-Moon and Merkel Read More…