Mexico Is Letting an Oil Company Destroy Protected Mangroves for an $8 Billion Oil Refinery
Jordan Davidson – Mexico’s president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador ordered state-owned oil company, Pemex, to build an $8 billion oil refinery.
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Mysterious Ongoing Oil Spill is Already Brazil’s Worst on Record
Alex Pietrowski – No one knows where it is coming from or how to stop it.
Trump Admits U.S. Troops Are Staying in Syria to “Keep the Oil”
Caitlin Johnstone – Trump administration has openly admitted that it is keeping US troops in Syria to control the nation’s oil fields.
The 14-Year-Long Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico No One is Talking About
Amanda Froelich – It now verges on becoming one of the worst offshore disasters in U.S. history.
Big Oil Is Covering Up these 5 Health Dangers of Fracking
Sofia Adamson – Despite these well-established dangers of fracking wastewater, there are very few regulations in place to protect the public.
Hidden American History, Delusional Leaders and the Kali Yuga
V. Susan Ferguson – True believers are truly dangerous…
“There Could Be Trouble” As US Fracking Revolution Prepares to Go Global
Justin Mikulka – The U.S. is overtaking Russia as the leading producer of oil and gas in the world. The fracking revolution in the U.S. is for real, or as BP’s chief economist put it, “profound.”
Why Coconut Oil Is Better Than the Other Vegetable Oils in Your Pantry
Elaine Rosales, Guest Waking Times Many people think that cooking oils like corn, soy, safflower, sunflower and canola are good for their health just because they’re made from vegetables or plants. But nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, these oils are probably the worst oils you can use for cooking. One reason …
Is Houston, Texas a Tar Sands “Sacrifice Zone”?
Caroline Selle, DeSmogBlog Waking Times Much of the debate around the Keystone XL pipeline has focused on the dangers of extracting and transporting the tar sands. Left out, however, are those in the United States who are guaranteed to feel the impacts of increased tar sands usage. Spill or no spill, anyone living near a tar …
10 Reasons Canada Needs to Rethink the Tar Sands
Kevin Grandia, DeSmogBlog Waking Times As a Canadian it blows my mind that we can have the second largest deposits of oil in the world, but our government remains billions in debt and one in seven Canadian children live in poverty. I feel like we are being played for fools here in Canada, because foreign owned …
Peru Finally Declares State of Emergency Over Oil Contamination of the Amazon
Jeremy Hance, Mongabay Waking Times The Peruvian government has declared an environmental state of emergency after finding elevated levels of lead, barium, and chromium in the Pastaza River in the Amazon jungle, reports the Associated Press. Indigenous peoples in the area have been complaining for decades of widespread contamination from oil drilling, but this is the …
Oil Extraction: How Oil Production Impacts the Rainforest
Rhett Butler, Mongabay Waking Times The extraction of oil is responsible for the deforestation, degradation, and environmental devastation of lands across the globe. The oil extraction process results in the release of toxic drilling by-products into local rivers, while broken pipelines and leakage result in persistent oil spillage. In addition, the construction of roads for …
Everything Petroleum Does, Hemp Does Better
Becca Wolford, Contributing Writer Waking Times We are in an economic crisis. But don’t panic, there are always good things that come out of crises. It’s all a matter of being aware, being ready, and being educated. Our economy, put simply, really sucks right now. But the United States is not alone. Other countries are …
Toxic Tar Sands: Scientists Document Spread of Pollution, Water Contamination, Effects on Fish
Carol Linnitt, DeSmogBlog Waking Times Today federal scientists from Environment Canada presented research at an international toxicology conference in the U.S. that indicates contaminants from the Alberta tar sands are polluting the landscape on a scale much larger than previously thought. A team lead by federal scientist Jane Kirk discovered contaminants in lakes as far as 100 kilometers …
The Internet Told Me To Wake Up
Contributing Writer Waking Times I’ve had people ask me why I think a revolution or evolution of human consciousness would happen now. Why are we so special? People have been predicting “big things” throughout time and most of them don’t turn out to be true. I think the answer to that has a lot of …
Unethical Oil: Why Is Canada Killing Wolves and Muzzling Scientists To Protect Tar Sands Interests? (Video)
Carol Linnitt Desmog Blog In the latest and perhaps most astonishing display of the tar sands industry’s attacks on science and our democracy, the government of Alberta has made plans to initiate a large-scale wolf slaughter to provide cover for the destruction wrought by the industrialization of the boreal forest ecosystem. In the coming years, an …
Oil Exploration Plans Suspended at Blackfeet Indian Reservation
“Growing up in a traditional setting, preserving our culture is important to me,” Falcon said. “I figured if I got the word out I could help stop it, but I knew I had to act fast.”
Lakota Women Lead Victory Over Keystone Pipeline Trespassers (Video)
Lakota families refuse to allow passage of a convoy of trucks and equipment servicing the Keystone XL Pipeline. Blocking the highway with non-violent resistance, the determination of the Lakota in rejecting the convoy can be viewed as inspiration to all who oppose the destruction of our environment to temporarily meet energy demands. A temporary victory for sure, but an opportunity to revisit the idea of non-violent resistance and an opportunity to celebrate.