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Workers Battle ExxonMobil Over Safety at Baton Rouge Refinery

Roger Bybee, In These Times. May 13, 2012.

Oil giant ExxonMobil is refusing to implement safety protections for the workers at its Louisiana refinery.

6 Global Conflicts That Have Flared Up Over Oil and Gas

Michael T. Klare, TomDispatch.com. May 10, 2012.

Consider these flash-points as signals that we are entering an era of intensified conflict over energy.

Vermont Will Be First U.S. State to Ban Fracking

Environment News ServiceMay 9, 2012.

The current fracking-enabled natural gas boom across the United States has poisoned drinking water, polluted air and sickened people living near gas wells.

Silencing Communities: How the Fracking Industry Keeps Its Secrets

Mike Ludwig, TruthOut.org. May 8, 2012.

Many homeowners unknowingly sign nondisclosure agreements that prevent researchers from gathering data on the health and environmental impacts of fracking.

US Regulators Propose Companies Disclose Fracking Contaminants After Drilling

AFPMay 7, 2012.

The new rule would cover about 756 million acres of public and Indian land.

Why are Oil Refinery Workers Being Forced to Pay for a Deadly Explosion?

Patrick Young, Labor Notes. May 7, 2012.

It’s still too early to tell whether Tesoro’s demands will force a strike, but one thing is clear: USW members at Tesoro aren’t willing to pay for management’s mistakes.

How Wall Street Drives Up Gas Prices -- Ripping Us Off and Killing Jobs

Les Leopold, AlterNet. May 3, 2012.

Next time you fill up your tank, remember that $10 to $25 is going right from your pocket to the financial sector.

Pivotal Figure in Fracking Debate Tumbles from Summit of His Own Ambition

Stefanie Penn Spear, EcoWatch. May 2, 2012.

Aubrey McClendon has been taking out personal loans to finance stakes in Chesapeake Energy's wells, and using those same stakes as collateral for additional loans.

Drinking Water Under Threat: New Study Predicts Frack Fluids Can Migrate to Aquifers Within Years

Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica. May 2, 2012.

But the study concluded that natural faults and fractures in the Marcellus, exacerbated by the effects of fracking itself, could allow chemicals to reach the surface.

Independent Test Results Show Fracking Flowback Emissions Are Dangerous Toxic Chemicals

EarthworksApril 28, 2012.

A Texas town is ignoring its own test results to allow fracking to continue in violation of city ordinances and to the endangerment of local residents.

Gulf Coast Waters Closed to Shrimping

Joieau, Daily Kos. April 27, 2012.

State officials in Alabama have taken action, and other states need to take action to keep dangerous seafood from the Gulf off the dinner tables of Americans.

Are Ghana's Oil Deposits Only for the 1 Percent?

Kwei Quartey, Foreign Policy in Focus. April 25, 2012.

The initial euphoria over the discovery of petroleum in Ghana has clearly waned, giving way to widespread skepticism.

Argentina's Oil Grab is Timely Retort to Rampaging Capitalism

Will Hutton, The Guardian. April 22, 2012.

Cristina Fernández's actions, however clumsy, are part of a worldwide reaction to exploitation by business and the rich.

Billions in Fines Don't Matter -- Here's How BP Should Be Punished for the Gulf Disaster

Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica. April 20, 2012.

What is missing is a criminal prosecution that holds responsible the individuals who gambled with the lives of BP's contractors and the ecosystem of the Gulf of Mexico.

Shocking Conflict of Interest: Private Water Companies Partner With Fracking Lobby

Sarah Pavlus, American Independent News Network. April 19, 2012.

Selling water to drillers, two of the nation's biggest private water utilities may soon profit from treating the wastewater.

EPA's First Fracking Rules Seen as Limited and Delayed

Lena Groeger, ProPublica. April 19, 2012.

"It sets a floor for what the industry needs to do," said attorney Erik Schlenker-Goodrich of the Western Environmental Law Center. "The reality is we can do far better."

Eyeless Shrimp and Fish With Tumors: The Horrific Consequences of BP's Spill

Lisa Kaas Boyle, AlterNet. April 18, 2012.

Despite mounting environmental and health consequences, not to mention the death of 11 workers, no executives have received jail time.

The Human Cancer Risks Posed by Extreme Fossil Fuel Extraction

Sandra Steingraber, AlterNet. April 17, 2012.

We cancer survivors, who know something about the fragility of life, hereby declare that the exchange of life-giving water for death-dealing fossil fuel is unacceptable.

6 Scary Extreme Energy Sources Being Tapped to Fuel the Post Peak Oil Economy

Michael I. Niman, Artvoice. April 15, 2012.

Think of this as taking fracking to the next level so that we can continue to speed along on our highway to hell -- peak oil, and the earth, be damned.

Obama's Biggest Environmental 'Victory' Was Really a Big Win for Gas Drillers

Joshua Frank, AlterNet. April 9, 2012.

While new regulations on power plants are a hit to Big Coal, they are a boon to the gas industry.

Frackers Outbid Farmers For Water in Colorado Drought

Rebecca Leber, ThinkProgress. April 6, 2012.

Colorado's hydrofracking boom — a technology that heavily relies on water — only adds additional strain as farmers and drillers bid for a scarce resource.

Unregulated Fracking for Decades? Why California May Be a Disaster Waiting to Happen

Scott Thill, AlterNet. April 5, 2012.

It appears fracking has gone virtually unregulated in California for decades and now lawmakers are pushing back with legislation to expose the truth.

Gulf of Mexico Dolphins Sick, Dying After BP Oil Spill

Environment News ServiceApril 3, 2012.

The dolphins could have ingested oil from sediments or water while feeding or by eating whole fish, which can harbor toxic chemicals.

Energy: Too Important to Leave to Corporations

William Collins, Other Words. April 2, 2012.

In the United States, profits rule while the environment takes a back seat.

How the Big Energy Companies Plan to Turn the United States into a Third-World Petro-State

Michael T. Klare, AlterNet. April 1, 2012.

Will North America become not just the next boom continent for energy bonanzas, but a new energy Third World?

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