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Rightwing Lobby Group ALEC Driving Laws to Blacklist Companies That Boycott the Oil Industry
By Chris McGreal, the Guardian. This article by the Guardian is republished here as part of the global journalism collaboration Covering Climate Now, a...
Gas-Backed Front Group Spreads Misinformation About Costs of Electrification
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Pipeline Politics Hits Multipolar Realities: Nord Stream 2 and the Ukraine Crisis
By John Foster, CounterPunch. Originally published on CounterPunch.
Amid escalating tensions between the United States/NATO and Russia, all eyes are on Ukraine, but Nord Stream...
Footage of Offshore Oil Accident Highlights Risks of Deepwater Drilling
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Total’s East African Crude Oil Pipeline ‘Struggling’ To Find Financiers, Say Campaigners
Total’s “incredibly risky” crude oil pipeline may still lack the financial backing it requires, campaigners have claimed, as the controversial project moved one step...
An FTI Consulting Presentation Pulls Back the Veil on Fossil Fuel PR
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Pipeline Safety Advocates Say Government ‘Has Failed’ the Public in the Wake of a...
A nonprofit advocacy group focused on improving oil and gas pipeline safety is raising concerns about public accountability and transparency in the wake of...
How the PR Industry Has Helped Big Oil Transform the Way We Think About...
Editor’s Note: This is the first article in a new column, Gaslit, which will navigate society’s dysfunctional relationship with fossil fuel disinformation. Have a...
Protests Erupt in Argentina Over Plan for Offshore Oil Drilling
On January 4, thousands of people took to the streets of Mar del Plata, a coastal city roughly 250 miles south of Buenos Aires,...
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