Oil – Page 25 – People's World

Climate contradictions: Obama approves Arctic drilling, plans visit to Alaska

August 18, 2015 By Blake Skylar

The move is especially bewildering for many, as the president has declared Alaska to be "the frontlines of our fight against climate change."

Florida’s wildlife and environment endangered by the governor

August 3, 2015 By Joshua Leclair

Since his first year as governor, Republican Rick Scott's environmental track record has been a natural disaster.

Chevron’s oil on troubled waters

July 30, 2015 By Rev. Jim Conn

Even amidst this drought, mega-corporation Chevron sells 21 million gallons of treated polluted water a day.

Environmentalists, railroad workers protest oil trains

July 15, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

Environmentalists and rank-and-file railroad workers took to the streets protesting continued transportation of oil trains.

Will damaged vessel put the freeze on Shell’s Arctic drilling?

July 14, 2015 By Blake Skylar

This incident offers further vindication for what environmentalists have been saying all along: that accidents are unavoidable in this ecologically sensitive region.