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Oil & Gas News Archive (2015)

 

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2015-12-29

CBC News

Pet surrenders on rise as Fort McMurray's economy falls

Wallis Snowdon

2015-12-02

CBC News

Oil closes below $40 US a barrel on supply report

 

2015-10-26

ZMEScience.com

Oil execs attending secret meeting are schooled on how to handle ‘green radicals’: play dirty or lose

- Richard Berman

2015-10-14

Vice News

More People Are Blowing the Whistle on Oil Companies in Canada

Hilary Beaumont

2015-09-08

Financial Post

How Chevron’s courtroom loss in Ontario against Ecuador villagers was just the end of the beginning

Drew Hasselback

2015-08-19

Times-News (USA)

Chatham County OKs two-year fracking moratorium

Alex Dixon

- North Carolina

2015-08-11

Theguardian.com (UK)

Revealed: Canadian government spent millions on secret tar sands advocacy

Martin Lukacs

2015-08-06

Inside Climate News

Alberta Earthquakes Tied to Fracking, Not Just Wastewater Injection

Zahra Hirji

2015-08-01

National Observer

BREAKING: Harper gov’t appoints Kinder Morgan consultant to NEB

Mychaylo Prystupa

- Steven Kelly appointed to National Energy Board

2015-07-25

EcoWatch / onEarth

5 Years Since Massive Tar Sands Oil Spill, Kalamazoo River Still Not Clean

Brian Palmer

2015-07-09

Youtube / CouncilofCanadians

Whistleblower warns about Energy East (8 mins)

Council of Canadians

2015-07-18

Toronto Star

It's time to talk about the oilsands

Tzeporah Berman

2015-07-17

Globe and Mail

Earthquakes shake Alberta town’s faith in fracking

 

2015-07-04

Alberta Oil Magazine

What Does the Anti-fracking Movement Mean for Canada?

Markham Hislop

2015-07-13

Globe and Mail

Premiers set to fast-track oil pipelines while cutting regulatory red tape

Adrian Morrow

2015-07-07

Owen Sound Sun Times

Grey County takes a stand against fracking

Denis Langlois

2015-06-16

OntarioHerald.com / The Chronicle Herald

Expert: More Research Needed on Fracking’s Impact

 

2015-06-11

Envirolaw.com

Anti-fracking and Great Lakes Bills to Committee

Dianne Saxe

2015-06-11

EcoWatch / Hannah Tyler

3 Reasons Why You Should Watch This Video on Fracking

Hannah Tyler

[Intro to Fracking]

2015-06-05

Ottawa Sun

U.S. environmental report fuels fracking debate in Canada

Nicole Ireland

2015-06-05

Globe and Mail / Pressreader.com

EPA fracking report a boost to oil sector

Russell Gold Amy Harder

2015-06-04

NY Times

Fracking Has Not Had Big Effect on Water Supply, E.P.A. Says While Noting Risks

Coral Davenport

2015-05-22

Huffington Post

This Aging Oil Pipeline Is In Great Lakes' 'Worst Possible Place' For A Spill

 

2015-05-20

National Geographic

Santa Barbara Beaches Slicked With Oil After Pipeline Breach

Craig Welch

2015-05-20

CBC News

Comparing royalty rates in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Texas and North Dakota

Tracy Johnson

2015-05-14

Toronto Star

CSIS warns of ‘extremist’ opposition to oil and gas sector

Alex Boutilier

2015-05-13

Ring of Fire Radio

Offshore Drilling to Resume at Site of Deepwater Horizon Explosion

Amy Eddings

2015-05-11

Radio Iowa

Southeast Iowa landowner accuses pipeline agent of improper offer

O. Kay Henderson

“This is exactly how they do business.”

2015-05-11

National Observer

Whistleblowing Alberta oil sands doctor fired abruptly

Warren Bell

- Dr. John O’Connor

2015-05-06

EcoWatch / Cole Mellino

Yet Another Oil Bomb Train Explosion Proves New Regulations Fail to Protect Us

Cole Mellino

[new regs don’t take effect until Oct. 1st 2015]

2015-05-05

Bloomberg

New Democratic Win in Alberta Sends Energy Shares Sliding

Rebecca Penty and Robert Tuttle

2015-05-05

EcoWatch / Cole Mellino

Texas Passes Ban on Fracking Bans (Yes, You Read that Right)

Cole Mellino

2015-05-04

Care2.com

BP Refuses to Accept Care2 Petition With Over 140,000 Signatures

Chris Sosa

- Gulf Future Coalition

2015-04-30

Ontarioherald.com / Washington Times

Fracking Politics Trump Science as Oil Industry, Environmental Lobby Push Biased Views

Washington Times

2015-04-28

Globe and Mail

U.S. worried about Canada’s ability to respond to oil spills, records reveal

Stanley Tromp

2015-04-23

Arkansas Times

Blog: ExxonMobil to pay $5 million to settle claims in feds' complaint on Mayflower oil spill

Max Branley

- Mayflower

2015-04-22

Bloomberg

Wolves Shot From Choppers Shows Oil Harm Beyond Pollution

Rebecca Penty

2015-04-21

New York Times (USA)

Video:  Opinion: ‘A Danger on Rails’ (5 mins)

Jon Bowermaster

AO Rail News

2015-04-15

EcoWatch / Anastasia Pantsios

6 Arrested at BP Headquarters in Week of Action for Gulf Oil Spill Anniversary

Anastasia Pantsios

(USA)

- BP Deepwater Horizon

2015-04-15

Bloomberg

The Oil Industry’s ‘Man Camps’ Are Dying

David Wethe, Kelly Gilblom

2015-04-13

Government of Ontario

Statement by Ontario's Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry on High-Volume Hydraulic Fracturing

Bill Mauro, Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry

2015-04-07

Business Journal, Youngstown, Ohio

ODNR Orders Kleese to Shut Down 5 Injection Wells

USA

- Ohio Dept of Natural Resources (ODNR)

2015-04-07

RT.com

French media leaks ‘buried’ govt report on alternative to fracking

- fracking with non-flammable propane as an alternative to water

Short URL

2015-04-07

CBC News

Fracking criticism spreads, even in Alberta and Texas

Michelle Leslie

2015-04-06

Newsweek

In California, Farmers Rely on Oil Wastewater to Weather Drought

Zoë Schlanger

AO News – California Drought

2015-04-02

EcoWatch / Anastasia Pantsios

States Fail to Properly Manage Fracking Waste, Says Groundbreaking Report

Anastasia Pantsios

(USA)

2015-03-26

Daily Mail (UK)

Lawmakers unhappy with new fracking rules (USA)

- companies required to disclose chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing

2015-03-25

CP24.com

Ontario rejects NDP call for ban on fracking

Keith Leslie

2015-03-22

Desmogblog.com

Global Shale Fail: Oil Majors Leaving Fracking Fields Across Europe, Asia

Steve Horn

2015-03-16

EcoWatch / Lorraine Chow

First-Ever Climate Oil Index Reveals Worst Fuels for the Planet

Lorraine Chow

2015-03-11

CTV News

Newsclip - Employees laid off at remote camp (3 mins)

- subcontractors in limbo

- Pacer Promec Energy in receivership

2015-02-24

Global News

Natural gas blast destroys home, injures 15 in New Jersey

 

2015-02-23

Ring of Fire Radio

Another Harvard prostitute pimps for climate deniers; makes a million

 

2015-02-16

EcoWatch / Climate News Network

Gas Burned Off at Oil Production Sites Is Equivalent to Emissions From 70 Million Cars

 

2015-02-17

Globe and Mail

‘Anti-petroleum’ movement a growing security threat to Canada, RCMP say

Shawn McCarthy

- Bill C-51

2015-02-16

ThinkProgress.org

West Virginia In State of Emergency After Massive Oil Train Explosion

Emily Atkin

2015-02-15

Bloomberg

Canadian National’s Main Line Shuts After Crude Cars Derail

Robert Tuttle and Jessica Summers

- near Gogama, ON

2015-02-09

Ring of Fire Radio

Another 1,400 Oil Workers Join Nationwide Strike, Cite Unfair and Unsafe Labor Practices

 

2015-02-05

Ring of Fire Radio

10 Million Gallons of BP Oil Continues to Decimate America’s Gulf Coast

 

2015-02-04

Business Insider

Scientists have found a 10 million gallon 'bath mat' of oil on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico

Andy Tully

2015-02-02

Times Colonist

'Sold a bill of goods:' critics decry delayed Ottawa report on bitumen toxicity

Bob Weber, The Canadian Press

2015-02-01

Globe and Mail

Railways reduce shipping load on drop in oil prices

Eric Atkins & Jeffrey Jones

AO Rail News

2015-01-27

Baltimore Sun (USA)

LTE: No known regulations or “best practices” make fracking safe

Paul Roberts, Annie Bristow

2015-01-20

Ring of Fire Radio

Pipeline Spills More than 40,000 Gallons of Crude Oil into Yellowstone River, Possibly Contaminating Water Supply

Amy Eddings

 

AO News - Oil & Gas Spills/Explosions

2015-01-16

NY Times

Opinion:  The Other Pipeline You Should Worry About

Dan Kaufman

2015-01-16

RT.com

Ex-Mobil VP: Fracking companies push people out of homes (and then buy their silence) (30 mins)

Sophie Shevarnadze w/Lou Allstadt

2015-01-14

Global News

Extremists head to Fort McMurray to make money quickly: police chief (4 mins)

Emily Mertz

2015-01-12

CBC News

NAFTA scrutiny of oilsands tailings ponds opposed by Canada

Margo McDiarmid

2015-01-08

Aljazeera America

Oil industry accidents put North Dakota hospital $1.5 million in debt

The Fault Lines Digital Team

2015-01-08

Ecojustice

Charge laid against Shell Canada for refinery spill in “Chemical Valley”

Ian Miron and Dr. Elaine MacDonald

2015-01-07

RT.com

$200 bn in debt looms over American oil and gas

 

 

 

 

 

"The facts are we will not go ahead with any project unless it's safe for Canadians and safe for the environment." Joe Oliver, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources (article)

 

 


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