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'Incredibly Reckless': Trump Moves to Expand Fossil Fuel Drilling in Alaska's Western Arctic Region
Caribou in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
Groups Denounce Gutting of Environmental Rules 'When Trump Thinks No One is Paying Attention'
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
Order denounced as "latest in string of outlandish authoritarian acts" from the U.S. president.
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Iran Warns US Not to Interfere with Venezuelan Oil Flotilla
Common Dreams staff
An Iranian oil tanker.
“We hope the Americans will not make a mistake.”
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'A Complete Waste of Money': Fossil Fuel Industry Takes At Least $50 Million in Covid Aid Despite Financial Struggles Long Before Outbreak
Julia Conley, staff writer
"W e need to be getting checks directly to workers, including in the fossil...
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As Oil Prices Fall Below $0 Per Barrel, Climate Advocates Urge Against Fossil Fuel Industry Bailout
Syrian soldiers are seen deploying in an oil-rich area in the countryside of Qamishli, northeastern Hasakah province, Syria, on Nov. 5, 2019.
Pentagon Claims US Authority to Shoot Any Syrian Govt Official Who Tries to Take Control of Syrian Oil
Trump's Stated Plan to Loot Syria's Oil Reserves 'Would Be a War Crime,' Critics Say
Abrams tanks
'New War for Oil?': Pentagon Chief Confirms US to 'Strengthen' Military Presence Near Syria Oil Fields
Then-Interior Department assistant secretary Joe Balash signs directives June 26 in Anchorage revoking decades-old federal public land orders, in the process making more than 1.3 million acres overseen by the Bureau of Land Management eligible for conveyance to the state, Alaska Native corporations, and other uses.
'Just Another Day in the Kleptocracy': Trump Interior Dept. Official Heads to Fossil Fuel Extraction Company in Apparent Sequel to Alaska Plunder Push
An oil well in the Permian Basin in Midland, Texas on May 3, 2018. (Photo: Benjamin Lowy/Getty Images)
US Set to Blow Other Countries Away With 'Staggering' Scale of New Oil and Gas Production
Greenpeace Campaigners Stop BP Rig Bound for North Sea, Stalling Fossil Fuel Giant's Plan to Extract 30 Million Barrels of Oil
Plastic production and disposal is responsible for high greenhouse gas emissions, warns a new report.
"Alarming" Report Details Emissions Danger of Plastics Production and Disposal—And It's Set to Get Worse
A fire burns at the KMCO chemical plant in Crosby, Texas, on April 2.
Third Houston Area Chemical Fire in Under Three Weeks Prompts Calls for Action From Progressives, Environmental Groups
A plume of smoke rises from a petrochemical fire at the Intercontinental Terminals Company Monday, March 18, 2019, in Deer Park, Texas.
After Earlier Assurances Over Air Quality, Benzene From Petrochemical Fire Triggers 'Shelter in Place' Order for Texas City
Sign reads: Keep it in the ground
Climate Crisis Be Damned, 'Shale Revolution' Poised to Make US Net Exporter of Oil in Three Years
Citing 'Permanent Oil Price Decline,' Norwegian Fund's Fossil Fuel Divestment Could Spark Global 'Shockwave'

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