Oil

Supporters Rally for Steven Donziger as Chevron's Trial Aimed at 'Silencing Critics' Begins
Not Just 'Build Back Better': Climate Groups Call on Biden to 'Build Back Fossil Free'
Julia Conley, staff writer
"Biden can take the bold action we need on Day One, including immediately ending new fossil fuel permits and project approvals and declaring a climate emergency to ignite our clean and democratic energy revolution."
Read More
Researchers Warn of Looming Oil Spill Four Times Larger Than Exxon Valdez If Urgent Action Not Taken
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
A file photo shows the FSO Safer supertanker permanently anchored off Yemen's Red Sea coast, west of Hodeida.
A "regional environmental and humanitarian disaster" is guaranteed should the...
Read More
Major Victory as $226 Billion New York Pension Fund Announces Largest Fossil Fuel Divestment of Its Kind
Julia Conley, staff writer
New York is the first U.S. state to release a fossil fuel divestment plan.
Read More
'We're in a Climate Emergency. Act Accordingly': Greta Thunberg Says Denmark's 30-Year Fossil Fuel Phase-Out Not Fast Enough
Just Days Before Exit, Trump Plans 'Going Out of Business' Sale With Arctic Drilling Leases
A member of the Porcupine caribou herd, which conservation and native groups say would be horribly impacted if fossil fuel exploration and extraction takes place in ANWR's Coastal Plain.
With 'Irreparable Damage' Looming, 15 State AGs File Suit to Block Trump From Fossil Fuel Assault on Arctic Refuge
Trump Administration Denounced for 'Foolish and Deeply Damaging' Plan to Drill in Arctic Wildlife Refuge
Caribou in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
'Incredibly Reckless': Trump Moves to Expand Fossil Fuel Drilling in Alaska's Western Arctic Region
Groups Denounce Gutting of Environmental Rules 'When Trump Thinks No One is Paying Attention'
An Iranian oil tanker.
Iran Warns US Not to Interfere with Venezuelan Oil Flotilla
'A Complete Waste of Money': Fossil Fuel Industry Takes At Least $50 Million in Covid Aid Despite Financial Struggles Long Before Outbreak
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

More Oil News

Views

Laleh Khalili
Laleh Khalili
What the 2021 Suez Canal Blockage Reveals About the History and Politics of Global Shipping
https://admin.commondreams.org/author/andy-rowell
Andy Rowell
Americans Want Action on Climate; Not War Over Oil With Iran
Bill McKibben
Bill McKibben
A Future Without Fossil Fuels?
More Oil Views
Connect With Us