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News

Jul 4, 2014

Drinking petrodollars: Community on the frontlines of extreme oil

Christine Geovanis

At the foot of BP Whiting's tar sands refinery sits the Indiana community of Marktown. It inconveniently lies directly within a potential blast zone should the plant experience a catastrophic failure.

News

Jul 3, 2014

Drinking petrodollars: BP's ongoing threat to the Great Lakes

Christine Geovanis

Three months ago, BP's massive Whiting, Indiana tar sands refinery spilled 1,600 gallons of oil into the largest freshwater system in the world. But that's nothing compared to what's coming.

Blog

Apr 24, 2012

Lessons not learned on anniversary of BP oil spill

Andrea Harden-Donahue

Last week was the anniversary of the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The release of about 4.9 million barrels of oil has been described as the largest human-caused environmental disaster in the U.S.

Blog

Dec 15, 2011

National Energy Board green-lights offshore drilling in the Arctic

Andrea Harden-Donahue

Today the National Energy Board released its review of the safety and environmental requirements for offshore drilling in Canada's Arctic. This is a major step towards offshore drilling in the Arctic.

RabbleTV

Dec 15, 2011

BP oil spill: A Louisiana fisherman's experience

rabbleTV

Mike Roberts, a Louisiana fisherman, speaks to an audience in Vancouver about how the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has affected his livelihood and family.

Podcast

Nov 2, 2011

Expedition Blue Planet

Redeye

In 2010, Alexandra Cousteau led a four-month tour of North America examining critical water issues. Anne Casselman is a science journalist who travelled on the tour.

Podcast

Feb 1, 2011

Oil spill: Louisiana

Redeye

Redeye was at "When Oil Meets Water" to record 4 people talking about what it's like when an oil spill happens in your backyard. The first speakers were Tracy Kuhns and Mike Roberts.

Columnists

Jan 17, 2011

Black goo in the Gulf of Mexico

Naomi Klein

I got off the research vessel WeatherBird II mid way through the cruise in Pensacola, Florida. Five days later, an e-mail arrived from chief scientist David Hollander, subject line: "Yuck!"

Blog

Jan 16, 2011

Weekly Mulch: The sticky truth about oil spills and tar sands

Sarah Laskow

The National Oil Spill Commission released its report on last year's BP oil spill this week.

Columnists

Jan 14, 2011

After the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Naomi Klein

For the scientists aboard the research vessel WeatherBird II, the recasting of the BP Deepwater Horizon spill as a good-news story about a disaster averted has not been easy to watch.

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