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April 21, 2020
The Urgent Message of Negative Oil Prices
A transition for at-risk fossil-fuel workers has to be at the heart of the next stimulus package.
April 8, 2020
Does Big Oil Need Big Government to Survive?
For the first time in a while, Texas is considering curbing oil supply.
November 22, 2019
Why Are Democratic Governors Still Doing Favors for the Oil Industry?
Republican politicians don't think climate change is real. Democrats don't have that excuse.
May 18, 2018
The Erin Brockoviches of Ecuador
For these women, environmentalism and women's rights are closely linked: Past drilling projects have resulted in increased assaults, cancer, and infertility.
November 16, 2015
Big Oil would really like Obama to leave the industry alone.
July 15, 2015
Shell's Arctic Drilling Adventure Is a Disaster Waiting to Happen
Despite one screwup after another, the energy company is determined to strike oil there
April 19, 2015
Five Years After the Deepwater Horizon Disaster, Is Offshore Drilling Any Safer?
March 2, 2015
Why Isn't the Oil Industry Worried About Hillary Clinton?
February 12, 2015
Shell's CEO Wants Big Oil to Believe in Climate Change. We've Seen This Bait and Switch Before.
February 10, 2015
Oil Workers Are Striking Because They're Underpaid and Overworked—and It's Killing Them
January 16, 2015
Oil Lobby Thinks Keystone XL Could Be the Next Mona Lisa or Sistine Chapel
October 22, 2014
Oil Prices Are Dropping. Will We Turn Into Gas-Guzzling, Energy Monsters Again?
July 23, 2014
Oil-Train Spills Are Worse Than Ever, and Obama's New Safety Rules Aren't Enough
February 27, 2008
The End of Big Oil
August 29, 1955
When Big Oil Was "The Great Vampire Squid" Wrapped Around America
Robert Engler's award-winning 1955 investigation into the oil industry

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