Tag Archives: oil

Who are the real ‘hooligans’ in the Arctic?

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Anna

​On the 18th September 2013, 28 Greenpeace activists and 2 journalists embarked on a protest against drilling for oil in the Arctic. Representing 18 nationalities, the Arctic 30 travelled to the Barents Sea to scale Russian oil giant Gazprom’s most recent … Continue reading →

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The Gulf Oil Disaster and Climate Change Have a Common Cause

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Toasty

Human greed, arrogance and fallibility are the basic causes behind the Gulf Coast oil disaster and climate change. Continue reading →

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The solution to pollution…

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Toasty

There is an old saying that the “solution to pollution is dilution”, which is unfortunately an approach to many sources of pollution in widespread use today.  There is also the related saying, “out of sight, out of mind”.  As the … Continue reading →

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Earth Day 1970 and 2010

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Toasty

  1970   On January 28, 1969 a major undersea "blowout"  occurred on the Union Oil company’s Platform A off the coast of Santa Barbara, California.  The incident resulted in a  200,000 gallon oil spill that coated both wildlife and … Continue reading →

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Too Valuable to Burn

Posted on June 30, 2008 by Toasty

The many uses of oil make it to valuable to burn. Continue reading →

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