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Chevron Accused Of Dumping Oil in the Amazon

Chevron faces a legal battle and possible fines amounting to $16 billion in Ecuador and not many legal battles have been more murky and toxic than the one that has been fought for half a decade in the courtroom of Ecuador’s rain forest. The lawsuit initially started when a group of US trial lawyers accused the industrial giant Chevron of dumping gallons of toxic oil waste into the rivers and the streams located in the region. This has been called More

The battle continues to contain the oil spill off the Indian coast

The Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh, has announced that he will order an investigation into the oil leak, which occurred during a collision between two ships close to Mumbai, off the Indian west coast, last weekend.

The MSC Chitra has been tilting more than 75 degrees since the collision took place with the MV Khalijia, another cargo ship. The Chitra was estimated to be carrying around 1,200 biodiesel storage tanks, which stored almost 270 tonnes worth of fuel, More

Iraq oil moves may constitute Iran sanctions violation

Earlier in July Obama signed a law which upgraded sanctions against the Iranian government, a response to its growing nuclear program. It is likely that Iraq will have violated American sanctions if it continues to press ahead with a number of new oil and gas plans with neighbouring Iran. The United States policy has been quite clear since the middle of the 1990s, which is that any company or business that decides to do business deals with Iran risks losing More

The long term environmental impacts of the BP oil spill

The BP oil spill has been catastrophic for local widlife in the Gulf of Mexico, with enormous losses in bird life and fish species that may not recover to their previous populations for several decades to come. The oil slick, which took place on April 20th, has been so pronounced that it is impossible to determine if the deposited oil will completely vanish. Much of the oil may become buried underneath the sand where there is no oxygen and no More

Obama wants to know “Whose ass to kick”

In the midst of the tea party debates and thin red line that Republicans are drawing in the sand, Obama once again proves that class and sophistication are not his strong suit as in the foulest language yet heard from the president he inquires to NBC News, “We talk to these folks because they potentially have the best answer so I know whose ass to kick.”

Nice.

Even though Mr. Obama has been to the Gulf a whooping three times More

Where Will Oil Futures Go

Oil and red diesel price has been going up ever since 2004 when the war in Iraq started. This increase has mostly affected the many people who drive. The increase in gas prices means more spending out of an already tight personal and family budget. In some parts of the country, gas has only risen merely a dollar in over last decade, but in other parts of the country gas has gone to four or five dollars per gallon. Sadly, More

Does Petrol Prices Really Have To Be This High…Are They Scamming Us?

Most people have a tendency not to question what they are told. If the leaders of the world tell us something then we believe that it must be true. There is quite a lot of complacency in the world, and for this reason the oil giants of the world have taken advantage of the situation. They claim there is an oil shortage. I for one question this claim. Sure, the oil in the Middle East is now difficult to acquire, More

‘I Know,You Know!’

Now here is an annoying thing… Have you ever been in a situation when you are telling someone about something that you know is absolutely true? Where they just will not believe what you are saying and seem to be hell-bent on having an argument with you… None of us know about everything, but there are some things that we are quite knowledgeable about.

If you know about something for an absolute fact and someone keeps saying you are More

Why?

I don’t get plagiarists: why do they bother? Surely it’s more trouble than it’s worth to steal things…and surely it can’t really feel good for the soul. I can understand why people used to do it (because even a few years ago the software for accurately checking to see if work was copied was still in its infancy), but nowadays there doesn’t seem much point: advanced programmed—free, no less—make it possible for anyone with a computer to check and see More

Dog Days on Downing Street

Labour’s U-turn on the issue of dangerous dogs marks the start of pre-election snap policy changes, and the predictable war of words that will follow.

Last week, following a number of tragic incidents in recent years, Labour made the first steps to try and combat the problem of dangerous dogs being kept in family environments. Regrettably, the proposed change in policy, which involved all owners of certain breeds being required to take out mandatory insurance, was clumsy and poorly thought More