Facing drought and fire risks, California moves to end fracking and oil extraction
California will stop issuing new fracking permits by 2024 and will halt all oil drilling by 2045, Governor Gavin Newsom…
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‘Huge victory’: Biden plans to cancel Keystone XL pipeline on his first day in office
By Jake Johnson President-elect Joe Biden is reportedly planning on the day of his inauguration to rescind a federal permit allowing…
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Trump continues ANWR drilling rush
In an unusually rushed, eleventh-hour effort to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling, the Trump administration announced…
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Bank of America refuses lending for Arctic oil
Bank of America will not finance oil and gas projects in the Arctic, a senior official told Bloomberg. It was…
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Colorado oil regulator accidentally tells the truth
The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission was recently testing a new electronic filing system, CBS-Denver reports, when they accidentally…
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This governor could shut down a Great Lakes oil pipeline that carries 23 million gallons daily
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer revoked an easement Friday that allows Enbridge to operate an oil pipeline under the environmentally ultra-sensitive…
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This Louisiana parish’s Big Oil dependence could lead to education cuts
The expected closure of a Shell Oil refinery in Convent, Louisiana could have disastrous impacts on local school systems because…
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Drilling on this North Dakota oil field likely to harm Native women and children disproportionately
Fossil fuel extraction in the Bakken Shale oil field in North Dakota would disproportionately harm local Native American populations, according…
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As Trump attacks climate action, Biden calls for the U.S. to divest from oil
In the final debate of the 2020 presidential campaign, President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden outlined extremely divergent…
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