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The Obama administration held its biggest oil lease sale yet—and then the protesters showed up.
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Ecuador’s Battle for Environmental Justice Against Chevron
For more than two decades, impoverished indigenous people have been seeking restitution from the oil giant for polluting their region.
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Five Years After the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, BP’s Most Vulnerable Victims Are Still Struggling
BP agreed to a $7.8 billion settlement, but still hasn’t paid out most Gulf Coast businesses.
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Royal Dutch Shell Wants to Look for Oil in the Most Dangerous Drilling Environment in the World
An ice-choked ocean, tens of thousands of whales, no proven technology in case of emergency and a mission for oil: what could possibly go wrong?
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