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An odd alliance of governments, film stars, Japanese businesses, Russian institutions, and soft drink companies have come forward to help protect the heart of the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador from exploitation by oil companies.
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It has been over two months since the BP oil spill began. With sludge still gushing into the Gulf, it appears that government and industry have learned that prevention is the best method. But can we say the same for regulators in Canada?
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One thing about the Great Financial Crisis: It really set the scene for streamlining procedures to avoid dealing with catastrophes. The BP spill has optimized the process, allowing for actual marketing of disasters.
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On the occasion of Earth Day, here's a look at the large-scale environmental damage caused by the oil industry in the tar sands of Alberta.
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After being charged by the Province of Alberta and the Government of Canada in early 2009 for the deaths of hundreds of ducks in one of Syncrude's waste ponds in the spring of 2008, the case got underway on Monday.
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A report quietly released in mid-July by an independent think-tank, the Canadian Defense Security and Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI) describes First Nations people as a "threat to the oil industry."
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Although many people and organizations within the U.S. energy industry have publicly praised President-elect Barack Obama's choices to head the EPA and DOE, respectively; things will never be the same for the oil, coal and nuclear sectors.
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Oil prices have continued to rise daily, with each rise marking a new record for high fuel prices around the world. The blame has been tossed about from one party to the next, but certain Democrats are suddenly backtracking from some of their statements.
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We seem to have reached the “Who’s greener than whom” stage of the energy cycle. The House just passed a bill which has been labeled “green pork” by the GOP. It removes that value of tax incentives from the oil industry.
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Scotland's offshore oil and gas industry needs tax stability, First Minister Alex Salmond tells industry experts at an Edinburgh conference.
 While a large majority of Albertans rate the oil and gas industry highly when it comes to creating jobs, one third think they could do a better job communicating with the public, according to a poll done for CBC News.
They are finding training and jobs in previously all-male field thanks to modern-day gold rush.
UK manufacturing output bounced back in March, figures show, but overall industrial output fell due to a drop in oil and gas production.
 The wife of one of the 17 offshore oil industry workers who died three years ago today when a Cougar helicopter crashed southeast of Newfoundland is renewing calls to improve offshore chopper safety in the province.
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