oil_archives_us Archives

September 22, 2010

North Dakota has become the number four oil producing state—but at what cost to its water supply?

September 15, 2010

Production from the Bakken Shale is projected to use up to 5.5 billion gallons of water annually.

August 24, 2010

Farmers do without water because of oil industry uses.

June 7, 2010

Landmark act could be used by the federal government to recover billions in fines, send people to jail.

May 28, 2010

The worst oil leak in U.S. history and is now compromising the existence of wildlife in Louisiana's marshlands.

April 29, 2010

The oil spill from an oil rig explosion could be leaking oil at five times the rate previously assumed.

December 23, 2008

More than 125,000 people have filed a class-action lawsuit in Ecuador.

September 18, 2008

Delaware petroleum corporation CITGO faces a $13 million fine for its recent Clean Water Act violation.

July 24, 2008

Coast Guard officials have acted quickly to close down 29 miles of the Mississippi River near New Orleans.

April 1, 2008

A race for the world's resources is underway, resembling the decades leading up to WWI.