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Oil Pipelines

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On January 16, 2014
It's possible that oil pipleines are a better way to transport the stuff than trains. But the wages of oil pipelines are severe. Ask the people of Mayflower, Arkansas, which suffered a pipeline rupture in town last year. For her entire life, 28-year old Genieve...

Northern Man

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On January 13, 2014

At least one Canadian is making sense about the nation's horrifically bad energy and environmental policies: Neil Young kicked off his four-date “Honour the Treaties” tour of Canada on Sunday.

Oil Trains

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On January 10, 2014

In my forthcoming book on capital mobility, I'm dedicating a chapter to energy production. It details how we can follow Americans' interest in the costs of energy production based upon.

Legacy Pollution

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On July 31, 2013
In Carson, California, Shell Oil used to have an oil tank farm. Then, thanks to America's lax environmental regulatory state, a housing development was built on top of it when Shell no longer needed it. Shell claims the land is safe and they have no...

Oil Pollution in Arkansas

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On June 2, 2013
On March 29, an ExxonMobil pipeline carrying oil from Canadian tar sands ruptured in the town of Mayflower, Arkansas, northwest of Little Rock. Between 5000 and 7000 barrels of oil spilled into nearby waterways. ExxonMobil and the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality claim everything is...

Destination Earth

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On May 24, 2013

I love classic capitalist propaganda. Take for example, 1956's "Destination Earth." A cartoon produced by the American Petroleum Institute, it shows that oil + competition=getting rid of that dastardly Stalin.

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