from This is Not a Drill This morning [17th of March], a group of activists in Cambridge broke the windows and spray painted the office building at 50 – 60 Station Road near the rail station. They sent us this explanation. Why […]
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Category Archives: Oil Industry
“I Occupied Shell’s Ship to Hold Them Accountable”
by Usnea Granger / Common Dreams As a farmworker in Applegate, Oregon, I learned the delicate balance of nature. Water, soil, air, and countless other factors all play their role in creating life. From season to season I saw how even small […]
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Army Corps of Engineers Schedule Massive Dredging Project Despite Public Health, Environmental Objections
from Center for Biological Diversity SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico— The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Puerto Rico Ports Authority announced an agreement today to proceed with dredging in San Juan Bay, Puerto Rico. The project will deepen and widen shipping channels to allow massive […]
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UK: Front Doors Smashed at University of Cambridge’s Chemical Engineering Department
from This Is Not a Drill HIT REPORT. Over the weekend, environmental activists smashed the glass doors at the University of Cambridge Department of Chemical Engineering’s main entrance. They took this action in protest of the department’s fossil fuel research, funding and lobbying. The […]
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Rush to Export Gas Is Making Gulf Coast an Industrial Wasteland
from Truthout [Editors note: some words have been changed to make the article more represent reality] The rush to export fracked gas to energy-strapped allies in Europe and the rest of the world threatens to create an “industrial wasteland” in southern Louisiana. […]
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Oxford Institute for Energy Studies Stencilled
from This is Not a Drill HIT REPORT. Climate activists have visited the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies to paint “STOP FOSSIL FUEL RESEARCH” and “THIS IS NOT A DRILL” on its wall. The institute is an often overlooked oil & gas research centre linked to the University […]
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Keystone Pipeline Shut Down After Oil Leaks Into Kansas Creek
by Julia Conley / Common Dreams Climate campaigners on Thursday were outraged but unsurprised as TC Energy in Canada—the company behind the Keystone XL pipeline proposal defeated last year—announced the 22nd spill from its original pipeline. The company said it had shut down the […]
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The Inflation Reduction Act is Forcing Fossil Fuel Expansion Offshore and on Public Lands
from Center for Biological Diversity Even as the climate emergency brings devastating fires, floods, and super-hurricanes, Big Oil’s allies in Congress have made matters worse by passing the Inflation Reduction Act, which holds renewable energy hostage to continued fossil fuel extraction on […]
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Canada: RCMP Vehicles Torched On Wet’suwet’en Territory, Updates On CSIS Surveillance Of Struggle
from It’s Going Down The morning of October 26th held a rude awakening for cops and industry in Smithers, BC, who woke up to news of 8 torched vehicles, including 4 cop cars in the parking lot of a hotel. One of the burnt […]
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Marcellus Shale Coalition and Their Landlord, Mosites, Targeted
from Filler PGH Some time recently, a band of life-loving hooligans went out to Robinson Township and vandalized signage of the Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC), a group of organizations and businesses in so-called Pennsylvania that promote fracking in our region. The band […]
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