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Big Oil
May 18, 2018
Melody Schreiber
The Erin Brockoviches of Ecuador
For these women, environmentalism and women's rights are closely linked: Past drilling projects have resulted in increased assaults, cancer, and infertility.
November 16, 2015
Rebecca Leber
Big Oil would really like Obama to leave the industry alone.
July 15, 2015
Rebecca Leber
Shell's Arctic Drilling Adventure Is a Disaster Waiting to Happen
Despite one screwup after another, the energy company is determined to strike oil there
April 19, 2015
Rebecca Leber
Five Years After the Deepwater Horizon Disaster, Is Offshore Drilling Any Safer?
March 2, 2015
Rebecca Leber
Why Isn't the Oil Industry Worried About Hillary Clinton?
February 12, 2015
Rebecca Leber
Shell's CEO Wants Big Oil to Believe in Climate Change. We've Seen This Bait and Switch Before.
February 10, 2015
Rebecca Leber
Oil Workers Are Striking Because They're Underpaid and Overworked—and It's Killing Them
January 16, 2015
Rebecca Leber
Oil Lobby Thinks Keystone XL Could Be the Next Mona Lisa or Sistine Chapel
October 22, 2014
Jeffrey Ball
Oil Prices Are Dropping. Will We Turn Into Gas-Guzzling, Energy Monsters Again?
July 23, 2014
Rebecca Leber
Oil-Train Spills Are Worse Than Ever, and Obama's New Safety Rules Aren't Enough
February 27, 2008
Steve LeVine
The End of Big Oil
August 29, 1955
Robert Engler
When Big Oil Was "The Great Vampire Squid" Wrapped Around America
Robert Engler's award-winning 1955 investigation into the oil industry

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