tar sands

Undue Influence

Submitted by Liluli on Sat, 10/15/2016 - 12:42pm

From Slate magazine*: Paul Ryan, soon to be ex-speaker of the house, gave a policy speech Oct 14, 2016 to a group of college Republicans at which he did not mention Trump by name.“If given control of Washington, if given control of Congress, it is the kind of America (read the article to find out what kind, not) she (sic) will stop at 'nothing' to have.” italics mine.

Fracking and tar sands industry facing ruin

Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 01/18/2016 - 12:14pm

The price of Brent crude oil dropped below $28 today, a price that few would have predicted two years ago. While the shake-up in the industry (i.e. defaults and bankruptcies) from these low prices are on everyone's mind, it should be noted that sub-$28 is the price for high-grade crude oil.