The GuardianArtists recreate iconic painting with landscape ravaged by oil to protest ...The GuardianKennardPhillipps' new version of 'Christina's World' by Andrew Wyeth shows a girl in an oil covered landscape. The original shows the girl …

seattlepi.com (blog)Legislature increases scrutiny of oil trains, Puget Sound left outseattlepi.com (blog)“While I remain disappointed that language was blocked which would have protected Puget Sound from a devastating oil spill, this bill does go a long w …

MarketWatchNymex oil settles lower as Brent marks a high for the yearMarketWatchU.S. oil futures settled with a loss on Friday, while Brent futures marked a high for the year and scored a gain for the week as strife in Yemen fed concerns over the potential …

The GuardianOil spill reaches coast of Gran CanariaThe GuardianMore than 120kg of thick fuel oil has been scraped off several beaches on the Spanish tourist island of Gran Canaria , as government officials scramble to contain the spill from a ship that san …

FuelFix (blog)Oil at $65 seen freeing 500000 barrels from shale fracklogFuelFix (blog)Oil needs to recover to $65 a barrel for U.S. drillers to tap a pent-up supply locked in shale wells and unleash more crude on markets than is produced by Libya. Dipping …

ABC NewsActivists Who Scaled Shell's Arctic-Bound Oil Rig Refuse to Leave Despite ...ABC NewsSix Greenpeace activists who brazenly scaled a Royal Dutch Shell oil drilling ship bound for the Arctic Monday say they are refusing to leave despite a legal i …

The GuardianGreenpeace activists board Arctic-bound oil rigThe GuardianSix Greenpeace activists protesting Arctic offshore drilling on Monday boarded a drill rig as it was transported across the Pacific Ocean toward Seattle, where it will be staged for dri …

The Journal News | LoHud.comOil trains: Feds call for urgent upgrades after firesThe Journal News | LoHud.comMost of those freight rail shipments use "unit" trains containing at least 100 tank cars filled with crude oil or ethanol, which has rais …

CNNGreenpeace activists occupy Shell oil rig in middle of PacificCNNGreenpeace is furious over a decision last week by U.S. authorities to lift the suspensions on leases to drill for oil and gas in the Chukchi Sea, which lies between northern Alaska and Ru …

GristWhy more pipelines won't solve the problem of oil-train explosionsGristIn the last few years, the grassroots environmental movement has energetically opposed constructing big new oil pipelines in North America. Their opposition is understandable, …