NJ.comN.J.-bound vessel dumped oil overboard, feds sayNJ.comCAMDEN — A Glasgow-based shipping company was fined $750,000 Wednesday after pleading guilty to criminal charges linked to a plan to dump leaking barrels of oil off the side of a New Jersey-bound …

BBC NewsSentiment in the UK oil industry has totally collapsedQuartzFor years, things have been tricky in the UK oil industry. The North Sea once provided a flow of relatively easy wealth to the mainland. The region's oil powered much of the UK's i …

The GuardianChevron hits out at British documentary on oil pollution in EcuadorThe GuardianThe US oil giant Chevron has attacked the British makers of a short art-house documentary film about oil pollution in the Ecuadorean Amazon featuring the actor Julie …

The GuardianBolivia opens up national parks to oil and gas firmsThe Guardian75% of its 1.8 million hectares - which includes both the park itself and a “Natural Area of Integrated Management” (NAIM) - are overlapped by oil and gas concessions held by Spain …

Financial TimesSpeculators loom large in oil price movesFinancial TimesIn an attempt to explain the conundrum, experienced traders are pointing at the influence of multibillion-dollar macro funds. While much of the increase in speculative demand has been d …

The GuardianEcuador's president urges Brad Pitt to scrap Amazon oil spill movieThe GuardianPitt's film is expected to be partly based on the book Law of the Jungle, by US journalist Paul Barrett, which details how American oil firm Texaco (now owne …

NorthJersey.comBergen County residents protest oil trainsNews 12 New JerseyDozens of people crowded a railroad crossing in Bergen County on Saturday to protest oil trains. Rail cars full of Bakken crude oil are being shipped through the county, which resid …

The GuardianPalm oil firms in Peru plan to clear 23000 hectares of primary forestThe GuardianThe companies involved in Maniti and Santa Cecilia, Islandia Energy and Palmas del Amazonas, are both receiving “technical and financial support” from Palmas del E …