
Toxic shock: California's nightmare oil spill
As in the case of so many prior disasters, environmentalists and everyone affected by this devastating oil spill are trying to get through what some have called a "nightmare scenario."

“No more bomb trains”: environmental groups sue over weak regulations
"Another derailment and explosion of a train carrying oil. We need to get these exploding death trains off the tracks."

Kayakers paddling in Seattle Port chant, “Shell No”
"Climate Justice NOW," they roared at the oil rig, which loomed like a yellow Darth Vader along the mouth of the Duwamish River.

Chilling news: U.S. to allow Arctic oil drilling
Shell's dabbling in the Chukchi Sea, most feel, is now inevitable; for the moment, the Beaufort Sea won't be touched, but even that could change.

