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- Quebec bans oil heating in new homes starting Dec. 31 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-bans-oil-heating-1.6252420 16 comments
- Why oil and gas heating bans for new homes are a growing trend https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/bans-fossil-fuel-heating-homes-1.6327113 8 comments energy
- California lawmakers OK buffer zones between new oil wells and homes, schools https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-08-31/california-lawmakers-ok-buffer-zones-between-new-oil-wells-and-homes-schools 2 comments politics
- Tampa Bay Lightning to rename their home with new Sponsorship - Amalie Oil http://lightning.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=729472 52 comments hockey
- California law banning new drilling near homes, schools heads to voters after oil pushback https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article272102742.html 10 comments politics
- Norway will be the first country in the world to prohibit the use of fossil-based oil to heat buildings. The ban will cover both new and old buildings including private homes and businesses as well as publicly owned facilities. http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/environment/norway-to-ban-use-of-heating-oil-in-buildings/article/495354 331 comments worldnews
- How Tax Breaks for Fossil Fuel Companies Inflated Profits for Oil and Gas Drilling. A new study estimates that tax breaks boosted the value of new oil and gas projects by up to $20 billion a year. The study homes in on three long-standing producer-side subsidies. https://newrepublic.com/article/162842/tax-breaks-fossil-fuel-companies-inflated-profits-oil-gas-drilling 16 comments energy
- Oil firms targeting Virunga National Park, home of endangered Mountain Gorillas - Census set to see how many gorillas are left in area spanning Uganda, Rwanda & Democratic Republic of the Congo. Ag, timber trade, & new roads already doing damage. http://phys.org/news/2015-03-gorillas-oil-dr-congo-explore.html 5 comments worldnews
- Farmers fear fracking could spell financial ruin - new laws that would strip people of power to block fracking beneath their property or land... no compensation will be paid to individual home and landowners, because they should not be affected by the gas or oil extraction deep beneath them. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/fracking/11141913/farmers-fear-fracking-could-spell-financial-ruin.html 241 comments worldnews
- US Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) is single-handedly blocking new safety regulations for oil and gas pipelines out of principle, despite the fact that the industry supports the new rules and "even after a gas pipeline rupture last week shook people awake in three counties in his home state of Kentucky" http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/no-regs-are-good-regs-single-senator-blocks-pipeline-safety-bill-on-principle/2011/09/27/giqap4720k_story.html 4 comments politics
- Pepsico, Unilever and Nestlé accused of complicity in illegal rainforest destruction | Palm oil plantations on illegally deforested land in Sumatra – home to elephants, orangutans and tigers – have allegedly been used to supply scores of household brands, says new report https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jul/21/pepsico-unilever-and-nestle-accused-of-complicity-in-illegal-rainforest-destruction 331 comments worldnews