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- BP finally stops oil spewing from Gulf gusher http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gulf_oil_spill;_ylt=AnPKeJBcLNkoUZtliYKkmN6s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTNoNnYwZjVkBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAwNzE1L3VzX2d1bGZfb2lsX3NwaWxsBGNjb2RlA21vc3Rwb3B1bGFyBGNwb3MDMgRwb3MDNwRwdANob21lX2Nva2UEc2VjA3luX3RvcF9zdG9yeQRzbGsDYnBzYXlzbm9tb3Jl 54 comments
- Just Stop Oil expected to begin two weeks of action in London from Monday | Scotland Yard believes environmental activist group will launch two weeks of ‘disruption’ in the capital before Christmas https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/27/just-stop-oil-expected-to-begin-two-weeks-of-action-in-london-from-monday 14 comments climate
- Just Stop Oil: Furious drivers clash with protesters near Harrods as fire crew blocked https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/video-just-stop-oil-protest-harrods-harvey-nichols-knightsbridge-london-b1031769.html 8 comments europe
- Activists Make Last-Minute Bid to Stop Shell From Blasting for Oil in Whale Breeding Grounds https://www.ecowatch.com/shell-seismic-blasting-whales-2655904515.html 19 comments nature
- Can you stop Norway drilling the oil that made it rich? https://www.bbc.com/news/av/science-environment-58900652 56 comments europe
- Saskatchewan’s oil drilling has stopped completely https://www.yorktonthisweek.com/regional-news/saskatchewan-s-oil-drilling-has-stopped-completely-1.24172324 23 comments worldnews
- U.S. presses India to stop buying oil from Venezuela's Maduro: envoy https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-india-envoy/u-s-presses-india-to-stop-buying-oil-from-venezuelas-maduro-envoy-iduskbn1qr0dc 15 comments worldnews
- U.S. Softens Demand That Countries Stop All Iran Oil Imports https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/02/world/middleeast/us-iran-oil-imports-sanctions-.html 16 comments geopolitics
- The US warns that countries around the world must stop buying Iranian oil before November 4 http://www.france24.com/en/20180626-us-demands-world-halt-iranian-oil-imports-nov-4 454 comments worldnews
- US calls on China to stop oil supplies to North Korea and warns if it comes to war 'regime will be utterly destroyed' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/30/us-calls-china-stop-oil-supplies-north-korea-warns-comes-war/ 15 comments politics
- Stop Mining for Oil (and Coal), Start Drilling for Heat http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=stop-mining-for-oil-and-coal-start-2011-06-20 377 comments science
- Anyone want to join me in a friendly wager on how long it takes BP to stop the oil leak? Because I don't think they have a clue. http://blog.al.com/live/2010/05/bp_favors_insertion_tube_over.html 9 comments reddit.com
- Germany to stop buying Russian coal on Aug 1, oil on Dec 31, says German Deputy Finance Minister https://www.bworldonline.com/world/2022/07/13/460959/germany-to-stop-buying-russian-coal-on-aug-1-oil-on-dec-31-says-deputy-fin-min/ 289 comments worldnews
- US says oil, gas sales damage climate — but won't stop them https://apnews.com/article/climate-joe-biden-oil-gas-public-land-environment-4d2c446ee78f6ed172f28f0fa01c6826 31 comments politics
- 'Stop Making Things Worse': Biden Denounced for Plan to Resume Oil and Gas Leasing https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/26/stop-making-things-worse-biden-denounced-plan-resume-oil-and-gas-leasing 5 comments climate
- India says it will not stop buying oil from Iran despite US pressure https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/india-says-iran-oil-imports-not-stopped/article28275509.ece?homepage=true 1348 comments worldnews
- The World Bank will stop financing oil and gas exploration and extraction from 2019, it announced Tuesday at a climate summit seeking to boost the global economy's shift to clean energy. http://www.france24.com/en/20171212-world-bank-stop-financing-oil-gas-projects-2019 21 comments worldnews
- Greenpeace protesters swim in front of an oil drill ship in an attempt to stop it http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-11414967 4 comments worldnews
- BP says 'static kill' to stop oil leak was successful http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-10862893 4 comments worldnews
- BP's Next Disaster - The oil giant plans to start drilling in the Arctic this fall — and the Obama administration is doing nothing to stop it http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/17390/120130 3 comments politics
- Louisiana lawmakers propose prayer to stop oil disaster. http://livesecureteam.com/louisiana-lawmakers-propose-prayer-to-stop-oil-disaster/ 8 comments reddit.com
- OK another wacky idea to stop the oil spill. Would a balloon angioplasty work? What if we just made a bigger model used for blowing up inside of an artery? http://www.heartsite.com/html/ptca.html 49 comments science
- U.S. official: Flow of oil from spill has stopped - Gulf oil spill- msnbc.com http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37394541/ns/gulf_oil_spill 7 comments reddit.com
- Syria Sends First Message to President Biden: Withdraw Troops, Stop Stealing Oil https://www.newsweek.com/syria-first-message-biden-withdraw-troops-stop-stealing-oil-1563165 928 comments worldnews
- Iran will close the strategic Strait of Hormuz, a passageway through which a third of the world's oil is transported, unless the US and its allies stop "threatening" it, a senior Iranian military commander has said. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/05/iran-warns-close-strait-hormuz-160504090814909.html 606 comments worldnews
- Iran says may stop oil sales if sanctions tighten http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/23/us-iran-oil-idusbre89m0ep20121023 6 comments worldnews
- West Shuns Libyan Crude: Oil Price Spike Continues as Energy Giants, Banks Stop Trading With Gadhafi http://online.wsj.com/article/sb10001424052748703386704576186361903201684.html?mod=wsj_hp_lefttopstories 4 comments worldnews
- A bill that would stop Texas cities from enacting their own bans on hydraulic fracturing in the nation's top crude oil and natural gas producing state was approved on Friday in the state House of Representatives. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/17/us-usa-fracking-texas-iduskbn0n826n20150417 8 comments politics
- Panama deregisters oil tanker that strayed into Iranian waters -- Country says MT Riah, which stopped transmitting location on 14 July, ‘deliberately violated international regulations’ https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/jul/21/panama-deregisters-tanker-that-strayed-into-iranian-waters 30 comments worldnews
- U.S. Ready To Stop Russian State Deal With Venezuela For Texas Oil Firm: Report http://www.newsweek.com/us-ready-stop-russian-state-deal-venezuela-texas-oil-firm-report-658395 9 comments politics
- The reason U.S invaded Iraq is Saddam stopped selling oil and u.s dollars and started using euros. http://ftmdaily.com/preparing-for-the-collapse-of-the-petrodollar-system-part-3/ 14 comments worldnews
- Loosening Big Oil’s grip on our wallets and the planet | How we can stop profiteering and put money back in the pockets of Americans [by congressman Ro Khanna & Greenpeace USA co-Executive Director Annie Leonard] https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/05/07/opinion-loosening-big-oils-grip-on-our-wallets-and-the-planet/ 3 comments climate
- Saudi Arabia plans to meet all requests for oil purchases from countries that had to stop buying Iranian crude because of U.S. sanctions announced on May 2nd https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-08/saudis-said-planning-to-meet-all-orders-from-ex-iran-oil-buyers 23 comments worldnews
- Belarus, Poland Stop Accepting Russian Oil Via Druzhba Pipeline, Citing Poor Quality https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-poland-stop-accepting-russian-oil-via-druzhba-pipeline-citing-poor-quality/29902760.html 19 comments worldnews
- Remember that pipeline that got people beaten for trying to stop because it might leak and ruin everything? It just sprung an 11 thousand gallon oil leak. http://www.kotatv.com/content/news/north-dakota-regulators-blame-pipeline-spill-on-human-error-457746773.html 4 comments politics
- ‘A matter of life and death’ for Koch brothers “The clean energy revolution is moving so fast, the reduction in the amount of oil we are using in America is proceeding so quickly, that they are an endangered species if they can't stop this new technological revolution,” http://thehill.com/video/house/206599-leading-dem-says-keystone-a-matter-of-life-and-death-for-koch-brothers- 13 comments politics
- Oil and gas spills in North Sea every week, papers reveal - Stop BP EXXON SHELL KOCH & Co, they destroy the World! http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jul/05/oil-gas-spills-north-sea?cmp=twt_fd 3 comments politics
- I was jailed for four years for a non-violent climate protest – this is my prison diary | I was one of a group of Just Stop Oil activists given the longest-ever UK sentences for peaceful protest after blocking a motorway. Six months into my incarceration, this is what I have learned https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/25/just-stop-oil-jailed-four-years-non-violent-climate-protest-prison-diary 158 comments climate
- Climate activists must target power structures, not the public | Dr Laura Thomas-Walters, Tim Williamson and Paul Chandler respond to Jack Shenker’s article that asked if the disruptive tactics of groups such as Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil are working https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/15/climate-activists-must-target-power-structures-not-the-public 3 comments climate
- Gulf oil spill now the size of Rhode Island. If crews cannot stop the leak, they might need to drill another well to redirect oil, a laborious process that could take about 2 months while oil washes up along a long stretch of shore, from the beaches of Florida's Panhandle to the swamps of Louisiana. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/04/26/crews-race-contain-oil-spill-rig-blast/?test=latestnews 8 comments reddit.com