Environment / Oil
Articles about Oil, ordered by date. 
The carbon bubble
Yohann Koshy looks at the impending catastrophe linking the stock market to climate change.
Introducing... João Lourenço
Angola has its first new president in nearly 40 years, but bringing change might prove difficult as long as the economy remains dependent on diamonds and oil. Richard Swift reports.
Nigeria: No slick deal
In the first case of its kind, a small Nigerian community is taking on oil giant Eni in the Italian courts. By Francesca Gater
What is Brazil’s ‘Operation Car Wash’?
Is Operation Car Wash the world’s biggest corruption scandal? By Vanessa Baird
Dirty banking in Europe
The European Central Bank (ECB) is pumping billions into the economy, resulting in a massive subsidy for oil and gas business and highway construction and car production companies.
Artful dodging
Five reasons not to buy BP’s story about the end of its sponsorship deals.
Keystone sting
Trade agreements could threaten Keystone protester victory, writes Colin Roche.
Oil on the skids
The quiet power of oil and money has for decades enabled Saudi Arabia to buy silence and influence. But not for much longer, predicts Nafeez Ahmed.
Poverty in the land of black gold
‘Rich Saudi’ are words that seem to belong together. But Paul Aarts and Carolien Roelants highlight another, mainly hidden, reality.
Art, oil and arrests in Paris
Today, hundreds protested against oil sponsorship at the Louvre and ten were arrested. Jess Worth was in the thick of the action.
Is Saudi Arabia the big bad wolf of the Paris climate talks?
The oil producing giant blocked efforts in Paris to limit global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, Kyla Mandel and Brendan Montague report.
#ShellNo: the triumph of the Kayaktivists
We do not always win - but sometimes we prevail. Mark Engler celebrates a daring victory.
Still biting
Big Oil's history of denial, delay and distortion is laid bare by Greg Muttitt.
Dirty games
Azerbaijan will be showing its friendly face this month as it hosts the European Games. But it’s what is going on behind the scenes that is important, argue Emma Hughes and James Marriott.
The Arctic carve-up
Could the next ‘cold’ war be a battle for control of the rapidly melting polar circle? Kyla Mandel reports.
Dancing with big oil
Ximena S Warnaars reports on an unprecedented agreement in Peru.
Time for an oil change?
Tom Sykes wonders if Omanis may soon have the opportunity for democratization.
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