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Ian Wilker's Links Tagged "oil"

2008 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners Pablo Fajardo Mendoza and Luis Yanza Battle the Oil Giants : TreeHugger

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ecuador, amazon, heroes, oil, pollution, environmentaljustice

Texaco (later bought by Chevron) allegedly dumped nearly 17 million gallons of crude oil and 20 billion gallons of drilling wastewater directly into the Ecuadorian Amazon between 1964 and 1990. Pablo Fajardo Mendoza and Luis Yanza fought back.

At L.A. Auto Show, Carmakers Vie for the Green - Newsweek: Tip Sheet Environment - MSNBC.com

tags:
energy, climatechange, globalwarming, cars, gas, oil, oilsecurity, diesel, biodiesel

"Within the next year or so, expect to see a growing number of alternative-fuel cars on the load: autos that run on a blend of ethanol and gasoline, hybrids that use diesel instead of gas, even cars powered by cooking oil from your pantry."

The Oil Drum | A Community Discussion about Peak Oil

tags:
peakoil, oil, oilsecurity, carbon, globalwarming, energy, environment, sustainability

"the petroleum economy [is] the fundamental linchpin of our present democratic society [and] cheap oil/energy/gas [is] quietly fading into history. We are here to talk about ideas; we want to bring brain power to bear."

Ian Wilker
Ian Wilker
NRDC alumnus
Asheville, NC
I was website managing editor at NRDC for six years, through the end of 2006....
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