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Oil Spill

World

Playing the Flute

On oil spills in Colombia.

Jessica Camille Aguirre Harper's Feb 2021 15min Permalink

Best Article

Jungle Law

It’s the biggest environmental lawsuit in history. The people of Lago Agrio, an oil-rich area in the Ecuadorean Amazon, are suing Chevron for $6 billion after decades of spills. The case has been underway since 1993.

William Langewiesche Vanity Fair May 2007 55min Permalink

Science

'The Ocean Is Boiling': The Complete Oral History of the 1969 Santa Barbara Oil Spill

A look back at the spill that launched a movement.

Kate Wheeling, Max Ufberg Pacific Standard Apr 2017 35min Permalink

Whale Hunters of the Warming Arctic

Few Americans are as affected by climate change as Alaska’s Inupiat, or as dependent on the fossil-fuel economy.

Tom Kizzia New Yorker Sep 2016 25min Permalink

Science

The Dilbit Disaster

Last year, 1 million gallons of diluted bitumen flooded the town of Marshall, Mich. An investigation into “the biggest oil spill you’ve never heard of.”

  1. Part 1

  2. Part 2

  3. Part 3

  4. Epilogue

Elizabeth McGowan, Lisa Song InsideClimate News Jun 2012 1h5min Permalink

Science

The Gulf War

On BP’s actions after the oil spill.

Raffi Khatchadourian New Yorker Mar 2011 1h10min Permalink