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Will the next Keystone fight happen in New England?

Dirty business
We may have narrowly avoided Keystone XL (for now), but local environmental activists say that Maine and New England are not safe from "the dirtiest oil on earth," with a huge Canadian oil company seeking other routes to pump crude oil out of Alberta.
By DEIRDRE FULTON | February 08, 2012

Review: Big Miracle

Ken Kwapis's take on a true story from 1988
Taking a tip from the oil industry, Hollywood has started exploiting Alaska. Following in the tracks of The Grey is Ken Kwapis's take on a true story from 1988 about an effort to save gray whales trapped in the Arctic ice. Surprisingly, the film offers genuine complexity.
By PETER KEOUGH | January 31, 2012

Biomass FAQ

Or, why it ain't easy burning green
Simply put, biomass is any natural living or once-living substance that can be converted into energy.
By KHADIJAH M. BRITTON | August 31, 2011

Are Logan Airport pollution and Massport indifference killing Boston's proud clam-digging tradition?

Shucking fit
Denehy and other Boston clam farmers have come to face two seemingly impervious hurdles: a safety expansion at Logan Airport that will deplete two of their richest beaches, and a jet-fuel spill from last October that some allege wiped out half of Boston's soft-shell population.
By CHRIS FARAONE | July 18, 2011

Future-proofing

Going green
You may have seen Sludgey, a/k/a the Last Barrel of Oil, distributing handbills around Portland on First Friday.
By DEIRDRE FULTON | March 16, 2011

Fascinating new discoveries at Whitney Art Works

Curiouser and curiouser
It's quickly clear that something's off in Ethan Hayes-Chute's world.
By NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | August 18, 2010

Gassed-up seafood

Hoopleville
New globular delicacies from oily waters.
By DAVID KISH | June 26, 2010

A nation hooked on cars

Vroom! Vroom!
The car is at the center of many of our troubles — our addiction to oil, the warming of the planet. Car accidents do incalculable damage.
By DAVID SCHARFENBERG | January 27, 2010

Dubai: Paradise on Earth

... if you can afford it
Welcome to Grease-The-Palm Island
By DAVID KISH | January 13, 2010

Persian miniatures

Films from Iran choose indirect confrontation
You can see what is probably the most significant filmmaking right now in Iran by going to YouTube and viewing the artless images of brutality in the streets of Tehran captured by scores of average Iranian citizens armed with cell-phone cameras.
By PETER KEOUGH | January 06, 2010

Big dig

Unsworth and oil in Mesopotamia
Unsworth and oil in Mesopotamia
By CLEA SIMON | January 06, 2009

Greased lightning

Powering the anti – fossil fuel revolution, one fried catfish at a time
Oil has been discovered in a Brighton backyard.
By MIKE MILIARD | December 16, 2008