Ignoring the potential threat of further sanctions, both Exxon and BP have strengthened ties with Russia’s state-controlled oil company, Rosneft, in deals that can also only be seen as bad news for the climate. Exxon’s and BP’s actions will also be frowned upon by Ukraine’s fledgling government. Despite the fact that Rosneft’s chief executive Igor Sechin is on the US blacklist , this did not stop Exxon and BP signing agreements with him at Russia’s equivalent of Davos, an international economic forum in St. Petersburg. At the forum, Sechin laughed off sanctions saying they “don’t seem so threatening any […]

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Federal energy authorities have slashed by 96% the estimated amount of recoverable oil buried in California’s vast Monterey Shale deposits, deflating its potential as a national "black gold mine" of petroleum. Just 600 million barrels of oil can be extracted with existing technology, far below the 13.7 billion barrels once thought recoverable from the jumbled layers of subterranean rock spread across much of Central California, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said. ————FOR THE RECORD: Monterey Shale: In the May 21 Section A, an article about federal energy authorities slashing by 96% the estimated amount of recoverable oil in California’s […]

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Controversial “Duck Dynasty” cast member Phil Robertson will address the 2014 Republican Leadership Conference this week, event organizers announced Tuesday. Robertson, who faced backlash following remarks he made about gay people in an interview with GQ published at the end of last year, will speak Thursday at the annual GOP event to be held this year in New Orleans, La. Robertson will be speaking on the first day of the 3-day event—the same day as RNC Chairman Reince Priebus, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and Nebraska senatorial candidate Ben Sasse. ( QUIZ: How well do you know ‘Duck Dynasty’ star […]

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A group of mothers is going after the biotech corporation Monsanto , pressuring the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to crack down on the company’s controversial herbicide. “Moms Across America” says that Monsanto’s herbicide Roundup should be recalled. The group points to evidence that glyphosate, the primary ingredient in Roundup, is building up in women’s bodies and is now being detected in breast milk. The chemical has previously been found in drinking water, but its presence in the human body is especially concerning, considering the fact that glyphosate been linked to health issues like neurological disorders , reproductive issues , […]

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Iconic comedian Don Rickles will be celebrated tomorrow as Spike TV premieres One Night Only: An All-Star Comedy Tribute to Don Rickles at 9 pm ET. Laughspin was in attendance when it was shot at the historic Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York. So we know what’s in store for viewers– and you’re not going to want to miss it. On hand to honor the still-performing Rickles, 88 was Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Johnny Depp, Regis Philbin, Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Jon Stewart, Tracy Morgan and many more. Before the tribute went down, however, Laughspin was on the […]

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