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Oil Industry Even In 1950s Knew About Fossil Fuel Impact On Climate Change: Report

By R. Siva Kumar - Apr 16, 2016 01:13 PM EDT

New reports show that since the '50s, Big Oil knew about, yet tried to whitewash the data about the detrimental effects of fossil fuels on the climate.

Here's How Turtle Got Its Shell

By Kamal Nayan - Jun 25, 2015 01:23 PM EDT

Researchers have finally figured out the answer to a question that has been puzzling everyone for a very long time: how did the turtles get their shells?

Hundreds Protest Shell Drilling with Dramatic Flotilla of Kayaks and Boats

By Dustin M Braden - May 17, 2015 10:29 AM EDT

Hundreds of people kayaked and rowed through Puget Sound to express their displeasure with Shell's decision to resume drilling in the Arctic.

Company Renames Ship Named for Convicted Nazi War Criminal

By Dustin M Braden - Feb 06, 2015 06:57 PM EST

A Dutch and Swiss maritime company have had to change the name of one of their vessels after an uproar was caused by the realization the ship is named after a convicted war criminal.

Oldest Human Artwork Found on 400,000-year-old Shell

By Peter R - Dec 05, 2014 09:52 AM EST

Shell engraving analysed by researchers showed that Home erectus was capable of making drawings, predating artwork made by Homo sapiens by about half a million years.

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