Peak Oil for Policy Makers by Richard Heinberg (12:10)

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Richard Heinberg and Julian Darley of the post carbon institute explaining in a very clear way why economic growth is coming to an end.

Oil and Ice: The Risks of Drilling in Alaska’s Arctic Ocean (6:31)

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As offshore oil drilling edges ever closer to becoming a reality in the Arctic Ocean, the Center for American Progress examines the region’s lack of readiness in the event of a spill. The video highlights the concerns and challenges facing the Coast Guard charged with its protection, the grave doubts of the scientific [...]

Tar Sands Oil Extraction – The Dirty Truth (11:40)

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Environmental devastation of the land, water, and air – the largest industrial energy project in the world is extracting crude oil from bitumen found beneath the pristine boreal forest of Alberta, Canada. Effecting a land mass equivalent in size to Florida or England, Both industry and government are putting money before the health [...]

The True Cost of Oil (17:34)

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What does environmental devastation actually look like? At TEDxVictoria, photographer Garth Lenz shares shocking photos of the Alberta Tar Sands mining project — and the beautiful (and vital) ecosystems under threat.

For almost twenty years, Garth’s photography of threatened wilderness regions, devastation, and the impacts on indigenous peoples, has appeared in the world’s [...]

The Price of Gas (5:00)

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What’s the price of gasoline? In the U.S. it’s about $4 a gallon. But some experts say the true price of gas is much higher. What about the costs of pollution, and the global and local problems caused by it? Who pays for those? This animated feature from the Center for Investigative Reporting [...]

Green Gasoline (5:00)

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Video about making carbon neutral gasoline from plants.

Doubt (5:00)

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National Day of Prayer for the Gulf (7:00)

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The Evangelical Environmental Network asks people to join them in their national day of prayer for the Gulf to seek God’s help to place our trust in Him.

The Exxon-Valdez Disaster, 20 Years Later – WWF (2:00)

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Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill, WWF (3:30)

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“Oil Disaster – What if it Happened in the Arctic?”

One year after the Deep Water Horizon oil spill, WWF urges the government to adopt the recommendations of the Oil Spill Commission.

Pronghorn Herd Faces Obstacles From Natural Gas Boom in Rocky Mountain West (6:30)

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For video, please follow this link: http://e360.yale.edu/feature/pronghorn_herd_faces_obstacles_from_natural_gas_boom_in_rocky_mountain_west/2259/

A natural gas drilling site erected in the middle of the pronghorn’s 6,000-year-old migration path from Wyoming to their winter home illustrates how free-for-all oil drilling can harm both an entire species and the air quality of a small Midwestern [...]