I wonder whether Shell has sacked whichever pillock (defn: one who has done a stupid act) who advised them to sponsor the Guardian‘s ferociously anti-fossil fuel, anti-capitalist, anti-Shell Environment pages? Knowing the craven, slippery, self-hating ways of Big Oil as I do, I’m guessing probably not. In fact it’s quite possible, he (or she?) helped […]
A new novel drills into Alberta’s oilpatch
Novelist Fred Stenson’s new book is “Who By Fire”. the main character engages in a real life battle that causes strife in his community, his family and is the source of his son’s constant guilt throughout his career in the oil patch. “It’s hard to talk about this novel without lapsing off into the issue […]