The foreign oil firm TransCanada has filed a lawsuit against the US government under NAFTA rules, seeking $15 billion in compensation for the rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline project. … [Read full article]
Tag: Keystone XL
US Global Climate Fund Move Will Eclipse Keystone XL Furor
(BREAKING–Reposted from our sister site, CleanTechnica) We’ve thought for a while that the US had more leadership to contribute to the world climate process, so today’s news (still on the … [Read full article]
Defy Climate Denialism With "Mythopedia"
Thanks to electronic communication—a force we usually consider an ally—humans have come to live under a 24/7 barrage of misinformation. For those of us on the progressive side of things, … [Read full article]
XL, Or No XL? Public Comments End With Poll Surprise
Laying a pipeline across agricultural land (photo: eponline.com). Friday afternoon, and officials at the State Department are probably breathing a huge sigh of relief. The official public comment period on … [Read full article]
Runaway Oil Train Causes Deadly Explosion In Eastern Quebec
At about 1:15 Saturday morning, a 72-freightcar train carrying crude oil from North Dakota’s Bakken shale development, bound for Irving Oil’s plant in Saint John, New Brunswick, slipped its brakes … [Read full article]
Father's Day Petition To President Obama
One of our great writers, Don Lieber, has created a petition on MoveOn.org targeted at Obama that I thought was worth quickly passing along. It’s a Father’s Day petition pushing … [Read full article]
Opposition To Keystone Pipeline, Stigmatization Of Tar Sands Increasing (Pictures)
Public opposition to the Keystone “Tar Sands” Pipeline continues to increase, with protests against ‘the dirtiest fuel on the planet‘ taking new and increasingly organized public forms of civil disobedience in … [Read full article]
State Department Receives New Report On Climate Effects Of Keystone Pipeline
Four days before President Obama promised, during his second inauguration address, to combat climate change, officials at the US State Department received a new report by scientists which details how … [Read full article]
Keystone Pipeline Blockade Update: 80 Days In Trees, Hunger Strikes, And An Army General Speaking Out
Protests against the Keystone Pipeline — and other new fossil fuel pipelines (i.e., Enbridge) — continue across North America and are increasing in scope. From Canada to the southern … [Read full article]
LUSH Spoofs Canada's Enbridge Pipeline Propaganda Video (VIDEO)
Below is a good video from the folks at LUSH that I recently received on email about the wonders the Enbridge pipeline (think: ‘Keystone XL but only in Canada’) … [Read full article]
Keystone XL Showtime (Again)
The Keystone XL is still clinging for life in the U.S. Senate. Here’s a note from 350.org: It’s crunch time: the US Senate will be voting on Keystone XL … [Read full article]
Obama Supports TransCanada's Idea to Start 1st Leg of Tar Sands Keystone XL Pipeline
Say what? I thought Obama rejected that thing?! He did, sort of…. The permit was refused since adequate time was not given to conducting an environmental review. However, the administration … [Read full article]
Politics & Activism News (Democrats Stand Up to GOP Poison Pills, EPA Sued, Oil Shale Fail Video,…)
Democrats Stand Up to House GOP Senate Democrats have stood up to the constant assault on the environment a bit and told the House GOP to “stop polluting [a] … [Read full article]