The oil and gas industry went hog wild with lobbying in 2009 to defeat climate legislation and industry reforms, says a series of reports this week from the independent Center for Responsive … Read more
Tony Iallonardo’s Archive
Groups Launch Effort to Hold Senate Oil Backers Accountable
In the latest effort to hold Big Oil and their recalcitrant friends in the Senate accountable for sinking climate legislation this summer, a new group called Oil Change International has launched a web campaign … Read more
(VIDEO) Getting the Word Out on Heat Waves and Global Warming
NWF members rely on us to educate the media, policy makers and the broader public on the impacts of climate change. Our most recent effort was the launch of our report on … Read more
Tar Sands Pipeline Company Admits Playing Fast and Loose with Safety
Canadian oil giant TransCanada will abandon, for now, its bid to pump dirty tar sands oil at higher than normal pressures. They sought a waiver from normal safety procedures, until … Read more
Big Oil to Mount (Another) Assault on Clean Air Act
Feeling emboldened with scuttling clean energy and climate legislation for the summer, Big Oil is ready to go on the offensive and gut the Clean Air Act, one of the … Read more
[Video] Oil and Gas Accidents Rampant in Last Decade
A new report issued today by NWF catalogs a litany of thousands of serious oil spills, fires, leaks and loss of life over the last decade. The magnitude of disasters … Read more
Effort to Get Senate to Act on Climate Stalls
It was a depressing day today as Senate Democrats announced they had to postpone their effort to pass a climate bill. Here’s NWF’s Larry Schweiger’s press statement: “As a result … Read more
Climate Town Hall Meeting Thursday 7/22 – Watch Live Here
“A National Conversation on Clean Energy and Climate” of more than 200 people from across the United States will be in Washington, D.C. this week to encourage their senators to … Read more
Freshman Senators Buck Old Guard, Call for Strong Climate Action
The new blood in the Senate wants comprehensive climate action. Freshman Democrats wrote the majority leader today saying that “America’s current energy policy is untenable,” and that the “scale of … Read more
Melting Capitol Ice Sculpture Begs Question – Where’s Senator Inhofe?
Remember when Senator James Inhofe built that igloo (see picture) near the Capitol after a February snowstorm in Washington, DC? It was more or less a monument to disinformation on climate … Read more
