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VIDEO – BP Disaster Looms Over Climate Talks in Cancun
The well is capped but NWF President and CEO Larry Schweiger is pressing the case at the climate treaty talks in Cancun that fossil fuel extraction remains an inherently dangerous business. The industry shows little interest in cleaning up its act… Read more >
Big Oil’s Threat to Northwest Salmon
For thousands of years, the Pacific Northwest’s Columbia and Snake rivers supported the most diverse and abundant salmon and steelhead populations on Earth. But in recent decades, these iconic fish have faced increasing challenges to their populations and habitat —… Read more >
Our clean energy future is on the line in next week’s elections
Get out and vote next week in support of clean energy and against fossil fuel dinosaurs. Read more >
Cheap Shot: Polluters Cry ‘Power Grab,’ Attack Crucial U.S. Conservation Rules
The EPA is moving to regulate the carbon pollution that drives global warming. It’s about time, right? Read more >
Big Oil’s Bond: Senator’s Sneak Attack on Clean Air Act
Missouri is a leader in clean energy, so why would Sen. Kit Bond lead a late night attack on the Clean Air Act? One look at his last re-election campaign in 2004 makes clear where his allegiances lie. Read more >
Polluters Pour Millions Into November Elections
Yesterday here at Wildlife Promise, we detailed how polluters have spent more than $200 million on lobbying already this year, trying to block any effort to limit global warming pollution. A reader wrote in to ask how much polluters are… Read more >
Oil Pipeline Breaks Keep Coming
UPDATE 4:41pm: Reuters now reports the pipeline hasn’t stopped spilling & that the rate could be up to 25,000 gallons (600 barrels) of oil per hour. An oil pipeline owned by Enbridge Inc. broke on Thursday in a suburb of… Read more >
“Astroturf Is A Petroleum Product”
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Big Oil Cuts Jobs Again, Even as They Sponsor Bogus Job Rallies
No lie is too big for Big Oil. Their tired refrain of late is that they’re job makers. On TV, radio, in print and at bogus Astroturf rallies happening this week. We should give them a pass on all their sins:… Read more >
North Dakota: The Spills Keep Coming (Video)
NWF’s Tim Warman made the point in a guest column in this week’s Newsweek Magazine, the BP spill is not an isolated incident. Last week a mix of crude and water spilled at an oil well near Killdeer, N.D., dumped… Read more >
