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Study Shows Tar Sands Oil Has No Place in the Northeast

 |  Dec 10, 2015

In the wake of two of the worst onshore oil spills in U.S. history, a newly issued report by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) confirms what the tragic spills in … Read more

Study on the Safety of Transporting Tar Sands Oil Avoids the Tough Questions

 |  Jul 1, 2013

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) commissioned the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to perform a study on tar sand oil. The study concluded that tar sands oil … Read more

Global Warming? 97% of Experts Agreee

 |  Jun 30, 2010

A new National Academy of Sciences study finds 97 percent of the climate scientists agree that global warming is driven mainly by human activity – emissions of carbon dioxide and … Read more

What You Wish You Didn’t Know About Oil Spills

 |  May 9, 2010

A few facts gathered by the National Wildlife Federation’s Senior Scientist, Doug Inkley… According to the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, about 3 million gallons of … Read more