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Exxon Tar Sands Pipeline Ruptures in Arkansas, Forcing Evacuations and Threatening Wildlife (UPDATE)
An Exxon Mobil pipeline carrying tar sands oil from Canada spilled in Arkansas on Friday, sending thousands of gallons of heavy crude oil flowing through residential streets outside Little Rock, forcing families to evacuate 22 homes, and threatening a reservoir […] Read more >
Keystone XL Review Fails the Climate Test
The US State Department takes a huge step backward on the controversial project, leaving President Obama as our last, best hope for confronting the climate crisis. Read more >
TransCanada’s Shocking Climate Claim
Tar sands executives have either figured out the most amazing magic trick in history, or they don’t understand science. You decide! Read more >
A Changing Climate and Keystone XL — Yes They’re Connected
Are you familiar with tar sands oil? It’s the black sheep of the oil family. It’s extremely difficult to get out of the ground (using three times as much water as extraction of crude), it produces lake sized reservoirs of toxic […] Read more >
New Chevron Money Dump as Unprecedented Polluter Cash Flows
Polluters this election year are doing the equivalent of betting it all. They’re spending unprecedented amounts of cash to influence the election in the hopes of electing policy makers who will gut clean air and clean water protections. The latest, is […] Read more >
Time to Choose not to Spill or Explode
Candidates, Voters: Time to choose your energy future It was all about the future of energy at an event at the Center for American Progress here in DC Friday morning when CAP released their new report: “Regional Energy, National Solutions: A Real Energy Vision […] Read more >
Exxon’s Stealth Moves to Run Tar Sands into New England
We’ve written before about Big Oil’s new playbook on tar sands: using stealth tactics to make it harder for the public to figure out what dangerous projects they have in mind and trying to pull one over on the public. Bearing locally-based […] Read more >
Why We Should Pay Attention to Oil Pipelines
On July 25th, 2010, the Great Lakes region experienced one of the largest oil spills in Midwest history—and it was from a pipeline buried underneath the ground. Almost two years after the spill, the pressing question is whether laws governing oil pipelines protect the Great Lakes Basin and its communities from more spills. Read more >
Dogs Among Latest Victims of Tar Sands Poison
One day last February, a man opened the front door of his cabin in Alberta, Canada, to find his dog looking quite ill. Seeing that two of his other dogs were missing, he headed out to track them down. Sadly, […] Read more >
Northwest Earth Institute Releases New Course, Powering A Bright Future
Northwest Earth Institute’s (NWEI) two-session course, Powering a Bright Future, explores issues related to the current energy crises, and what can be done to take action as individuals and communities interested in promoting energy sustainability. Powering a Bright Future contains solution-based curriculum providing […] Read more >
