12/22 Update: Press reports indicate this afternoon that the House GOP will blink on the payroll tax bill and sign off on the version passed by a bi-partisan margin in the … Read more
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Keystone XL Not Good for Much But a Laugh
Shovel-ready jobs. America needs them. But we also need shovels for the imaginary job claims of the Koch brothers, the oil lobby and now House Speaker John Boehner. The speaker … Read more
EPA Rule Powers Clean Tech Engine, Jobs in Ohio
CLEAN TECH BOOSTS JOBS, SAVES MONEY, CUTS POLLUTION, DRIVES PERFORMANCE If you drive a big pick-up truck at work or when you hunt or fish, you know there are more … Read more
Crews Report Progress in Stopping Spill at Colorado Tar Sands Refinery
While they’re still working to pinpoint the source, workers have made progress in keeping an oil spill north of Denverfrom getting any worse: Federal officials say a trench dug to … Read more
As Colorado Oil Spill Cleanup Efforts Continue, Cancer-Causing Benzene Found
We’re learning more about an oily substance found in the Sand Creek north of Denver, CO. Investigators say it may have leaked from an underground pipeline: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency … Read more
Video: Ecologist Turns Advocate After Enbridge Disaster
“Having this [Enbridge] oil spill come down through a watershed where we’ve been working to clean up old pollution for a long time now…for me it was a punch in … Read more
Bravely Standing Up For Her Children and Community – How an Oil Spill Transformed One Woman’s Life
[br] As parents, we want to make sure our children feel safe and inspired. We want them to embrace life and jump at opportunity. When terrible things happen in the … Read more
Possible Tar Sands Spill Fouls Colorado Creek, Threatens Wildlife and Drinking Water
Authorities are investigating an oily muck found in a creek north of Denver near the Suncor Energy tar sands refinery in Commerce City: Environmental Protection Agency officials say small dams erected … Read more
Pipelines Part of the American Reality
[br] Environmentalists are relieved to hear that the Obama administration has delayed the decision regarding the Keystone XL pipeline. But most Americans probably do not know that pipelines already criss-cross … Read more
Enbridge Tar Sands Oil Spill Disaster in the Kalamazoo River is Worse than Originally Reported
On November 9th, the U.S. EPA updated their webpage to reflect the latest recovery efforts for the Enbridge tar sands oil spill. It is now being reported that well over 1.1 … Read more
