In what’s becoming all too common news, another oil pipeline burst last night, this time on the streets of Los Angeles, America’s second largest city. Details are still emerging, but … Read more
Jim Murphy
Jim Murphy is Director of Legal Advocacy for National Wildlife Federation, where he coordinates NWF’s nationwide litigation efforts concerning the development of dirty fossil fuels.
It’s Past Time for Strong Tar Sands Safety Regulations
On May 6, the federal agency responsible for protecting the public from pipeline oil spills quietly issued a notice intended to give a nudge for pipeline operators to do a … Read more
A Growing Chorus to Protect Wildlife from Tar Sands in New England
The chorus of concern in New England over a likely tar sands pipeline project that would be devastating for wildlife just keeps getting louder. On April 18, Republican Senator Kelly … Read more
One Year After Mayflower, Time to Say ‘No’ to Dangerous Pipelines
On March 17, a damaged pipeline in southwest Ohio leaked 20,000 gallons of crude oil into a nature preserve. As if the oil itself hadn’t hurt enough small animals and … Read more
President Now Has Information Needed to Deny Keystone XL
Today, the State Department released its long awaited environmental review of the controversial Keystone XL tar sands export pipeline. The State Department’s report for the first time acknowledges that the … Read more
Tar Sands Exposed Tour Shows Human, Environmental Cost of Dirty Fuel
The contrast of images is stark, startling. Scenes of majestic beauty untouched by the hands of people and scraped earth scraped made toxic and lifeless. Images of the earth’s bounty; … Read more
Dirty Business: Congress Seeks To Export U.S. Fossil Fuels and Carbon Pollution
In another shameless attempt to undermine sound climate policy and keep the pedal to the metal on dirty fuel production, House Congressional members snuck a provision into the Omnibus Appropriations … Read more
Federal Government Investigates West Virginia’s “Lawless” Regulation of Coal Mining
Charleston, West Virginia’s largest city and capital, has just begun to reopen after a coal processing chemical storage facility spilled into the Elk River, rendering the city’s water unusable for … Read more
Don’t Accept False Choices, the Right Choice is Denying Keystone XL
The recent collision and explosion of oil rail cars in North Dakota followed by the evacuation and fire aboard on oil train in New Brunswick, have again highlighted the extreme … Read more
