Once again essential legislation is being taken hostage by Big Oil’s backers on Capitol Hill. The vehicle this time is the transportation bill, a massive piece of legislation that aims to … Read more
Tony Iallonardo
East Coast Dolphins Would Get Sonic Migraine from Proposed Drilling
Last week, the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) took another step toward green lighting geological surveys for oil and gas drilling in the Mid- and South-Atlantic Ocean. With all the political … Read more
NBCs Today: Don’t Poison Tar Sands Wolves – Watch
Alongside hosts Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie in the the 8 a.m. hour of “The Today Show” on Friday, March 16, National Wildlife Federation naturalist David Mizejewski and live wolves discussed how … Read more
Wolves to be Poisoned Over Tar Sands in Canada
Late last week, internal documents went public showing Canada is fretting over its sullied reputation for unfettered fossil fuel development, while resorting to poisoning wolves rather than fixing the problem. NWF released a paper … Read more
Keystone XL: Fresh Evidence That China and Not U.S. Will Benefit
As the promoters of the Keystone XL pipeline regroup to push their new permit application to funnel high carbon tar sands from Alberta to Texas, there continues to swirl a good deal of controversy over where tar sands … Read more
Canada, from Green to Gray
There was a time when Canada, symbolized by the maple leaf, was a “green,” environmentally conscientious neighbor. Remember, in the 1980s, Canada came knocking on America’s door, rightfully demanding that … Read more
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
Mandating a Keystone XL Decision: Another Polluter Ploy that Congress Should Reject
Polluter lobbyists launched their latest ploy to funnel massive quantities of dirty fuel through the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. It would seem that even though the State Department and President … Read more
A Chance for Media Redemption on Hackergate?
Leftover turkey anyone? Today another hacked batch of 5,000 emails purporting to be from the Climate Research Center at the University of East Anglia was leaked by unknown parties. It’s … Read more
