It’s been an important and game-changing week in the effort to keep climate disrupting tar sands in the ground. On Tuesday, December 6, the White House announced that President Obama would … Read more
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A Big Win for Wildlife: Senate Says No to Keystone XL Pipeline
Today, the Senate voted again on a bill that would’ve approved the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. The effort, initiated by Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA), fell one vote short of the … Read more
Historic U.S, China Climate Agreement Signals a Breakthrough for Wildlife
A landmark achievement has occurred in efforts to move climate solutions for wildlife forward. After years of fits and starts, China and the U.S. – the two countries that account for … Read more
Scientists Call for Tar Sands Moratorium
In a pointed article in the prestigious journal Nature, eight scientists and economists call for a moratorium on new tar sands projects “unless developments are consistent with national and international commitments … Read more
Five Things to Know about the Tar Sands Threat to American Birds
Tar sands—a mixture of sand, clay and water from which a dense and extremely viscous form of petroleum, called bitumen, can be extracted—underlie more than 54,000 square miles of northeastern … Read more
Pipeline Spill in Los Angeles Neighborhood Another Stark Reminder It’s Time to End Oil Addiction
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
Time for the Senate to pass Shaheen-Portman – without Keystone XL
It’s ironic—on the same day a massive report is released detailing the increasingly severe impacts of climate change on the U.S., the Senate will likely sink a common-sense energy efficiency … Read more
Reject and Protect: Native Tribes and Ranchers rally against the Keystone Pipeline
This Saturday, thousands of cowboys, Native Americans, environmental activists and concerned citizens took to the streets of D.C. in protest of the Keystone XL pipeline. This rally and march was … Read more
