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AUDIO – Big Oil Ads Say “Trust Us this Time”

 |  Jan 6, 2011

Unless you live in DC or one of the pipeline states, you are hearing it here first.  With a decision from the State Department coming soon on whether to approve the … Read more

Explosions Ignite New Concerns About Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline

 |  Dec 20, 2010

An awful pipeline explosion that killed at least 27 people and injured over 50 others is raising fresh concerns about safety. The explosion, which destroyed at least 30 homes Sunday morning happens on the … Read more

UPDATE – U.S. Must Account for Dirty Tar Sands at Climate Talks

 |  Dec 2, 2010

As the negotiations in Cancun begin to churn, the split personality of the U.S. State Department threatens to undermine further trust in the U.S. negotiation position. At the nexus of … Read more

Texas Landowners Being Abused by TransCanada Tar Sands Giant?

 |  Nov 18, 2010

Reports of landowner abuses by tar sands pipeline oil giant Transcanada are well documented in Nebraska.  But some reports of abuse are popping up in Texas, including alleged instances of … Read more

Cooking the Earth: Wildlife Deserve Better

 |  Nov 15, 2010

A few weeks ago, National Wildlife Federation’s Jim Lyon and Felice Stadler traveled to Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada to experience the devastation caused by the Canadian tar sands oil operation … Read more

Senators Raise Concerns About Dirty Fuels Pipeline

 |  Nov 3, 2010

Eleven U.S. senators, led by Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), have written to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calling on her to respond to detailed questions about the environmental impacts … Read more

VIDEO – Clinton Speaks! Tar Sands Remarks Disappoint

,  |  Oct 19, 2010

In a rare public statement of tar sands, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton seemed to say America’s energy choices amount to either dirty oil from the gulf or dirty oil from … Read more

Blow the Whistle on Polluter Abuse! [Audio]

,  |  Sep 28, 2010

Nebraska landowners and citizens will be able to blow the whistle on the heavy-handed tactics of Canadian oil giant TransCanada starting today. TransCanada is the company trying to run the … Read more

Poll: in Nebraska, ‘huskers rally against tar sands pipeline

 |  Sep 15, 2010

Nebraska is many things to many people. Depending on who you ask, the Cornhusker State is “Where the West Begins,” the birthplace of Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffet, or home … Read more

Tar Sands Pipeline Company Admits Playing Fast and Loose with Safety

,  |  Aug 5, 2010

Canadian oil giant TransCanada will abandon, for now, its bid to pump dirty tar sands oil at higher than normal pressures. They sought a waiver from normal safety procedures, until … Read more