With the State Department’s release of the FSEIS last Friday I’m feeling more optimistic than ever that Secretary Kerry and President Obama will choose the moral high ground and deny … Read more
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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
NWF Rallies Against Keystone XL Before State of the Union
I just got back from a rally outside of the U.S. Capitol against the Keystone XL pipeline. National Wildlife Federation joined partner groups like 350.org and CREDO Action in chanting … Read more
Conservation Can’t Wait: What President Obama Can Do Right Now
The Associated Press reports President Obama will broaden a theme from last year’s speech in tonight’s State of the Union address: If Congress won’t act, President Obama will. That’s good … Read more
2013 Was Historically Awful For U.S. Oil Train Disasters
How much crude oil did trains spill across America in 2013? More than had been spilled in TOTAL in the nearly four decades since the federal government began collecting data … 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
Obama Brings On Anti-Keystone Advisor, But Doesn’t Seem to Want His Advice
An anonymous White House aide is assuring reporters this morning that President Obama’s new special adviser, Keystone XL opponent John Podesta, will “recuse himself” from the Keystone XL decision. The … Read more
Can Keystone Pass the President’s Climate Test?
In June, President Obama stood at Georgetown University and defined the conditions under which he would approve the Keystone XL Pipeline, saying he would, “only if this project does not … Read more
Canadian Bullying Should Make Saying No To Keystone XL Easy for Obama
I have a wee confession. Despite my deep concern about climate change and the state of the world, when my Sunday New York Times arrives on my doorstep (and, yes, … Read more
