Retweet the following tweet to show your support for NYDEC’s decision: Thank you NYDEC for requiring strict review of proposal for #tarsands oil by rail through #NY! https://t.co/RlcHk9pKb5 pic.twitter.com/76aYVYIvyd — … Read more
tar sands
Protect This Region from Tar Sands Oil
In addition to the risks of millions of gallons of explosive, dangerous fracked Bakken crude oil rolling over a decrepit rail line and bridges on the shores of Lake Champlain, … Read more
Tar Sands Enbridge GXL Pipelines Threaten Wildlife
As we continue to celebrate the November rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline, which prevented the pumping of over 800,000 barrels per day of carbon intensive, toxic tar sands oil through … Read more
Protecting Wildlife from Climate Change in 2016 and Beyond
2015: What a Year! It is not an overstatement to say that 2015 may be looked back upon as the year that we began winning the battle to protect wildlife … Read more
Wildlife’s Keystone XL Pipeline Heroes
President Obama has finally made the long awaited decision to reject the Keystone XL pipeline! The Keystone XL pipeline would have carried tar sands oil – one of the dirtiest, … Read more
Winning the Fight Against the Enbridge Octopus
On Monday, September 14, 2015, a Minnesota state court issued an important decision in the fight against pipeline giant Enbridge’s plans to expand its dirty oil pipeline system in the … Read more
Remember the Kalamazoo, Stop Tar Sands!
Five years ago, I had just started with NWF and very quickly found myself in a kayak and pickup responding to what would become the largest inland oil spill in … Read more
We Must Act to Protect Lake Champlain from an Oil-by-Rail Disaster
Most Vermonters are aware that our state legislature recently passed – and Vermont Governor Shumlin signed – ambitious legislation aimed at cleaning up Lake Champlain and the state’s rivers and … Read more
Canada Fails to Protect Wood Bison Herd from Tar Sands
As we await the President’s anticipated rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline, new information on iconic wood bison further demonstrates how tar sands oil harms wildlife every step of the way. In … Read more
President Delivers Tar Sands Wildlife Win, Keystone XL Rejection Next
President Obama took a huge step to help protect wildlife from destructive, climate disrupting tar sands oil. On February 24, he vetoed a fossil fuel industry giveaway bill from Congress that … Read more
