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(Watch) Dirty Tar Sands Draws Protests Around Nation

 |  Jul 8, 2010

“Keep your tar sands in the soil, We don’t want your dirty oil,” was the chant of protesters outside of the Canadian embassy in Washington as they demanded Canada and … Read more

WATCH – NWF Calls on Obama Administration to Stop Dirty Fuels Pipeline

 |  Jun 29, 2010

Today the State Department held a hearing on the proposed Keystone XL pipeline that would bring dirty tar sands fuels across six states and 2,000 miles.  The pipeline would bring … Read more

In Advance of Tar Sands Federal Hearing, Members of Congress Say Don’t Rush to Dirty Fuels

 |  Jun 24, 2010

Fifty members of Congress yesterday asked the State Department not to rush to approve a TransCanada Corporation dirty fuels pipeline, citing the need for further study of the fuel’s potent … Read more

Dirty Fuels Pipeline Feels Heat After Pressure from NWF and Partners

 |  Jun 9, 2010

We did it! The State Department is listening and took a step back today from it's rush to build this unsafe 2,000 mile pipeline across six states. This is thanks … Read more

Tar Sands Report – Why Dirty Fuels Don’t Make Sense for America

,  |  Jun 9, 2010

By Larry J. Schweiger Download NWF_TarSands_final_pages Today National Wildlife Federation is releasing a new report Staying Hooked on a Dirty Fuel: Why Canadian Tar Sands are a Bad Bet for … Read more

Administration’s Rush to Dirty Fuels Puts More Wildlife at Risk

,  |  May 26, 2010

As ugly images emerge from the Gulf Coast of wildlife oiled and dying from BP’s gigantic spill, the Obama Administration is rushing to build a pipeline to funnel an even … Read more

This Week’s Climate Capsule: Earth Day Recap & Dirty’s Fuel

 |  Apr 27, 2010

In this week’s NWF Climate Capsule, pushing the Senate to move now on clean energy & climate action, an Earth Day thank you & Dirty the Global Warming Denier Sock Puppet channels Napoleon Dynamite.
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 |  Dec 18, 2009

By Larry J. Schweiger Green Groups from around the world have a tradition of identifying bad actors. Canada is the big loser because it is producing oil from tar sands … Read more

NWF Joins Lawsuit Against Dirty Oil Pipeline

 |  Sep 3, 2009

Native American and environmental groups filed suit in federal court today challenging a proposed tar sands oil pipeline that would bring the dirtiest oil on Earth from Canada to the … Read more

Tar Sands: NWF Memo to Editorial and Opinion Writers

 |  Aug 21, 2009

National Wildlife Federation released the following memo today to editorial and opinion writers about the State Department’s approval of a multi billion dollar pipeline to import oil from Canadian tar … Read more