Bufflehead, black and wood ducks, canvasback, gadwall, goldeneye, mallard, pintail, redhead, ring-necked, ruddy, scaup, scoter, shoveler, teal, and widgeon: to duck hunters and bird watchers alike, the characteristics of those … Read more
tar sands
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
It’s Past Time for Strong Tar Sands Safety Regulations
On May 6, the federal agency responsible for protecting the public from pipeline oil spills quietly issued a notice intended to give a nudge for pipeline operators to do a … 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
A Growing Chorus to Protect Wildlife from Tar Sands in New England
The chorus of concern in New England over a likely tar sands pipeline project that would be devastating for wildlife just keeps getting louder. On April 18, Republican Senator Kelly … Read more
March With Us to Reject the Keystone Pipeline and Protect Our Wildlife
On Saturday, April 26, thousands will be joining a brave and bold alliance of tribal communities, ranchers and farmers here in Washington, D.C. to demonstrate and make sure President Obama … Read more
A Year After Mayflower Disaster, an Oil Spill at Every Turn
A year ago, residents of a quiet suburban neighborhood in Mayflower, Arkansas, watched in horror as heavy, toxic tar sands oil poured out of a burst pipeline, across their yards … Read more
One Year After Mayflower, Time to Say ‘No’ to Dangerous Pipelines
On March 17, a damaged pipeline in southwest Ohio leaked 20,000 gallons of crude oil into a nature preserve. As if the oil itself hadn’t hurt enough small animals and … Read more
