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President Obama’s Climate Action Plan: Not Even Close
Tom Weis Unfortunately for all of us, the blueprint he presented is more PR than plan, and has zero chance of stabilizing the climate. To...
Aug 12, 20131 min read
Hundreds Protest Radioactive Fracking Waste in Ohio
Food & Water Watch Buckeye Forest Council Concerned Citizens Ohio Athens County Fracking Action Network A coalition of local, statewide...
Jul 31, 20135 min read
Legislation Introduced to Eliminate Fracking Industry Loophole
8 People’s Oil & Gas Collaborative- Ohio The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) of 1976 requires the safe disposal of solid...
Jul 26, 20132 min read
Anti-fracking groups call for Colorado oil and gas director to resign
Jul 25, 2013, 6:30pm MDT A coalition of nearly 50 groups opposed to the use of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in Colorado has called...
Jul 26, 20131 min read
Effort to speed up fracking derailed in NC House
Published: July 26, 2013 By John Murawski — jmurawski@newsobserver.com A last-minute legislative effort to speed up the state’s fracking...
Jul 26, 20131 min read
Uncappable underground blowout spills thousands of barrels of tar sands oil in Cold Lake, Alberta
At the microphone, Crystal Lameman of the Beaver Cree First Nation of Canada, speaking against the Keystone XL pipeline in Washington,...
Jul 25, 20133 min read
Anti-Fracking Activists Celebrate Cancellation of Gas Leases and Drilling Plans in NE Pennsylvania
from Alternet Unprecedented mass lease cancellation occurs near homes of some of fractivism’s most effective mobilizers. Photo Credit:...
Jul 24, 20132 min read
The Tar Sands Oil Spill That Can’t Be Stopped
Oil Change International By Andy Rowell This disaster has been years in the making, but finally the reality of tar sands mining may be...
Jul 23, 20133 min read
Former Mobil VP Warns of Fracking and Climate Change
Friday, 19 July 2013 00:00 By Ellen Cantarow, Truthout| Interview Few people can explain gas and oil drilling with as much authority as...
Jul 21, 20132 min read
Federal Judge Allows Chevron to Track Environmental Advocates
SustainableBusiness.com News 07/15/2013 After a 20-year battle, Ecuador’s court ruled against Chevron in the world’s biggest...
Jul 21, 20131 min read
Colorado Residents Protest Fracking at Democratic Governors’ Conference
July 16, 2013 Hundreds of Coloradans from across the state gathered outside the Democratic Governors Association (DGA) meeting on...
Jul 21, 20131 min read
69,000 Americans Pledge to Risk Arrest if Keystone XL Pipeline Is Approved
Mint Press News By Trisha Marczak The actions are expected to come in many forms, including mass sit-ins at strategic locations along the...
Jul 17, 20131 min read
Fracking the Streets of London
July 2, 2013 Oil Change International By Andy Rowell The madness surrounding Britain’s fracking frenzy reached new heights this morning...
Jul 4, 20131 min read
Mass Protest, Not A Speech, Is Needed To Address Climate Change
By Chris Williams, June 27, 2013 Before we get teary eyed with joy or scoff with derision, we should take a closer look at President...
Jul 1, 20131 min read
Obama Climate Plan Touts Gas Fracking As “Transition Fuel,” Doubling Down on Methane Ris
Today, President Barack Obama announced his administration’s “Climate Action Plan” for cutting carbon pollution in his second term in the...
Jun 27, 20131 min read
Questioning Obama
For Immediate Release June 24, 2013 PHYSICIANS, SCIENTISTS, AND ENGINEERS QUESTION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION’S DECISION TO HAND CONTROL OF...
Jun 27, 20132 min read
11,000+ Massachusetts Residents Call for a Fracking Ban
Environment Massachusetts Graphic courtesy of Corporate Europe Observatory This morning, more than 11,000 residents called on Beacon Hill...
Jun 27, 20131 min read
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