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Reject and Protect - NoKXL Fighters Arrive at the Washington Mall - A Photo...
This morning the Cowboy Indian Alliance officially opened the Reject and Protect tipi camp on the National Mall. I had to work and couldn't take my own photos of the opening ceremonies, but 350.org's...
View ArticleMSNBC/Rolling Stone: Obama to Say NO to Keystone XL Pipeline (Unconfirmed)
Moments ago, on The Ed Show, on MSNBC, Ed Schultz reported that unnamed sources at the White House (at Rolling Stone Magazine? - correction h/t varii) have leaked that President Obama has made up his...
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Reject and Protect (#NoKXL): Strength in Community on the National Mall, Sat...
The cloudless blue sky above Washington DC on Saturday, April 26th, reflected the expanding passion and commitment expressed by the speakers and participants in the Reject and Protect Tipi Gifting...
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Obama Returns to Silicon Valley - Meet us at the KXL protest rally!
President Obama is returning to Silicon Valley - this time in Mountain ViewSan Jose - on Thursday, May 8th, for a fundraiser. On the heals of the Cowboy Indian Alliance, Reject and Protect rallies last...
View ArticleThe Myth Of Tomorrowland: Thoughts On A Protest (#no KXL, 05/08/2014)
There was a protest in my neighborhood yesterday. The president's in town, fund raising for the DNC. He's staying at one of the city's most expensive hotels in the heart of downtown San Jose, and the...
View ArticleNYT: West Antarctic Ice Sheet Collapse has Begun
From The New York Times:The collapse of large parts of the ice sheet in West Antarctica appears to have begun and is almost certainly unstoppable, with global warming accelerating the pace of the...
View ArticleHalliburton & Kochs Helped Write North Carolina Fracking Law
From Ecowatch.com:In North Carolina, Halliburton and other fracking industry interests helped write a fracking chemical disclosure bill. But when that bill ended up requiring disclosure of harmful...
View ArticleDept. of Interior to Double Off-Shore Wind Power, Adding 742,000 Acres
From the Department of the Interior website:BOSTON, MA – As part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan to create American jobs, develop domestic clean energy resources and cut carbon pollution,...
View ArticleMassive Koch Bros. Defeat: Supreme Court Rules EPA can Regulate Greenhouse Gases
Please suck on this, Charles and David Koch - from politicususa.com:In a complicated ruling today, the Supreme Court dealt a blow to the Koch Brothers by not overturning the EPA’s ability to regulate...
View ArticleGroup Representing 590 Million Christians Divests From Fossil Fuel
From Addicting Info:Perhaps recalling the parts of the Bible in which God asks that his followers be good stewards to the Earth, the World Council of Churches, a global coalition of 345 churches moved...
View ArticleCourt: Key Environmental Law Doesn't Apply to Part of Enbridge Keystone XL...
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlogA U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has ruled that Enbridge’s 600-mile-long Flanagan South Pipeline, a Keystone XL “clone,” is legally cleared to proceed...
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Energy Bookshelf: Even though we must think about Climate, "Don't Even Think...
George Marshall's Don't Even Think About It: Why our brains are wired to ignore climate change (first chapter in pdf) should be on the must read list for anyone concerned about communicating climate...
View ArticleOh, It's On - POTUS Readies Sweeping Series of Executive Actions to Combat...
From Politico:The Obama administration is set to roll out a series of climate and pollution measures that rivals any president’s environmental actions since George H.W. Bush signed a rewrite of the...
View ArticleWhite House Strongly Suggests it would Veto Pro-Keystone XL Bill
From politicususa.com:Without issuing a formal veto threat, the White House is making it clear that if Congress passes a bill approving construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, President Obama will...
View ArticleMassey Energy CEO Don Blankenship INDICTED
From The Charleston Gazette:Don Blankenship, the longtime chief executive of Massey Energy, was indicted today on charges that he violated federal mine safety laws at the company’s Upper Big Branch...
View ArticlePOTUS Makes Strongest Statement Yet Against Keystone XL Pipeline
The President, in Myanmar earlier today, in response to a reporter's question:...I have to constantly push back against this idea that somehow the Keystone pipeline is either this massive jobs bill for...
View ArticleState Dept. Keystone XL North Contractor ERM Approved Project Now Melting...
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlogA controversial government contractor once again finds itself in hot water, or in this case, melting glacier water. TransCanada chose Environmental Resources Management...
View ArticleGulf-Bound Tar Sands for Export? Follow the Oiltanking Trail
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlogThe U.S. Senate failed to get the necessary 60 votes to approve the northern leg of TransCanada‘s KeystoneXL pipeline, but incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell...
View ArticlePresident Obama Will Veto Keystone XL Pipeline Bill
Breaking from The Washington Post:President Obama would veto a bill that would allow for the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, the White House said Tuesday. "If this bill passes this Congress...
View ArticleObama Announces Actions to Cut Methane Emissions by Almost Half
From whitehouse.gov:FACT SHEET: Administration Takes Steps Forward on Climate Action Plan by Announcing Actions to Cut Methane EmissionsThe Obama Administration is committed to taking responsible steps...
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