Why the Battle Over Canada's Tar Sands Is an American Issue
By Asher Miller / Post Carbon Institute
For starters, the energy and environmental impacts of tar sands production are not limited to within the borders of Canada. But the trouble doesn't end there.
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Gasland Director Josh Fox: Obama's Support for Natural Gas Drilling 'A Painful Moment' for Communities Exposed to Fracking
By Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez
Democracy Now!
Was Lou Gehrig's ALS Caused by Drinking Water?
By Wendee Holtcamp
Miller-McCune Magazine
Conservatives Use Creationist Playbook to Attack Climate Change Education in Schools
By Bill Walker
AlterNet


Nukespeak: The Selling of Nuclear Technology from the Manhattan Project to Fukushima
By Richard C. Bell, Stephen Hilgartner, Rory O'Connor / AlterNet
State Of The Union: President Obama Blames Congress for Inaction on Climate Change, While Calling for Increase in Fossil Fuel Production
By Brad Johnson / ThinkProgress
Fracking's "Little Revolution": How a People-Powered Movement Fights Big Business for Clean Water
By Ellen Cantarow / TomDispatch.com
An Interesting New Way to Look at the Economy: Are Economies Like Ecosystems?
By Jon Rynn / AlterNet
Why a Likely Natural Event Could Cause Nuclear Reactors to Melt Down and Our Grid to Crash
By Matthew Stein / AlterNet
Sugar High: The Dark History and Nasty Methods Used to Feed Our Sweet Tooth
By Jill Richardson / AlterNet
The Uphill Battle Against Citizens United: Tricky Legal Terrain and No Easy Fixes
By Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet

3 Ways Laws Are Stacked to Favor Fracking Companies -- And How We Can Change That
By Peter Montague / AlterNet
Despite Obama's Decision on Keystone Pipeline, the Fight Against Tar Sands Is Far From Over
By Bill Walker / Climate Central
Oil Lobby Threatens Obama Over Keystone Pipeline: Here's Just How Much Financial Firepower the Industry Has in Washington
By Suzanne Goldenberg / The Guardian
3 Places Where a Looming Energy War Could Mean Global Economic Disaster in 2012
By Michael T. Klare / TomDispatch.com
One More Day to Act: Gas Drilling May Begin in New York Soon
By Sabrina Artel / AlterNet

Fracking on Shaky Ground: How Our Latest Fossil Fuel Addiction Is Linked to Earthquakes
By Scott Thill / AlterNet
Damning New Letter from NY State Insider: 'Hydraulic Fracturing as It's Practiced Today Will Contaminate Our Aquifers'
By Karen McVeigh / The Guardian
Rick Santorum Is King of the GOP's Anti-Science Presidential Contenders
By Bill Walker / Climate Central
Cynicism Is for Suckers: How We Can Fight the Greedy Elites That Run Our Lives
By Bill McKibben / TomDispatch.com
How Activists Can 'Occupy' Their Cities with New Legal Structures That Empower Communities Over Corporations
By Jeff Reifman, Thomas Linzey / YES! Magazine
Why You Can Be Branded a Terrorist for Fighting Animal Abuse
By Rania Khalek / AlterNet

Will Fossil Fuel Companies Face Liability for Climate Change?
By Christine Shearer / Conducive Chronicle
How Canada's Become a Home for Some of the Biggest Fracking Projects
By Nicholas Kusnetz / ProPublica
L.A.'s Dirty Coal Addiction Is Killing Arizona
By Joshua Frank / AlterNet
The Fight Over Keystone XL Now Has A 60-Day Deadline -- Is This Good or Bad?
By Brad Johnson / ThinkProgress
Frozen Out: Is Congress About to Slash Heating Assistance Funds Just as Temperatures Plummet?
By s.e. smith / AlterNet

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