To move past the divisive politics of the Keystone battle, we must build a movement that puts both economic justice and climate action at the center of its demands.
Despite the President's rhetoric on clean energy, it really is business as usual and dirty fossil fuels will continue to receive support and preference.
Republican energy policies are deliberately designed to raise gas prices in the short, near, mid, and long term -- and undermine America's economy and security to boot.
Asher Miller, Post Carbon Institute. February 3, 2012.
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.
Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian. January 12, 2012.
An independent research group that tracks the influence of money in politics has conducted an analysis of oil industry contributions to members of Congress supporting the pipeline.
With the new rush to approve TransCanada's tar sands pipeline, let's review some key facts that should underlie any analysis of the proposed 1700-mile project.
Protestors of the Keystone Pipeline, fracking and other environmental concerns are finding common ground with the Occupy movement -- but there's more to the story.
By siding with concerned members of Congress and his own environmental agency and choosing to reject the Keystone XL pipeline, Obama could begin to make good on that pledge.
This is shocking considering carbon emissions from tar sands are 80% higher than the average crude and the extraction process requires strip mining and toxic waste.
Forcing a vote on a matter that may bind the United States' fate to fossil fuels for decades to come is the most irresponsible aspect of all in this debate.
