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.
Damian Carrington, The Guardian. November 28, 2011.
A European proposal would designate fuel from tar sands as resulting in 22 percent more greenhouse gas emissions than that from conventional fuels. But not if the UK has its way.
Bill McKibben, TomDispatch.com. November 16, 2011.
Romney not only flip-flopped to the side of climate denial, but did so less than six months after he had said no less definitively that the world's getting warmer.
Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com. November 16, 2011.
While you were paying attention to Herman Cain, the Kardashians and the Penn State child sex abuse scandal, the U.S. Department of Energy administered last rites to the planet.
Stephen Lacey, Jessica Goad, ThinkProgress. November 7, 2011.
The Keystone XL pipeline has become a rallying cry for a broad spectrum of environmental interests — climate, land protection, clean water, and environmental justice.
The brothers control nearly 25% of the tar sands crude that is imported into the US and own mining companies, oil terminals, and refineries all along the Keystone XL route.
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.
On the eve of their annual celebration, Rainforest Action Network leader Rebecca Tarbotton talks with Naomi Klein about how to take on multinational giants and win.
Nathan Schneider, Waging Nonviolence. September 7, 2011.
Although "Seize DC" was postponed, September and October will bring an occupation of Wall Street, more tar sands protests, and the October 2011 action in DC.
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.
One in six of the 100 billion soda, beer and juice cans we use each year owe their existence to Alberta’s tar sands. The result is an environmental disaster.
