Energy is never far from the headlines these days. Conflicts of all kinds—political, economic, social, military—seem to be proliferating over oil, coal, gas, nuclear and biomass. While some interests struggle to keep cheap fossil fuels circulating worldwide, a growing number of communities are resisting their extraction and use…
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Yet given the power of the ecocidal oil oligarchy which rules Canada and much of the world, empowered global citizens need to let the EU know the world expects, indeed demands, the EU do the right thing…
On Feb. 27 from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m., a group of concerned Youngstown citizens and panelists will hold the second in a series of open public town hall style informational meetings on the topic of fracking…
New York Supreme Court Justice Phillip Rumsey ruled today in favor of the right of Dryden, New York, to adopt zoning that prohibits natural gas drilling within its borders in Tomkins County…
Polar bears—like other Arctic species including beluga whales, narwhals and walruses—are already under severe pressure in the Arctic from climate change. In just 30 years, the Arctic has lost 75 percent of its sea ice, and temperatures in the Arctic are rising faster than anywhere else on Earth…
As millions of pounds of explosives from mountaintop removal strip mining operations continue to devastate historic mountain communities in central Appalachia, a powerful new music video released this week by the beloved American Roots band Magnolia Mountain captures the haunting grief and stories…
Groups Challenge EPA’s Air Pollution Discharge Permits for Shell’s Arctic Drillships
Earthjustice
02-21-2012
“The EPA approved these permits without ensuring that all air quality standards are met, and as such our only option is to challenge them in court. Although the Clean Air Act requires modern pollution controls that…
EXCLUSIVE: As Fracking Boom Hits Ohio, Deceptive Industry Practices Squeeze Landowners
Erika Eichelberger
02-20-2012
Kasich says environmental protections and regulations are important to him, but the free-for-all so far has meant people and the environment have suffered. Not only has the process has been linked to earthquakes and water contamination in the state, but the industry’s deceptive leasing practices are increasingly causing alarm among Ohioans…
As President Obama said, it is true that “we don’t have to choose between our environment and our economy,” but that’s not because natural gas in shale is a clean fuel. Natural gas is a dirty fossil fuel that, new studies are…
‘Shadowlands’ Photographs Highlight Human Cost of Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
Greenpeace International
02-20-2012
Greenpeace launched ‘Shadowlands’ on Feb. 20, a presentation of haunting photographs depicting the impacts of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the plight of people displaced by the crisis, and a warning to others that…
In Puerto Rico, activists are set to march this weekend against the government’s plan to build a natural gas pipeline that would intersect the island…
Protesters to Keystone XL Pipeline: Don’t Mess With Texas
Natural Resources Defense Council
02-19-2012
The raucous protest included an unusual mix of tea party supporters, independents, Democrats, Republicans and even Occupy Dallas protesters. They were all there to support Crawford’s eminent domain court fight with TransCanada, which wants to run the Keystone XL pipeline through her property…
The funding issue is a scam. Even the most generous revenue estimates from this reckless expansion of drilling will not be enough to fund proposed transportation projects in the bill. In addition, what small amounts of…
Tea Party and Environmental Groups Tell Transcanada ‘Don’t Mess With Texas’ over Eminent Domain Claims
Sierra Club
02-17-2012
“This is a private company taking land for private use and foreign profit. They are cloaking themselves in common carrier regalia and exercising eminent domain against Texas citizens but there is no evidence that…
Two years into the implementation of the state’s clean energy law, which sets standards for both renewable energy and energy efficiency, Ohio saved enough electricity each year to power 82,000 homes, among other significant benefits…
Despite what oil executives want us to believe, the industry doesn’t have the technology to recover spilled oil in the Arctic. They don’t have the scientific data to understand the ecosystem in the Arctic Ocean…
On this side of the Atlantic, shale gas has the potential to become an economical lifesaver. On the other hand, it could prove to be an ecological calamity—hence the banning of shale gas extraction in France and Bulgaria…
Ethanol is more corrosive and burns hotter than gasoline, properties that could cause some engines to stall, misfire and overheat. Fuel with higher ethanol blends emits more nitrous oxide and formaldehyde than gasoline…
It is this contest between traditional power elites on one hand, and growing masses of disenfranchised poor and formerly middle-class people attempting to provide the necessities of life for themselves in the context of a shrinking economy, that is…
Overturning of Local Zoning Protections for Fracking Leads to Protests at Senators’ Offices
Delaware Riverkeeper Network
02-16-2012
Environmental organizations held protests outside the offices of three State Senators who recently voted for Marcellus Shale gas drilling legislation (HB 1950) which contains provisions that overturn local zoning ordinances and forces townships to allow gas operations in residential and all other parts of the municipality…
The Ohio EPA finalized its general permit for production operations at shale gas well sites. The Ohio Environmental Council, Buckeye Forest Council, and Center for Health, Environment and Justice are calling for further protections for health and environment…
Eight Nobel Laureates Join Forces to Ban Tar Sands Oil in Europe
Friends of the Earth Europe
02-16-2012
“Even oil-obsessed America refused to take the gamble and shelved plans for a tar sands pipeline this winter,” said Greenpeace EU transport policy adviser Franziska Achterberg. “The question is whether Europe is prepared to say ‘no’…
“We’ve been watching and we’ve seen property owners mistreated. We’ve seen the failure to disclose how dangerously close this pipeline runs to an elementary school. What we have not seen is the thorough review of this project’s…
In our current growth-based economic system, rising affluence and population growth mean increased consumption, environmental destruction, and waste production. This western model of development is failing…
St. Louis-based Arch Coal reared its head as the king of hubris a year ago, refusing to pay an extra 55 cents a ton for coal in order to meet proper U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Clean Water Act standards for a controversial mountaintop removal operation in West Virginia…
The people’s media is our system of accountability and transparency and we must continue to practice it…
By the dramatic end of Your Environmental Road Trip, audiences will not only cheer, but feel compelled to spring to their feet to make their own journey and join an inspiring movement for change, through their own affection for place and home…
A review of recent testimonies, tax records and local news reports shows that, on many other important issues at stake, TransCanada has been advertising one thing to its stakeholders and delivering another…
Frustrations are running high as our country continues to run our energy policy as business as usual. Sooner or later, push will come to shove. I just hope that when it does, our country will have taken the right steps forward to truly embrace the sustainable energy future we are capable of creating…
If passed, Amendment 133 would prevent the protection of the Grand Canyon, flanking the park with new roads, mines, exploration drilling, power lines and truck traffic. This activity would damage wildlife habitat and…
