The Keystone XL Resistance Training Tour Returns
We’re not sitting idly, waiting for President Obama to decide whether to approve or reject the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. This weekend, more than 300 people are expected to…
PHOTOS: 5 Things the Galveston Bay Oil Spill Says About Keystone XL
On Saturday, March 22, a barge carrying thick bunker fuel collided with another ship in the Houston Shipping Canal in Texas. The barge spilled 168,000 gallons of oil into the…
Blockade: Fighting strip mine expansion Rocky Branch, Illinois
This post is by activist Jeff Lucas. Residents of Illinois’ Rocky Branch community halt Peabody strip mine expansion for three hours with a road blockade. 321 miles south of Chicago…
7 Facts You Didn’t Know About What You’re Eating
Sometimes the problem of climate change and environmental destruction seems so large that it feels insurmountable. We’ve changed our light bulbs to those weird looking things, and we signed up…
Hundreds Protest Keystone XL In Philly, 29 Arrested – Story In Photos
While the formal public comment period on the Keystone XL pipeline came to a close last Friday (with more than two million comments against the pipeline!), KXL opponents in Philadelphia…
Dare to Win – The Keystone XL Pledge of Resistance
We are changing the world. When the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline was proposed five years ago, it could have just been one more energy project green-lighted by Washington D.C….
The People vs. Big Oil – 24 hours to speak out against Keystone XL
It’s been one month since the State Department opened the last official public comment period on the Keystone XL pipeline. There are only 24 hours left till the closing bell!…
The EPA Can, And Should, End the Construction of New Coal Plants
Are you as fed up as I am about the coal industry’s license to pollute? On January 9, coal cleaning chemicals leaked into West Virginia’s Elk River and poisoned the drinking…
Meet Ross Bhappu, The Money Behind Coal Export Proposals On the Columbia River
This is a guest post by Joe Smyth of Greenpeace USA. You can follow him on Twitter at @joesmyth. The coal industry’s efforts to export huge amounts of taxpayer-owned coal from…
Celebrating African American Environmentalists
Out of the 12 months of the year, only one month is dedicated to celebrating the rich and incredible African American history of the United States. The absurdity of the…