President Obama Holds the Power to Protect America from Keystone
In the first week of 2015, President Obama sent a clear message to the new Republican congress that he intends to stand firm in his commitment to uphold the health of environment and the American...
View ArticleOhio Govenor Kills Green Energy & NYS Invests
It was only a short while ago when the Ohio Legislature essential killed all efforts to bring clean green energy and energy use reduction to the state. Ohio Gov. John Kasich dashed the hopes of...
View ArticleAnalysis: Last tango for nuclear?
The U.S. nuclear power industry’s three-step: It’s revival, a long goodbye, or state-aided life support. First of three stories on the nuclear power industry. January 31, 2015 By Peter Dykstra...
View ArticleWhy The West VA Oil Spill Will Not Be The Last
A ball of fire engulfed the town of Mount Carbon West Virginia. In a freaky déjà vu moment reminiscent of the events of April of last year in Lynchburg VA, a train hauling more than 100 tankers...
View ArticleFracking and Common Sense
Does fracking really have the potential to contaminate our country’s drinking water supply? Can a process that occurs thousands of feet below the surface really affect it? The gas and oil industry has...
View ArticleBiotechnology and fish farming: Gas guzzlers
SOMETHING called Methylococcus capsulatus might not sound an appetising ingredient for a meal. Methylococcus is a methanotroph, a bacterium that metabolises methane. Fortunately, salmon are not fussy...
View ArticleChesapeake to pay $25 million to settle Michigan charges
Chesapeake Energy Corp. has agreed to pay $25 million to settle antitrust allegations made by Michigan’s attorney general, as well as complaints that it misled hundreds of landowners to obtain leases...
View ArticleOklahoma scientists suspected quakes linked to oil 8 years ago
The Oklahoma Geological Survey jolted the national drilling debate last week when it announced oil and gas activity was “very likely” causing the earthquakes plaguing the state. But many scientists at...
View ArticleNIMBY Versus NIMIC
Not In My Backyard vs Not In My Insurance Company For many decades community leaders were called NIMBY (Not In My Backyard) when opposing a facility that would cause environmental and public health...
View ArticleStopping Polluters With Local Ordinances
In the thick of Pennsylvania’s coalfields, the little Borough of Kulpmont passed the nation’s strongest mercury and dioxin air pollution law, stopping a crematorium proposed in a residential...
View ArticleEPA Takes Baby Steps in Acknowledging Fracking Dangers
The US EPA released a draft Assessment of the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing for Oil and Gas on Drinking Water Resources earlier this month. Although still only a draft, the document marks a...
View ArticleRenewables Become the Second Most Popular Source of Electricity
By: Katie O’Brien Renewables have just become the second most popular source of electricity in the World! Making it the first time since 2001, natural gas was bumped from the number two spot. While...
View ArticleKnow Nukes Y'All Summit
Learn about all aspects of nuclear energy and network with activists by attending the Know Nukes Y’All Summit in Chattanooga, TN from June 28th to 30th. National experts, such as David Freeman and...
View Article"The Story of Change," Climate Change, and PVC-Free Schools
Two great new pieces of activist reporting came out last week, and both dovetail perfectly with our work to get PVC, the poison plastic (a k a vinyl), out of NYC schools. Check them out! “Global...
View ArticlePresident Obama Holds the Power to Protect America from Keystone
In the first week of 2015, President Obama sent a clear message to the new Republican congress that he intends to stand firm in his commitment to uphold the health of environment and the American...
View ArticleOhio Govenor Kills Green Energy & NYS Invests
It was only a short while ago when the Ohio Legislature essential killed all efforts to bring clean green energy and energy use reduction to the state. Ohio Gov. John Kasich dashed the hopes of...
View ArticleNuclear Energy: Sucking America Dry or Filling Our Pockets with Energy?
The struggle for natural gas and oil continue each day. While we deplete our oil resources we look for new ways of finding oil such as fracking and importing more oil, but this oil flow is slowly, but...
View ArticleWhat Does Standing Rock and Love Canal Struggles Have In Common?
Real democracy in action. Both situations did not have the law on their side, regulations or much of anything. Yet both of those fights had real victories. There are real lessons that can be learned...
View ArticleNative Nations Rise March: A Powerful Uprising for Indigenous Rights
Indigenous people from around the world gathered to promote sovereignty, resistance, respect, justice and love at the Native Nations Rise March 10th. I was honored to walk along side of Indigenous...
View ArticleWho Owns the Sun?
Over the past 5 years rooftop installation of solar panels have seen explosive growth, perhaps as much as 900 percent, over the past six years according to an article in the New York Times. The U.S....
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