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The Battle Against Chevron

Adrian wrote 1 week ago: It’s difficult for me to express how excited I was when I read several minutes ago that on Jul … more →

Tags: Climate Justice, Dirty Energy, Global Warming, Oil, Big Oil, climate change, Corporate power, Environmental Justice

Big Oil Lobbying Against Tighter Controls on Tar Sands

sugarcaneblog wrote 1 week ago: The American Petroleum Institute (API), representing major oil and gas companies, is raising concern … more →

Tags: Lobby, GHG, ILUC, enviroment, sustainability, Climate Change, water, Land use changes, biofuels

Checktheweather.net Updates, Music and Hostages in Isreal

misskfulton wrote 2 weeks ago: Today has been a busy day for us over at Checktheweather.net.  Check the site for some of the hottes … more →

Tags: Climate Justice, Oil, Music, indigenous, Online organizing

Hillary's choice

Justin wrote 3 weeks ago: As the House politicians debate important cap-and-trade legislation this week, a network of environm … more →

Tags: Environmental Justice News, Canada, Alberta, Environmental Justice, dirty tar sands, dirty oil sands, oil sands, bitumen, hillarys choice

Things are bleak for the Tar Sands

jk wrote 3 weeks ago: The WTO has offered its first insight into how it will deal with environmental tariff measures.  Fro … more →

Tags: Ideas/Opinions, Just News, Alberta, cap and trade, Carbon Emissions, WTO

Activists Disrupt Canadian Business Conference in DC, Says “No Tar Sands”4 comments

Sparki wrote 4 weeks ago: Posted by Adrian from Rainforest Action Network. Today, RAN took the fight against dirty Tar Sands o … more →

Tags: Americas, Climate and Forestry, déforestation, Direct action, Dirty Energy, Oil, Canada, climate change, climate change activism

Oil Economy Driving Growth of Controversial Tar Sands

chrisy58 wrote 1 month ago: Published on Monday, June 1, 2009 by Inter Press Service Oil Economy Driving Growth of Controversia … more →

Tags: enviromental issues, Green issues

SOUTH DAKOTA: Hyperion faces "critical hurdle"

Justin wrote 1 month ago: Proposed Hyperion Refinery The Associated Press reported on the upcoming permitting hearing for the … more →

Tags: South Dakota, Hyperion, tar sands oil, Canada, Alberta, Refinery

A Look at Coal Mining

Public Citizen Texas wrote 1 month ago: While we at Public Citizen Texas are fighting the building of new coal power plants in Texas and the … more →

Tags: Global Warming, carbon dioxide, Coal, coal mines, Kentucky, leaching, Mines, Mining, Moutain Top Removal

Tar Sands, Obama, California, and the Economy in Calgary1 comment

Steven Weissman wrote 1 month ago: Alberta Tar Sands Spending just a few days in Calgary, Alberta, one thing becomes perfectly clear: o … more →

Tags: Alberta, Calgary, calgary herald, climate change, Energy, energy policy, fossil fuel, low-carbon fuel standard, university of calgary

Como separar?1 comment

dbambace wrote 1 month ago: O gás do petróleo. Hoje você abasteceu o seu carro em um posto Shell e achou que estava tudo bem. Pe … more →

Tags: Canada, Nigeria, Petróleo, Petrópolis, shell

U.S. demand for Canada's oil sands to double, increasing emissions

sugarcaneblog wrote 2 months ago: The United States could vastly increase its consumption of petroleum from the Canadian oil sands ove … more →

Tags: GHG, enviroment, sustainability, LCFS, Land use changes, oil sands, bitumen

Canada - No new coal plants?

oliveridley wrote 2 months ago: For a minute I thought the pain from playing volleyball last night, plus opening my computer up slee … more →

Tags: Environment, climate change, Canada, Coal, CCS

Low Carbon Fuel Standard may Breach Trade Rules

sugarcaneblog wrote 2 months ago: California’s new low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS) may violate NAFTA and World Trade Organizatio … more →

Tags: biofuels, Climate Change, ethanol, Government, LCFS, Sugarcane, LCFS, trade-policy, WTO

Bios of speakers

underminingsustainability wrote 2 months ago: (in alphabetical order) for conference schedule and logistics, go here The Beehive Collective: The B … more →

Tags: Bios for Speakers, activism, affected communities, Direct action, First Nations, Gold, Human Rights, indigenous, lawsuits

Understanding Peak Oil

lepotager wrote 2 months ago: The learned folks over at the Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas have published a really … more →

Tags: Background, Peak Oil, Oil, shale oil

Background to Peak Oil - Interview with Colin Campbell

lepotager wrote 2 months ago: There is a great interview with Colin Campbell over at The Oil Drum – running through all the … more →

Tags: Preparations, Colin Campbell, economic crash, Peak Oil, Polar Oil, Reserve Growth, the oil drum

The Crash and the Future3 comments

Russ wrote 3 months ago:   America’s economic and geopolitical position has certainly become precarious in recent years … more →

Tags: bailouts, biofuels, corporatism, Disaster Capitalism, GeoPolitics, Global War On Terror, Globalization, oil price, Peak Oil

COTD #101 : The Turnaround

poligraf wrote 3 months ago: Emblem 45 from Atalanta Fugiens by Michael Maier The fifth and as of yet unwritten chapter of … more →

Tags: CotD, activism, activists, anthem, Clip, declining global oil production, Demo, depletion, Economy


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