Rachel Maddow reports breaking news of an oil pipeline rupture at Refugio Beach near Santa Barbara, California that has created an oil slick along 4 miles of coast and threatens popular El Capitan State Beach.
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Seattle port commissioners vote to ‘delay’ Shell: Ships still inbound
Seattle port commissioners vote to ‘delay’ Shell: Ships still inbound The Seattle P-I’s Joel Connelly reports on the fallout from today’s Port Commission meeting, at
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Democrats plan tough votes for Republicans on Keystone pipeline bill The Hill looks at some of the amendments Democrats plan on putting before the Senate
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A pipeline and a pie in the sky New York Times columnist Timothy Egan chastises the Republican-controlled Congress for doing the bidding of a foreign
LaunchMost remaining fossil fuels need to stay in the ground to avoid dangerous pollution levels
Most remaining fossil fuels need to stay in the ground to avoid dangerous pollution levels New research by University College London, published in the journal
LaunchObama vows to veto Republicans’ Keystone XL grab as showdown looms
Obama vows to veto Republicans’ Keystone XL grab as showdown looms The Globe and Mail (our northern neighbor’s newspaper of record) offers a Canadian perspective
LaunchRosebud Sioux Tribe: Keystone vote is ‘act of war’
We are outraged by the lack of intergovernmental cooperation.. We are a sovereign nation and we are not being treated as such. We will close
LaunchUW professor seeks money to study pollution from coal trains in Whatcom County
UW professor seeks money to study pollution from coal trains in Whatcom County Professor Dan Jaffe finds funding outside of regular research channels to
LaunchPresident Barack Obama chides CBS’ Major Garrett: You don’t need to be the mouthpiece of congressional Republicans
PRESIDENT OBAMA: I’m happy to engage Republicans with additional ideas for how we can enhance that. I should note that our clean energy production is
LaunchB.P. may be fined up to $18 billion for spill in gulf
B.P. may be fined up to $18 billion for spill in gulf A federal judge has ruled that oil giant British Petroleum bears the majority
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Microsoft aims to be greener, drops ALEC membership CNET’s Dana Kerr reports that “the tech giant [has pulled out] of the conservative lobbying group that
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The repeal of the carbon price, whilst a sad day for Australia’s history books, provides an opportunity for the people of Australia to stand up
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Conservatives in Australia push through repeal of carbon tax Tony Abbott’s Conservative-led government in Australia has voted to repeal the carbon tax that the country
LaunchAnn Neumann: A pipeline threatens our family land
Fracking, I once thought, was something that happened to other people, not mine. Hydraulic fracturing may be confined to the shale regions of the country,
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In Boston, we have the more real-estate value at risk [to rising sea levels] than any American city besides New Orleans, Miami, and New York.
LaunchFord unveils brilliant parody of Cadillac’s dumb “Poolside” Super Bowl spot
The Ford Motor Company has produced a brilliant rejoinder to the widely-disliked ad created by General Motors’ Cadillac division for the 2014 Super Bowl. In
LaunchCoal miners say they were surveilled, harassed after making safety complaints
Coal miners say they were surveilled, harassed after making safety complaints The Huffington Post chronicles the legal trouble that miners like Kentuckian Reuben Shemwell have
LaunchThe fallout from the Fukushima disaster, three years later
Greenpeace Canada: The fallout from the Fukushima disaster, three years later
LaunchHundreds of youth arrested at anti-Keystone XL pipeline protest at White House
Yesterday, hundreds of progressive students were arrested in front of the White House in what advocacy journalists say was one of the largest youth sit-ins
LaunchNewspapers across America fail to identify wind power critic as hired gun for oil industry
Newspapers across America fail to identify wind power critic as hired gun for oil industry Media Matters takes note of all of the newspapers that
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