Nexen-owned pipeline spills an estimated five million litres of bitumen, sand and water in Alberta A pipeline at Nexen’s Long Lake oilsands project in northeastern
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George Lakoff: Pope Francis’ new encyclical is a model for how progressives should reframe
George Lakoff: Pope Francis’ new encyclical is a model for how progressives should reframe Linguist George Lakoff has posted a must-read discussion of the English
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Politico takes an in-depth look at the success of the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign
Politico takes an in-depth look at the success of the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign Republicans like Mitch McConnell of Kentucky have repeatedly and continually
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Pipeline rupture sends oil down California coast
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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Renewed grassroots push begins in the plains to block Keystone XL
Renewed grassroots push begins in the plains to block Keystone XL The New York Times reports on the organizing being done in South Dakota to
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Right wing upset about Pope Francis’ planned call to action on climate crisis
The New York Times is once again giving conservative Catholic voices based in the United States a platform with which to attack Pope Francis. The
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Washington (stupidly) turns to neurotoxins to save its non-native oysters
Washington (stupidly) turns to neurotoxins to save its non-native oysters In one of the finest pieces that Bloomberg has ever published, journalist Bill Donahue explains
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Oklahoma concedes that wastewater wells cause quakes
Oklahoma concedes that wastewater wells cause quakes The Republican-dominated government of Oklahoma conceded today that science has conclusively demonstrated that the underground disposal of wastewater
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Here’s what China closing coal-fired power plants means for emissions
Here’s what China closing coal-fired power plants means for emissions The world’s most populous country has decided to shut down a number of extremely dirty,
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In plain sight: How the Marathassa oil spill took hours to find
In plain sight: How the Marathassa oil spill took hours to find A fuel spill in Vancouver’s picturesque English Bay has raised serious questions about
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Big Oil is about to lose control of the auto industry
Big Oil is about to lose control of the auto industry A pollution-free revolution is about to shake up the automobile industry, resulting in cars
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Mitch McConnell teams up with dirty energy companies to fight EPA Not content with opposing a clean energy future for America from the Senate floor,
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If Senator Hoeven wants to play more hostage politics with the Keystone pipeline that simply revives the two big failures of their disastrous first two
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State Senate doing its oily best to ignore us on transportation The Republican-controlled Washington State Senate is doing its best to ignore a plan proposed
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New instrument readings show Earth’s climate is warming Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and U.C. Berkeley have produced the first direct evidence that human
LaunchOregon Democrats plan to put their bigger legislative majorities to good use
Oregon Democrats plan to put their bigger legislative majorities to good use Last year, the Oregon Democratic Party did something remarkable. In an election year
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Another day, another pipeline explosion MSNBC: “Rachel Maddow reports on a natural gas pipeline in Brooke County, West Virginia that exploded in a huge fireball,
Launch2014 was the warmest year ever recorded on Earth
2014 was the warmest year ever recorded on Earth The evidence just keeps on mounting that the climate crisis is getting worse, but humanity seems
LaunchDemocrats plan tough votes for Republicans on Keystone pipeline bill
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
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