With cheap oil becoming a luxury of the past, America and the world are working to build a clean energy future that will heal the economy and help fight global warming. But not everyone is willing to let go of the past: They're trying to develop even dirtier sources of transportation fuel -- derived from oil shale, tar sands and liquid coal -- at an even greater cost to our health and the environment.
Posted May 15, 2012 by Rocky Kistner in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment, Moving Beyond Oil
Washington’s political wars rarely match reality back home. So when politicians and K Street lobbyists peddle the $7 billion Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, you can bet the red meat rhetoric about jobs and national security—fanciful charges according to independent analysis—is straight...continued→
Posted May 4, 2012 by Susan Casey-Lefkowitz in Curbing Pollution, Moving Beyond Oil, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places, Solving Global Warming
TransCanada has applied to the State Department for a proposed pipeline that would run from the Canadian border to Steele City, Nebraska. This is a new application for the northern segment of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline that...continued→
Posted May 4, 2012 by Rocky Kistner in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil
TransCanada’s latest Keystone XL tar sands pipeline plan filed with the U.S. State Department has done nothing to quell local Nebraska opposition to the controversial project to pipe tar sands oil all the way to the Gulf for export. Nebraska residents say...continued→
Posted April 27, 2012 by Liz Barratt-Brown in Moving Beyond Oil
In today’s Politico, the former chief logistician responsible for moving troops in Iraq, Retired Brigadier General Steven M. Anderson, in a piece entitled, "Keystone feeds dangerous addiction", calls on all politicians to make weaning ourselves off oil a top priority....continued→
Posted April 26, 2012 by Simon Mui in Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), which requires oil companies to supply the market with cleaner, alternative fuels, had a big win on Monday when the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals blocked a trial court’s injunction. The standard will now...continued→
Posted April 24, 2012 by Nathanael Greene in Green Enterprise, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
Yesterday was a good day for everyone who wants to break oil's strangle hold on our economy and make the world a healthier and safer place. As my colleagues explain in more detail here and here, yesterday a federal appellate...continued→
Posted April 24, 2012 by Danielle Droitsch in Moving Beyond Oil
A decision being made by Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB) about a pipeline in Canada could open the door to bringing tar sands oil to Vermont, Maine, and New Hampshire as well as Ontario and Quebec. At this time, Central...continued→
Posted April 18, 2012 by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil
Here's the state-of-play with transportation law: The Senate passed a bill, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century, MAP-21, by an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 74-22. This lobbed a nice easy proposal to the chamber on the other side...continued→
Posted April 17, 2012 by Elizabeth Shope in Curbing Pollution, Moving Beyond Oil, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places, Solving Global Warming
Last week, DeSmog Blog released a video entitled Cry Wolf: An Unethical Oil Story. In the film, scientists and other experts discuss how the government of Alberta has been shooting and poisoning wolves – blaming them for the shrinking of Alberta’s...continued→
Posted April 17, 2012 by Susan Casey-Lefkowitz in Curbing Pollution, Moving Beyond Oil, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Construction of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline would be a tragic mistake. Every day the pipeline would pump the world’s dirtiest oil through the fertile heart of America’s breadbasket. The Obama administration in January 2012 denied the permit for...continued→
