Sentate Passes Keystone XL Bill, White House Says Will Veto
Anti- #KeystoneXL pipeline protesters at Obama / House Dems retreat in Philly pic.twitter.com/MvKYisOcs5 — Josh Lederman (@joshledermanAP) January 29, 2015 Yesterday the Senate passed a bill forcing...
View ArticleObama Defends Decision Allowing Shell to Drill for Oil in the Arctic
President Barack Obama defended his recent decision to allow Royal Dutch Shell to drill in the Arctic Ocean by saying he was reassured there were “strong safeguards” in place. Josh Earnest, press...
View ArticleJohn McCain Cites Islamic State As Bigger Threat Than Climate Change
Sen. Visit link: John McCain Cites Islamic State As Bigger Threat Than Climate Change
View ArticleSenate Report Calls for President Obama to Lift Crude Oil Export Ban
Senator Lisa Murkowski Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Ala., released a report on June 9 advocating for the end of the crude oil export ban. Link: Senate Report Calls for President Obama to Lift Crude Oil...
View ArticlePope Francis Calls Attention to Climate Change as Moral Issue of Our Time
In the encyclical Pope Francis released on June 18, he called on the world to create “a new and universal solidarity” in response to climate change and stressed the need for the world to immediately...
View ArticleOver Easy: Coral bleaching threat increasing with warmer ocean temperatures
credit: NOAA On Monday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported an increased threat of coral bleaching in the western Atlantic and Pacific oceans. NOAA predicts increased...
View ArticleNigerian Professor Argues For Coal Industry Revival
General Muhammadu Buhari (Photo from Chatham House, London / Creative Commons) Albert Obanor, a professor at the University of Benin, said to an audience of the Nigerian Institution of Mechanical...
View ArticleFracking Whirl
“Nature Is Speaking: Edward Norton Is The Soil,” from Conservation International By Kate Lanier __ 2,000+ scientists met in Paris over global warming. Read more: Fracking Whirl
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Protester “chipmunks” obstruct work at Utah tar sands mine. By Kate Lanier Mining and local communities: Scenes of conflict __ Pope Francis is at it again, saying there must be a “radical change” in...
View ArticlePotential Oil Spill Concerns Arise As Shell Begins Arctic Drilling
There is increasing concern that Shell’s presence in the Arctic will lead to an oil spill, as the company begins to drill in the Chukcki Sea off the shore of Alaska. Shell is no stranger to the...
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