Oil
The Lakota vow to die rather than let the KXL pipeline pass
May 15, 2014The native nations of the Dakotas have already seen the deadly effects of the "pipelines of death" on the native communities of western Canada.
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“Kill-A-Gay and Flog-A-Woman” laws protested at Beverly Hills hotel
May 6, 2014The law effective May 1, in the Southeast Asian country of Brunei, provides for fines and prison sentences for gay men and lesbians, and women who have abortions.
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Oil train explosion rattles and poisons Virginia town
May 2, 2014Oil trains throughout the U.S. are literally crashing and burning. One could easily produce a long list of such disasters from last year alone. Another incident can now be added to that list.
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Keystone XL pipeline protest draws thousands
May 1, 2014The $5.4 billion project, which represents the dirtiest, least efficient kind of oil development, would pump dirty tarsands oil from Alberta, Canada to Texas refineries.
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Today in eco-history: First Earth Day teach-in held
April 22, 2014The late environmentalist, Sen. Gaylord Nelson, D-Wis., founded Earth Day as an environmental teach-in first held on April 22, 1970.
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