Energy Industry Makes Last-Ditch Effort to Short Circuit Colorado Fracking Ballot Initiatives
May 2, 2014, 2:48 pm By Anne Landman
Colorado's oil and gas industry is trying to short-circuit proposed ballot initiatives that would…U.S. Officials Search For Answers On Bitumen Spills As Canada Eyes Enbridge, Kinder Morgan Oil Pipelines
May 2, 2014, 1:42 pm By Judith Lavoie
U.S officials are struggling to figure out how bitumen from the Alberta oilsands will behave if…Fracking Data Woefully Lacking in Canada, Finds Federal Report
May 2, 2014, 11:56 am By Erika Thorkelson
There is simply not enough reliable information to be confident about the environmental impacts of…Gulf Stream: Williams Suspends Bluegrass LNG Export Pipeline, Announces New Export Line
May 1, 2014, 3:06 pm By Steve Horn
Right before the champagne bottles began popping for activists engaged in a grassroots struggle to…Explosive Virginia Train Carried Fracked Bakken Oil, Headed to Potential Export Facility
May 1, 2014, 12:55 am By Steve Horn
Platts has confirmed CSX Corporation's “bomb train” that exploded in Lynchburg, Virginia was…VIDEO: Heartland Institute's Joe Bast Reluctantly Stands by Denial of Cigarette Smoking Risks
Apr 30, 2014, 4:38 pm By Guest
This is a guest post by Lee Fang and Nick Surgey, originally published on Republic Report. Before…Breaking: CSX Railroad "Bomb Train" Carrying Crude Oil Explodes in Lynchburg, Virginia
Apr 30, 2014, 3:31 pm By Steve Horn
A freight train owned by CSX Corporation has erupted in downtown Lynchburg, Virginia, which sent…How This U.S. Rail Safety Measure Has Been Delayed for 44 Years … And Counting
Apr 30, 2014, 8:00 am By Justin Mikulka
On August 20, 1969, two Penn Central commuter trains collided head-on near Darien, Conn. Four…TransCanada Charitable Fund Launches Keystone XL "Good Neighbor" Charm Offensive
Apr 29, 2014, 4:14 pm By Steve Horn
TransCanada has taken a page out of former U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's playbook and…Wealthy Corporate CEOs Behind Fake Anti-Fracking Ads
Apr 28, 2014, 8:45 pm By Anne Landman
The online version of the Post Independent, the local daily newspaper in heavily-drilled Garfield…Mayflower: Deadly Tornado Sweeps Through Arkansas Town That Endured ExxonMobil Tar Sands Pipeline Spill in 2013
Apr 28, 2014, 7:59 pm By Steve Horn
On March 29, 2013, ExxonMobil's Pegasus tar sands pipeline ruptured in Mayflower, Arkansas, sending…Oil Industry Cherry-Picks Drilling Data to Mislead Public on Federal Lease Programs
Apr 28, 2014, 3:14 pm By Ben Jervey
The oil industry and its well-compensated apologists in Congress like to complain that the Obama…Untangling Colorado's Flood of Anti-Fracking Ballot Initiatives
Apr 27, 2014, 1:00 pm By Anne Landman
Colorado voters who try to figure out all the proposed statewide ballot initiatives to regulate…No Community is Prepared for Major Oil-By-Rail Accident, Senate Hearing Told
Apr 27, 2014, 10:00 am By Justin Mikulka
Just as you aren’t supposed to try to put out an oil fire in your kitchen with water, you aren’t…Favorable Court Ruling Lets Americans Breathe Easier
Apr 26, 2014, 11:00 am By Farron Cousins
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) scored a huge court victory recently, with the U.S.…New York Times Joins the Bumbling Keystone XL Cops
Apr 25, 2014, 5:02 pm By Guest
This is a guest post by Brad Johnson, cross-posted with permission from Hill Heat.In a New York…Ohio Geologists Link Earthquakes to Fracking, State Introduces Seismic Monitoring
Apr 25, 2014, 8:00 am By Anne Landman
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources announced earlier this month that it will start requiring…Alberta Ramps Up “Responsible Energy Development” Sales Pitch in Wake of New Keystone XL Delay
Apr 24, 2014, 4:21 pm By Raphael Lopoukhine
Days after another delay by the Obama administration on TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline, members…Report: Arctic Oil Spill Readiness Virtually Nonexistent
Apr 24, 2014, 2:16 pm By Farron Cousins
Sea ice in the Arctic Circle is currently melting at a pace far greater than scientists had…Only With Political Will Can We Avoid The Worst Of Climate Change
Apr 23, 2014, 11:00 pm By Guest
This is a guest post by David Suzuki. It’s fitting that the latest Intergovernmental Panel on…
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