Critics Concerned Pipelines, Tankers Reason for Downgrading "Threatened" Status of Humpback Whales
Apr 23, 2014, 8:40 pm By Stephen Leahy
This week the federal government was legally obligated to establish protected habitat for threatened…Barnett Shale Fracking Victims Win First Round in Court Battle with Gas Industry
Apr 23, 2014, 6:07 pm By Julie Dermansky
Legal tremors are reverberating in the Barnett Shale region in Texas after yesterday's $2.925…Vice President Joe Biden Promotes U.S. as Fracking Missionary Force On Ukraine Trip
Apr 23, 2014, 3:18 pm By Steve Horn
During his two-day visit this week to Kiev, Ukraine, Vice President Joe Biden unfurled President…Breaking: $3 Million Jury Verdict in Texas Fracking Nuisance Case
Apr 22, 2014, 6:27 pm By Brendan DeMelle
A jury in Dallas, TX today awarded $2.925 million to plaintiffs Bob and Lisa Parr, who sued Barnett…Earth Day Greenwash: API Front Group Iowa Energy Forum Sponsors Pro-Keystone XL Event
Apr 22, 2014, 6:09 pm By Steve Horn
The political carnival that is the prelude to the Iowa caucuses has started over a year and a half…Very Little Cheap Natural Gas in New York Marcellus Shale, New Report Concludes
Apr 22, 2014, 3:30 pm By Sharon Kelly
For years, the shale industry has touted the economic benefits it can provide. An overflowing supply…In Celebration of Earth Day: Photos Capture the Beauty of Southeastern Louisiana's Wetlands
Apr 22, 2014, 2:50 pm By Julie Dermansky
Louisiana's wetlands are threatened by coastal erosion, climate change and the oil and…Four Years After the BP Oil Disaster, A Look Back in Photographs
Apr 21, 2014, 5:14 pm By Julie Dermansky
Just prior to the four-year anniversary of the BP oil spill, BP and the Coast Guard issued press…Deepwater Horizon: BP’s Toxic Legacy
Apr 20, 2014, 4:01 pm By Farron Cousins
It has now been four years since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, killing 11 men and leaking…Keystone XL Review Extended, Delaying Final Decision Until After 2014 Elections
Apr 18, 2014, 3:05 pm By Steve Horn
Reuters and Politico broke a major story today that TransCanada's northern leg of the Keystone…"Russia with Love": Alaska Gas Scandal is Out-of-Country, Not Out-of-State
Apr 18, 2014, 1:28 pm By Steve Horn
A legal controversy — critics would say scandal — has erupted in Alaska's statehouse over the…Pseudoskeptics Are Not Skeptics
Apr 18, 2014, 9:00 am By John Mashey
Genuine scientific skepticism is not just the unmoving rejection of evolution or climate change by…Interview: Big Men Director Rachel Boynton on Oil, Ghana and "Responsible Capitalism"
Apr 17, 2014, 3:02 pm By Steve Horn
The subtitle of the newly released documentary film Big Men is “everyone wants to be big” and to…Insect Population Dwindling in Louisiana Marshlands Four Years After BP Blowout
Apr 17, 2014, 11:00 am By Julie Dermansky
Louisiana State University entomologist Linda Hooper-Bui has been studying the impact of the BP oil…After Over a Decade of Fracking, Oversight of Industry's Radioactive Waste Still Lacking
Apr 17, 2014, 8:00 am By Sharon Kelly
It has been roughly twelve years since fracking launched the great shale rush in the U.S. and the…New Study Shows Link Between Climate Change And California Drought
Apr 16, 2014, 7:51 pm By Mike G
A study published by Geophysical Research Letters sheds new light on the connection between…Study Finds Methane Leaks 1,000 Times EPA Estimates During Marcellus Drilling
Apr 16, 2014, 4:09 pm By Sharon Kelly
This week, a United Nations panel on climate change issued one of its most urgent warnings to date,…Washington Gov. Jay Inslee Hires Coal Lobbyist to Direct Policy Office
Apr 16, 2014, 2:44 pm By Guest
This is a guest post by Eric de Place, originally published on Sightline Daily and cross-posted with…Industry Funded Politicians Hope To Thwart Pollution Penalties In North Carolina
Apr 15, 2014, 4:25 pm By Farron Cousins
On March 6th of this year, North Carolina Superior Court Judge Paul Ridgeway handed down a ruling…Wine and Milk vs. Oil and Gas: Existing Industries Go Up Against Fossil Fuel Job Promises
Apr 15, 2014, 3:34 pm By Justin Mikulka
Ken Stanton’s 400-cow dairy farm lies in the path of the proposed Constitution Pipeline, which…
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