Response to Senate Vote on Keystone XL
The Senate has voted to approve Keystone XL, and has chosen to once again side with Big Oil's money over our climate and our future.
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OCI Response to Presidential Veto of Keystone XL Bill
Fossil fuel funded politicians in Congress should take note - when the President of the United States says he is going to do something, he follows through.
Iconic Kenyan Island Threatened By Fossil Fuels: US Accused of Hypocrisy
For decades the tranquil Kenyan island of Lamu has enchanted travellers to the country. The iconic old town, which is the oldest and best-preserved Swahili settlement in East Africa, is a maze of narrow alleyways and streets with stunning traditional...
Soaring temperatures and plummeting oil
2014: Oil lows and temperature highs. Scientists confirmed a couple of days ago that 2014 was the hottest year ever recorded, adding itself as one of the 14 hottest years on record, 13 of which have happened in the 21st...
“Shameful” Senate Passes KXL Bill
A political show-down is now inevitable after the Senate yesterday passed a Bill to force approval of the politically toxic Keystone XL pipeline. In doing so, they have set up an bruising political clash with President Obama who is almost...
Tar sands reaching the US Gulf Coast by rail remains a dribble
In contrast to claims made by Keystone XL proponents, tar sands crude is trickling into the Gulf Coast by rail.
The Tar Sands Smoking Gun
According to a new scientific analysis, many tar sands wells are actually using more energy than they produce.
API Spent $22 Million Lobbying for Keystone XL; State Dept Contractor ERM an API Member
From DeSmogBlog: In President Barack Obama's Climate Action Plan address, he stated that TransCanada's Keystone XL tar sands pipeline would only receive State Department approval "if this project does not significantly exacerbate the problem of carbon pollution."
State Review of KXL “Fundamentally Flawed”
Two prominent Congressmen, Representative Henry Waxman and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse yesterday called on the State Department to correct “significant mistakes” in its draft evaluation of the environmental impact of the Keystone XL pipeline.
Tar Sands Makes Climate Change “Unsolvable”
One of the world’s leading climate scientists Dr James Hansen has warned British MPs that exploiting the tar sands and oil shale would make the problem of climate change “unsolvable”.