Late last week the Albertan and Canadian federal governments announced a new monitoring programme for the controversial tar sands. The Canadian press are reporting this as the two governments listening to their critics and restoring badly needed credibility. The Ottawa...
November may still seem a long way off, but increasingly it is looking like the the controversial Keystone XL pipeline is going to become a key Presidential election issue. David Wilkins, who was George Bush’s ambassador to Canada from 2005...
Earlier today, forty-four Senators introduced legislation to approve the Keystone XL pipeline. This bill would would approve the Keystone XL pipeline despite the Obama Administration’s rejection of its permit following months of intensifying protest against it and numerous studies revealing...
Later today the Republican Senator John Hoeven will try to introduce legislation seeking to bypass President Barack Obama and empower Congress to approve the highly controversial Keystone XL pipeline. Hoeven's bill, that would seek to take control of the Keystone...
Slowly but surely the battle lines are being drawn for the upcoming Presidential election. President Obama built his State of the Union address on one of fairness. In doing so Obama reminded Americans that there is a clear choice when...
At noon today, a coalition of environmental groups, including Oil Change International and 350.org will blow the whistle of "Big Oil's corruption" on Capitol Hill, hours before Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address. Activists will be gathering...
On Tuesday, January 24, as Washington readies for the annual State of the Union address, more than 500 people in referee outfits are converging on Capitol Hill to "blow the whistle" on Congress. Why? Consider these two facts: 1. The...
The Keystone XL pipeline has been presented as a boon to U.S. energy security by its proponents. It is no such thing.
New report by Oil Change International and Natural Resources Defense Council finds Keystone will increase price of oil in the Midwest.
The oil boys from Houston must be wriggling with delight after President Obama’s official jobs council called for an “all-in approach” to energy policy that includes expanded oil-and-gas drilling as well as more pipelines. “We should allow more access to...
