energy
The Keystone Pipeline: can labor and environmentalists work together?
August 31, 2011Building Trades unions are backing - and transit unions opposing - the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline, from the tar sands of the Canadian province of Alberta to the oil refineries of the U.S. Gulf Coast.
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Fracking: Are the regulators in bed with the oil and gas industry?
August 4, 2011The Environmental Protection Agency can't protect the environment because oil companies don't want it to. What the frack is that?
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France bans fracking
July 1, 2011The French parliament voted to ban fracking - a worrisome technique used to extract gas from rock deposits.
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China’s green power plan
June 30, 2011The energy's always greener on the other side...of the world, that is. Particularly, in China.
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Other countries ahead of U.S. on electric cars
June 3, 2011Where are we in regard to clean energy and fuel-efficient cars in the U.S.? It appears other countries are leading the way.
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