Oil
Oil train explosion rattles and poisons Virginia town
May 2, 2014Oil trains throughout the U.S. are literally crashing and burning. One could easily produce a long list of such disasters from last year alone. Another incident can now be added to that list.
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Keystone XL pipeline protest draws thousands
May 1, 2014The $5.4 billion project, which represents the dirtiest, least efficient kind of oil development, would pump dirty tarsands oil from Alberta, Canada to Texas refineries.
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Today in eco-history: First Earth Day teach-in held
April 22, 2014The late environmentalist, Sen. Gaylord Nelson, D-Wis., founded Earth Day as an environmental teach-in first held on April 22, 1970.
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People’s World Google Hangout focuses on shutting down the Keystone XL
April 22, 2014Part of the lead up to this week's demonstrations in Washington's against the XL Pipeline was an April 15 Google Hangout sponsored by the People's World.
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Cowboys and Indians fighting together this week against the XL Pipeline
April 22, 2014The Cowboy and Indian Alliance is marching on the Capitol in Washington for Earth Day today through April 27 to protest the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline.
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