Tag: Energy

Bay Area Battles Chevron’s Dangerous Tar Sands Refinery

350BayArea.org, joined by local groups and unions, last week announced plans for a massive protest Aug. 3 at California’s Chevron Richmond oil refinery. The largest greenhouse gas polluter in the state …

July 3, 2013
Bay Area Battles Chevron’s Dangerous Tar Sands Refinery

350BayArea.org, joined by local groups and unions, last week announced plans for a massive protest Aug. 3 at California’s Chevron Richmond oil refinery. The largest greenhouse gas polluter in the state …

July 3, 2013
Stop the Great Lakes Nuclear Waste Dump

So, why would anyone consider dumping radioactive poisons that will remain deathly dangerous for hundreds of thousands of years next to such an integral part of the our Great Lakes ecosystem? The answer begins with …

July 3, 2013
Wind Power Forecast: Industry Will Add Over 241 Gigawatts of Capacity from 2012 to 2017

With the addition of 44.9 gigawatts in new installations in 2012, world wind power capacity grew to approximately 285.7 GW, an increase of 18.6 percent in the total wind power installation base. Average annual growth over the past 5 years has been 17.8 percent, achieved during the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, even with…

July 3, 2013
Fracking Independence Day

The fracking rush in the heartland may have been unleashed by ill-conceived regulatory measures last month, but frontline organizations and citizen groups in southern Illinois are not throwing in the towel …

July 3, 2013