Tag: Energy
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ALEC-Affiliated Legislators Launch Premature Attacks on Carbon Pollution Limits
By Aliya Haq For many of us, this winter makes June feel far away, but you’d think summer is right around the corner judging by the frenzied activity of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is scheduled to propose limits on carbon pollution from power plants this coming June, but ALEC and other…
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Overwhelming Majority of Voters Want TransCanada to Testify Under Oath Where Keystone XL Tar Sands Will Be Sold
While the final decision rests with President Barack Obama, people still want to know all they can about the oil within the Keystone XL pipeline and where it would go upon approval. According to a poll conducted last week by NextGen Climate Action and SurveyUSA, 85 percent of Americans want Congress to ensure it is certain…
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1,000+ Health Care Professionals Call on President Obama to Halt Fracking
Today, Environment America Research & Policy Center and its state affiliates delivered letters from more than 1,000 doctors, nurses and other health professionals to President Obama and state decision-makers asserting that fracking should be stopped, given the overwhelming threats to public health. The letters come as public awareness of the health and environmental impacts of…
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Judge Sides With Landowners, Strikes Down Eminent Domain Law Allowing Keystone XL
Yesterday the Lancaster County District Court in Lincoln, NE found LB 1161—the law that amended Nebraska state pipeline laws to clear the way for the Keystone XL pipeline by granting the power of eminent domain to Gov. Heineman and in turn TransCananda—unconstitutional and void, according to Bold Nebraska. “Citizens won today,” said Jane Kleeb, director of Bold Nebraska. “We beat a…
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Women Without Borders, Patagonia Without Dams
By Patrick J. Lynch A five-day ride on horseback ìs redefining citizen-based environmental advocacy in Patagonia. Amidst growing concerns about the destruction of Patagonia at the hands of the mining and energy sectors, 45 women from different regions of Chile and Argentina came together in January for a five-day cabalgata to call attention to the damming of…