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Americans Unite to Sue EPA Demanding Protection of Bees

Last week, the beekeeping industry filed legal action against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) for approving a new bee-harming pesticide …

July 10, 2013
An Open Letter to President Obama from Gasland Director Josh Fox

We thus respectfully request a meeting with you. More specifically, I wish to introduce you to members of seven families from disparate regions across the nation who have all had their lives ruined by drilling and fracking operations.

July 9, 2013
Fossil Fuel Chemical Supplier Shut Down By Fracking Protesters

Momentive is one of the largest worldwide distributors of “resin coated proppants,” a necessary component for high-volume slickwater hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking. These chemicals are …

July 8, 2013
Crude Oil Transport Train Explosion Incinerates Surrounding Neighborhoods

The inherent risks of transporting crude oil have once again been brutally and painfully exposed after a massive explosion in Quebec, Canada left part of an affected town looking like a war zone. At least five people died when a crude oil train …

July 8, 2013
Carbon Offsets Could Create Loophole for Industry to Pollute as Usual

The denuded clearing is on a tract of private forestland owned by timber giant Sierra Pacific Industries that is close to being approved as a sort of carbon bank under California’s new cap-and-trade scheme. It will soon grow into a plantation …

July 5, 2013