Tag: Air
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A Look Inside Climate Deniers’ Secret Piggy Bank
GREENPEACE — For those familiar with the effort of ExxonMobil and the Koch brothers to bankroll a network of organizations denying basic climate science, a new article in the Guardian offers some revelatory information on the secret funding network that outweighs even top denier sugar daddies like Koch and Exxon …
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Why the Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline is a Climate Catastrophe
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL — Expanding the exploitation of tar sands would significantly undermine efforts to reduce carbon pollution. The International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook includes scenarios with …
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BREAKING: Senators Boxer and Sanders Introduce Climate Legislation
GREENPEACE — On the heels of President Obama’s call to action in his State of the Union address and the arrest of 48 environmental, civil rights and community leaders at a protest of the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, Senators Boxer (D-CA) and Sanders (I-VT) have introduced …
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Watch RFK, Jr.’s Pre-Arrest Speech Calling People to Attend the Biggest Climate Rally in U.S. History
ECOWATCH — Waterkeeper Alliance President, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., joined a climate protest yesterday outside the White House calling on the Obama Administration to protect our oceans and waterways by rejecting the Keystone XL Pipeline …
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Will President Obama Do the Right Thing and Reject the Keystone XL Pipeline?
MICHAEL BRUNE — A politician might ask whether stopping Keystone XL would be a politic or popular decision. A leader will only care whether it’s the right one …