Tag: Keystone XL
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EcoWatch CEO Featured on National Google+ Hangout April 15 on Keystone XL
Join the People’s World for a Google+ Hangout. Stefanie Spear, founder and CEO of EcoWatch, and Tyson Slocum, director of Public Citizen Climate and Energy will be featured participants. Spear has been publishing environmental news for more than two decades, and works to educate and motivate people to protect human health and the environment. Slocum is an advocate of…
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Sen. Whitehouse and Rep. Waxman Question Koch Brothers’ Financial Interest in Keystone XL Pipeline
As a writer of environmental issues, as well as a person concerned about the future of the planet, I am anxiously awaiting the decision on the Keystone XL pipeline. I keep questioning if the U.S. is ready to set an example by eliminating fossil fuel extraction. Will we get down to the hard work of…
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Koch Brothers Are Largest Lease Holders in Alberta Tar Sands
The largest lease holder in Canada’s oil sands is a subsidiary of Koch Industries, the conglomerate that is the source of the fortune owned by the controversial conservative political donors, Charles and David Koch. [caption id="attachment_327488" align="alignnone" width="500"] The Alberta, Canada, tar sands operations. Photo credit: Occupy.com[/caption] The Koch’s holdings in the tar sands were disclosed…
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Chris Hayes Debunks Myth that Approving Keystone XL and Fracking More Will Weaken Russia in Ukraine Crisis
By Denise Robbins MSNBC host Chris Hayes blasted the myth that expanding unconventional energy sources in the U.S. will weaken Russia, an “absurd” claim that has been perpetuated by conservative media to pin the security crisis in Ukraine on President Barack Obama. Conservative media are manipulating the Ukraine crisis to push a “drill, baby, drill”…
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MSNBC’s Ed Schultz: ‘I Was Wrong,’ Don’t Build Keystone XL Pipeline
By Mark Heffinger After coming to Nebraska to meet with farmers and ranchers facing eminent domain seizure of their land for TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline, and listening to the voices of Native Americans, environmental experts and pipeline fighters across the country, MSNBC host Ed Schultz of The Ed Show announced on his March 5 show…