| Jan 23, 2012 | Environment / HealthWe cheered when the Obama administration formally denied a federal permit for the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline put forth by Canadian oil giant TransCanada. The 1,700-mile pipeline would have run through six states, carrying toxic, highly corrosive tar sands...
| Jan 16, 2012 | Environment / HealthAdd yet another new concern to the growing list of reasons to oppose hyraudlic fracturing, the natural-gas extraction process known as “fracking”: Earthquakes. That’s right, following a New Year’s Eve earthquake in Youngstown, Ohio — the...
| Dec 12, 2011 | Environment / HealthPlans for rail lines? We’ve a pile; But we can’t build A single mile. The term “American transportation policy” is an oxymoron. The United States has no policy regarding the nation’s transportation networks, no strategic plan, and no...
| Oct 10, 2011 | Environment / HealthWhen is it not enough to have too much? Apparently, when you’re a giant oil corporation. Big Oil’s avaricious honchos are always searching for another dime they can slip into their corporate pockets, no matter whom it hurts. A crude example of their...
| Oct 3, 2011 | Environment / HealthHealthy forests, Seas, and air; Takes big bucks, To keep them there. It seems likely that the environment here on Earth is doomed. Sure, we all want clean air, clean water, biodiversity, pretty coral, precious neighborhoods, and the like. But there are other things we...
