| Jun 25, 2013 | Environment / HealthArrogance is an unpleasant trait. When overlaid with ignorance, it really gets ugly. Meet Arrogance: TransCanada Corporation. The Calgary-based $1.3 billion pipeline giant is now demanding a U.S. permit to run its Keystone XL pipeline right down our country’s...
| Apr 17, 2013 | Environment / HealthSeveral weeks after ExxonMobil’s Pegasus pipeline gushed at least 500,000 gallons of tar sands crude and water into the Arkansas community of Mayflower, many of the evacuated families still can’t return to their homes. Sierra Club organizer Glen Hooks, who...
| Feb 13, 2013 | Environment / HealthAs President Barack Obama’s second term gets underway, Americans are expecting big actions from him — especially on climate disruption and clean energy. The decision to block the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline should be the cornerstone of his positive,...
| Jan 16, 2013 | Environment / HealthAfter avoiding the topic of climate change throughout his second presidential bid, Barack Obama renewed his commitment to the climate in his first news conference following his re-election. “I am a firm believer that climate change is real, that it is impacted...