New York City is Amped for The People’s Climate March
“The People’s Climate March” is quickly approaching. The level of organization for Sunday’s event is more impressive than any other rally — climate or otherwise — this writer has ever…
Don Lieber
Climate Failure: U.S. Passes Saudi Arabia As World’s Largest Oil Producer
Is President Obama’s “all of the above” energy policy a success? Or a climate failure? A report issued recently by Bank of America declared the United States has now surpassed…
European Activists Protest First Major Tar Sands Shipment from Canada, Threaten Escalating Actions
Protests erupted in Spain last week at the site of the first major delivery of tar sands crude imported from Canada via the United States. According to a news report…
European Activists Protest First Major Tar Sands Shipment from Canada, Threaten Escalating Actions
Protests erupted in Spain last week at the site of the first major delivery of tar sands crude imported from Canada via the United States. According to a news report…
Spills, Explosions, Earthquakes and War: Welcome to American Energy “Independence”
A well-deserved show of gratitude to the efficient and reliable fossil fuel sources of American energy independence — oil, coal and gas — is in order, following a truly remarkable…
WakaWaka: Fighting Climate Change and Poverty, Not to Mention Lung Cancer
My writing for DeSmog, and other blogs, has focused on the problems related to climate change. Today, I write about solutions. It’s important to keep in mind that the fossil…
Stanford Scientists: Climate Change Occurring 10 times Faster Than Any Time in Past 65 Million Years
With scant media attention, climate scientists from Stanford University have concluded that climate change is occurring 10 times faster than at any time in the past 65 million years, and…
GOP Elder Statesman George Shultz Urges Strong Action on Climate Change – In Stark Contrast To Current GOP Leadership
George Shultz, who served as Ronald Reagan’s Secretary of State from 1980 through 1984, is urging strong action on climate change and urging the US to move away from oil.…
Whether By Train Or By Pipeline, Oil and Gas Transport Is Unsafe
The deadly oil train disaster in Lac Megantic, Quebec on July 5, which (as of this writing) has left 33 people dead, with 17 still missing, and contaminated over 60…
Obama’s Climate Pledge: The Keystone XL Fracking Double Standard
President Obama, during his climate speech last week, surprised many observers by his unexpected remarks about the Keystone XL pipeline. The President, for the first time, placed a clear condition…