Mountaintop Removal Mining Linked To Birth Defects
mountaintop-removal-project.jpg Researchers at Washington State University and West Virginia University have released a new report that links an increase in birth defects in Appalachia to the pra...
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Heritage Foundation Wastes No Time Spinning Court Ruling On Greenhouse Gas Emissions
lawsuit-500.jpg The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against plaintiffs yesterday in a lawsuit (American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut) brought by six states against several utility companies and the...
Paul Ryan Lies About Ending Oil Subsidies To Protect His Family’s Cash Bonanza
Paul-Ryan-airquotes.jpg Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) has been all over the place when it comes to ending the multi-billion dollar subsidies that the oil industry receives every year. While he...
Pentagon Releases New Clean Energy Strategy
pentagon.jpg The U.S. Department of Defense has released a new strategy for how the U.S. military will address growing concerns over energy consumption. The military remains the single largest c...
Bobby Kennedy Jr. Talks "The Last Mountain" With Director Bill Haney
The-Last-Mountain-Movie-Poster.jpg The companies involved in mountaintop removal mining (MTR) are beginning to get much-needed exposure in the national media. For years, this issue has been rele...
Report: Broad Bipartisan Support For Action On Climate Change
climatechange.jpg A new report by George Mason University’s Center for Climate Change Communication shows that voters in America are concerned about global climate change, and would support...
Koch Money Fuels AFP Misinformation Campaign On Gas Prices
Obama Gas Bill.jpg The Koch-funded Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is taking their misinformation machine on the road in an attempt to convince American consumers that President Obama is causing t...
Massey Energy Is Not The Only Mountaintop Removal Mining Villain
mountaintop mining.jpg This week, hundreds of protesters are marching to Blair Mountain in West Virginia to call for an end to mountaintop removal coal mining. The march commemorates the Battle…
Proposed Keystone XL Pipeline Would Feature Woefully Inadequate Spill Detection System
keystonexlmap_350.jpg According to the NRDC, the proposed $13 billion Keystone XL tar sands pipeline would not be able to detect “pinhole leaks” in the pipeline that release fewer tha...
Media Matters Report Shows Network TV Preference For Anti-Environment Guests
media-matters.jpg Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2007 that the Environmental Protection Agency had the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) under the Clean Air Act, R...
Top Republican Wants To Weaken EPA, Fast Track Environmental Destruction
160px-Rep._Ed_Whitfield.jpg Republican Congressman Ed Whitfield from Kentucky, who serves as Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Energy and Power, has made it clear that he will do everything i...
UK Opposed to Europe’s Tar Sands Import Ban
tar sands.jpg While most European countries are working on a proposal that would effectively ban the use of Canadian tar sands in the European Union, the United Kingdom has made…