Mobile Alabama: A Tar Sands Mecca in the Making
It took a while for the Alabama public to understand that their state is being transformed into a tar sands Mecca. Proposals for rail and pipeline transport and tar sands…
Julie Dermansky
International Women’s Earth and Climate Summit Declares Climate Emergency
The first International Women’s Earth and Climate Summit was held in Suffern, NY from September 20- 23. Over 100 invitation-only participants came from 35 countries equally divided between the Northern…
TransCanada Whistleblower Evan Vokes Details Lack of Confidence in Keystone XL
Originally published by The Progressive. Evan Vokes never gave any thought to whistleblowers before realizing he would need to blow a shrill blast against his former employer, TransCanada, the company…
Bitumen in Los Angeles: Photos of the La Brea Tar Pits
The La Brea Tar Pits, situated in the middle of Hancock Park in Los Angeles, are a petroleum reservoir on the southern edge of the Salt Lake Oil Field. Working…
Growing Louisiana Sinkhole Swallowing Trees, Blamed On Industrial Activity
New video filmed in Bayou Corne, Louisiana by the Assumption Parish Office of Emergency Preparedness shows the latest “slough in” at an ongoing sinkhole sucking in whole trees. The toxic…