One pipeline down, one to go
So Obama has sunk the Keystone XL pipeline—at least temporarily. He has said Trans Canada can apply again, so perhaps he’s just being an election-year tease. Nonetheless, it’s a victory…
Keystone XL Pipeline
Harper Will Meet First Nations Next Tuesday; Plans To Bugger Off Early
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is expected to leave by lunch time during next Tuesday’s meeting with hundreds of First Nations leaders in Ottawa, according to chiefs in Ontario and British…
Naomi Klein Debunks “Ethical Oil” Fiction
As she delivers this brilliant rebuttal of the corporate-funded Ethical Oil fiction, Naomi Klein brands herself “an expert in corporate crap”. We don’t have ethical oil in Canada. We’ve tar…
Keystone XL Update
As I predicted (note last paragraph through the link), the Nebraska Legislature/TransCanada deal won’t move Keystone XL anywhere near far enough to get it off the shallow water tables common…
Robert Redford And I Occupy Vancouver
Never let it be said that as a climate activist I’m not occasionally smitten by the desire to do a little Hollywood star-gazing. In the past, I’ve been known to…
Keystone XL: That Way Won’t Work
From a Calgary Herald editorial noting a possible new route for the Keystone XL: TransCanada might possibly move Keystone further east, along its existing Keystone 1 route through Nebraska. This…
APEC—Environment one, Keystone zero
Despite Stephen Harper's 25-minute walk in the garden with Barack Obama during the recent APEC forum, the president was not dissuaded from his decision to conduct a thorough review of…
Keystone XL: Which Way Around?
With Transcanada suddenly willing to redirect parts of Keystone XL, the question arises: where exactly in Nebraska would the rerouted pipeline go? In fact Cardno Entrix, the controversial environmental contractor…
Michael Levi On The Keystone Pipeline: Lamenting A Train That’s Already Left The Station
Council on Foreign Relations Senior Fellow Michael Levi thinks the decision to delay, and possibly kill, the Keystone XL Pipeline is short-sighted, and will redound to ill effect upon the…
Tuesday At The Radio Show
I wish I could get it all together: the radio show, the podcast and the blog. Truth is I do it alone and simply run out of steam and so…
Tuesday At The Radio Show
I wish I could get it all together: the radio show, the podcast and the blog. Truth is I do it alone and simply run out of steam and so…
Tuesday At The Radio Show
I wish I could get it all together: the radio show, the podcast and the blog. Truth is I do it alone and simply run out of steam and so…
Why Ethical Oil’s Deceptive ‘Women’s Rights’ Defense of Tar Sands is Insulting and Wrong
ethicaloil.org_.jpg EthicalOil.org’s new spokesperson, Kathryn Marshall, authored an insulting piece this week on the Huffington Post titled "Care About Women's Rights? Support Eth...
Waxman Renews Request For Congress To Investigate Koch Industries Interest in Keystone XL Pipeline
Hillary-farmer.png Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) today renewed his request to Reps. Fred Upton (R-MI) and Ed Whitfield (R-KY) that the House Committee on Energy and Commerce investigate Koch Industrie...