Australian University Dumps Bob Carter, Advisor To Multiple Global Climate Science Denial Groups

CLIMATE science denialist radio host Chris Smith – of the shock-jock variety – got a little upset recently at a decision made quietly more than six months ago by James Cook University in Queensland, Australia. “What a bunch of weak pu**ies – James Cook, your management is an absolute disgrace,” screamed an apoplectic Smith on his […]

Shameful: Keystone XL Proponent Using Deadly Lac-Megantic, Quebec Oil Train Tragedy To Promote Pipeline

Five people are confirmed dead and 40 people remain missing in the small hamlet of Lac-Megantic, Quebec, where a train with 73 carloads full of Bakken shale oil derailed explosively, incinerating 30 buildings on Saturday. Local resident Henri-Paul Audette told the Huffington Post that his brother’s apartment was next to the railroad tracks, very close to the […]

State Department Admits It Doesn't Know Keystone XL's Exact Route

The State Department’s decision to hand over control to the oil industry to evaluate its own environmental performance on the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline has led to a colossal oversight. Neither Secretary of State John Kerry nor President Barack Obama could tell you the exact route that the pipeline would travel through countless […]

Deadly Quebec Oil Train Disaster and Athabasca River Spill On Same Day as Tar Sands Healing Walk

Today, as hundreds of people joined First Nations leaders to walk 14 kilometers through the tar sands in Fort McMurray on the Tar Sands Healing Walk, news of several new oil disasters spread through the crowd and over social media networks. Details are sparse so far on an oil spill reported in the Athabasca River near […]

Resilient Communities for America: City Mayors Prep for Climate Chaos

As international bodies and national governments fail to do anything significant to curb the ever-rising concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, local governments are taking it upon themselves to get prepared for the perilous impacts of unmitigated climate change. Last month, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg unveiled an ambitious, sprawling $20 billion dollar plan […]

Obama's War On Coal Doesn’t Exist…Says Coal Lobby?

During the run-up to the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election, Republican candidate Mitt Romney ran ads and the party adopted as a platform the “war on coal” being waged by President Barack Obama.  While the platform failed when it came to securing votes for the Republican Party, it hasn’t stopped the GOP from re-launching the same […]

Growing Doubts on the Numbers from Fracking Giant Chesapeake Energy

America is in the midst of the biggest onshore oil and gas rush in recent history, with excitement spreading across the U.S. Oil and gas companies have cashed in on this frenzied excitement by courting huge investment domestically and abroad. But a growing chorus of independent analysts and law enforcement agencies have their doubts and […]

Tar Sands Coal Export Boom: Petcoke Exports Second Highest Ever in April

With many eyes honed in on the Powder River Basin coal export battle in the Northwest, another coal export boom is unfolding on the U.S. Gulf Coast. Although no coal production is actually taking place here, a filthy fuel with even more severe climate impacts than coal is leaving port bound for foreign power plants.  Meet petroleum coke, […]

Former Park Service Ranger Concerned About Fracking Threats To National Parks

This is a guest post by Ellis Richard. It originally appeared at The Huffington Post on June 20, 2013. As a life-long Westerner, and former National Park Service ranger, I’ve spent a lot of time in and around some of America’s most treasured places. I dedicated my career to protecting these parks. The future of […]

Obama’s Climate Double Standard: Keystone and Fracking

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 on the pipeline’s approval – its impact on the climate.   “The net effects of the pipeline’s impact on our climate will be absolutely critical to determining […]