New York Times Shuts Down Popular Green Energy & Environment Blog

Only a few weeks after The New York Times announced it would be dismantling its environment reporting desk, a visit today to the popular New York Times Green blog finds that it has been shut down as well. In a post titled “A Blog’s Adieu,” they write: “The Times is discontinuing the Green blog, which was created  to track […]

Live Blogging the Keystone XL Environmental Assessment Release

STATE DEPARTMENT REPORT on Keystone XL Pipeline draft environmental impact assessment (SEIS) has just been released.  We are live blogging the release, the analysis, the news and the reactions here: – NRDC Canada Project Director Danielle Droitsch issued this statement: “The State Department is trying to duck the significant climate implications of this project, in direct contradiction to President […]

Climate Change Conspiracy Theorist's Report "A Pile Of Horse Shit" Writes Environment Editor

BEN CUBBY, the environment editor at Australia’s Sydney Morning Herald newspaper, admits he has an unusual problem – “how does one critically analyse a pile of horse shit?” The horse excretion in question is a report – CSIROh! – Climate of Deception or First Step to Freedom – sent to Cubby by one of Australia’s most tireless […]

Not Smart, But Not ALEC Either

This is a guest post by Glenn Branch from the National Center for Science Education When the Arizona Daily Star asked the president of the Arizona Education Association what he thought about Senate Bill 1213, a proposed law which would encourage teachers in the state’s public schools to misrepresent evolution and climate change as controversial, he […]

Does Gary Doer Know Canada Buys $780 Million in Crude Oil from Hugo Chavez Every Year?

Yesterday, Gary Doer, Canada’s Ambassador to the United States, made headlines when he stated that: “If you ask the question: Do you want your oil from (Venezuelan President) Hugo Chavez or (Alberta Premier) Alison Redford, I think I know the answer.” Doer is making the argument that US President Barack Obama should approve the controversial Keystone XL […]

ALEC Sham Chemical Disclosure Model Tucked Into Illinois Fracking Bill

Illinois is the next state on the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)‘s target list for putting the oil industry’s interests ahead of the public interest. 98 percent funded by multinational corporations, ALEC is described by its critics as a “corporate bill mill” and a lobbyist-legislator dating service. It brings together corporate lobbyists and right wing politicians to vote […]

Sand Land: Minnesota Mayor and Fracking Industry Lobbyist Resigns

Usually “revolving door” connotes a transition from a stint as a public official into one as a corporate lobbyist or vice versa. In the case of Red Wing, MN – a southeastern Minnesota town of 16,459 located along the Mississippi River – its Mayor Dennis Egan actually obtained a gig as head lobbyist for the frac sand industry […]

Our Climate Choice

I boarded a jet plane this past Friday and traveled 16 hours through the night to Washington, DC. I was back on a plane again on Monday morning flying the reverse 16 hours back home.   I was in Washington for the Forward on Climate rally, to call on President Obama to say “no” to the KXL pipeline.  […]

Reports: Shale Gas Bubble Looms, Aided by Wall Street

Two long-awaited reports were published today at ShaleBubble.org by the Post Carbon Institute (PCI) and the Energy Policy Forum (EPF).  Together, the reports conclude that the hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) boom could lead to a “bubble burst” akin to the housing bubble burst of 2008. While most media attention towards fracking has focused on the threats to drinking water and health in […]

What's in a Number?: Media and Government Downplay Keystone XL Climate Rally Attendance

A Sunday report from the Globe and Mail gives a rather undersized account of what prominent environmental organizations are calling the largest climate rally in American history, suggesting Canadian media might be trying to downplay the extent of public opposition to the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline planned to cut across the U.S. to reach […]