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We’ve all been reminded of the disastrous effects that the oil industry can have on our planet. Not only does it massively contribute to climate change, but spills and leaks can also cause ecological failures, further leading to the demise of our planet. The BP/Exxon-Valdez spill has been counted as one of the worst oil spills to date – but an investigation into Russia’s tundra might make you think otherwise.
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With oil pipelines being vehemently protested and delayed in both the US and Canada, and rural resistance to wind power staying strong, is solar energy the most economically efficient option for policy makers and investors? Billionaire Warren Buffet certainly thinks so, as proven by his recent purchase of the $2 billion dollar Topaz project in Southern California, one of the world’s largest solar PV plants.
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A battle is raging on Capitol Hill over a bill that – among other things – would extend payroll tax cuts to 160 million American workers and extend unemployment benefits. Met with Republican opposition, provisions were added to the bill, supposedly intended to inspire compromise between parties. In reality, these new provisions effectively hold our economy and environment hostage for the sake of industry.
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Occupy Wall Street inspired numerous satellite Occupations around the world. The movement is forcing Americans to reconsider the connection between capital and government. It is inspiring students, the unemployed, elderly, and middle class to engage in revolutionary conversation and radical democracy. And judging by the increase in police brutality and state show of force, someone very powerful is getting uncomfortable.
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Anti-tar sands activists coveted a major victory this week, as President Obama officially delayed the construction and approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, which would serve to bring oil directly from Canada’s Alberta Tar Sands to numerous refineries in the American south. The Canadian Tar Sands have been a hotly contested issue in Canadian and International environmental discourse for over a decade. Strangely, a new advocate for the expansion and legitimacy of the Alberta Tar Sands is Dr. Patrick Moore, one of the original Co-founders of the international environmentalist group Greenpeace. Dr. Moore appears in a television campaign for the Canadian association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP), walking through a former Tar Sands mining site that has since been replanted with numerous flowers, indigenous trees and other flora and fauna.
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On Sunday, November 13, Derrick Jensen is leading a day-long talk at Berkley University where environmental authors and changemakers will gather together to be interviewed in front of a live audience about crucial issues facing the state of the planet today and how a strong resistance movement can be built to reverse, lessen or stop these issues altogether, before it is too late.
From OpenSecrets.org: Coal Mining: Top Recipients (and MUCH more)
From Second Nature: Coal-Fired Plants Linked to Asthma (and the disprportionate amounts of coal-related asthma cases in the black community)
From Grist: We could replace coal power with geothermal—10 times over
From OnEarth: Coal on a Roll
From CoalTattoo: Jeff Goodell: ‘Coal more powerful today than ever’
From Mother Jones: Rick Perry’s Dirty Deals With Big Coal
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The battle over the natural gas potential in the Marcellus Shale (sedimentary rock that stretches from Ohio over to New Jersey and down to Virginia) has been long and hard.
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Hey sports fans, ever thought how your favorite sports teams and the environment might go hand in hand?
Surprisingly, the world of sports is beginning to give themselves a green makeover. In recent years, more sports stadiums, new and old, have been incorporating renewable energy and recycled materials into their large sports complexes.
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Big Coal Shaping Public School Education–Really!
This cartoon was inspired by the Washington Post article, “Energy industry shapes lessons in public schools“
Big Coal may be molding our youth with pro-coal propaganda, but worry not, Big Coal also offers a “green” video to teachers called “The Greening of Planet Earth,” which says that “our world is deficient in carbon dioxide, and a doubling of atmospheric CO2 is very beneficial.”
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