By JACK HEALY / New York Times GREELEY, Colo. — A new race for water is rippling through the drought-scorched heartland, pitting farmers against oil and gas interests, driven by new drilling techniques that use powerful streams of water, sand and chemicals […]
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Video of RNC Coal Plant Blockade in Tampa
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Continue readingTexas Judge Rules TransCanada Can Seize Pasture for Keystone XL Pipeline
By SAUL ELBEIN / New York Times PARIS, Tex. — The Canadian energy company TransCanada can take over land owned by a Texas farmer to build its Keystone XL pipeline, a county judge ruled on Wednesday night. In a 15-word ruling sent […]
Continue reading838,000 Acres Protected for Jaguar Could Mean an End to the Rosemont Mine Proposal in Arizona
by Tony Davis / Arizona Daily Star The U.S. proposed Friday to designate about 1,309 square miles across Southern Arizona and a sliver of New Mexico as prime habitat that is essential for conservation of the endangered jaguar. Among those areas is […]
Continue readingChemical Cloud from Halliburton Frack Fluid Truck Threatens New Columbia Community
By Marcia Moore and John Finnerty The Daily Item NEW COLUMBIA — Amanda Friend and her family were forced from their home late Thursday after a toxic acid-spewing Halliburton truck hauling 4,000 gallons of hydrochloric acid pulled into a neighboring convenience […]
Continue readingFracking Boom Looms in California’s Monterey Shale
from CBS 5 AROMAS – A new gold rush is on in California, but this time it’s liquid gold. Instead of strawberries and artichokes, the Central Coast is getting a growing reputation for being the next motherlode for oil. That news is […]
Continue readingVillagers in Senegal Vow to Stop Land-grabbing Biofuels Project
By Agence France-Presse Villagers from northern Senegal vowed Thursday to fight a project by Senegalese and Italian investors to produce biofuels on their land, a venture already forced to relocate once by deadly protests. “We will fight those who want to take […]
Continue readingToxic Fire at Chevron Refinery in Richmond, Calif
by Justin Berton, Kevin Fagan and Vivian Ho Thousands of East Bay residents were ordered to stay in their homes with the windows and doors closed Monday night after a series of explosions and fires tore through Chevron’s Richmond refinery. The explosions started […]
Continue readingSea Shepherd Captain Paul Watson arrested in Germany, Faces Extradition to Costa Rica
from the Herald Sun / Australia Captain Paul Watson was arrested in Germany over the weekend and will be extradited to Costa Rica on an outstanding arrest warrant from an incident that occurred in 2002.
Continue readingShell Oil Ships Head for Arctic, Send Off Party Is a Bust–Funny Video
Update: Looks like we are fell for it. This was a pretty clever stunt by GreenPeace, the Yes Men, and an 84 year old Occupy Wall Streeter! More here: http://www.greenpeace.org/new-zealand/en/blog/shellfail-inside-story-greenpeace-yes-men/blog/40876/ Shell executives and shareholders probably heartily wish today that their send-off party […]
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