Posts Tagged ‘tar sands’
Unethical Oil: Why Is Canada Killing Wolves and Muzzling Scientists To Protect Tar Sands Interests?
In the latest and perhaps most astonishing display of the tar sands industry’s attacks on science and our democracy, the government of Alberta has made plans to initiate a large-scale wolf slaughter to provide cover for the destruction wrought ...
Top Scientists Write Letter to Congress, Oppose Keystone
With possible House and Senate votes on the Keystone XL pipeline looming, climate activists — including several prominent climate scientists — are once again rallying to oppose the oil pipeline. As The Hill newspaper reported this morning...
Lois Lane–Environmental Superhero!
Janet Barwick, Research Associate, Montana: (left to right: Joanie Kresich, Frances Stewart, Margot Kidder, and actress Tantoo Cardinal) On a recent trip to the hair salon, I had the good fortune to run ...
Guardians of the Ogallala
Rocky Kistner, Communications Associate, Washington, DC: The battle over the proposed 1,700 mile Keystone XL pipeline has raged across the political corridors of the nation’s capitol. President Obama rejected the tar sands pipeline yesterday, stating the artificial ...
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