a pipeline along the coast of California just north of Santa Barbara ruptured and spilled an estimated 21,000 gallons of crude oil. A significant portion … Pipeline Ruptures In CaliforniaRead more
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Posted inPolice / ToMl / USA Empire
FBI violated its own rules while spying on Keystone XL opponents
The FBI breached its own internal rules when it spied on campaigners against the Keystone XL pipeline, failing to get approval before it cultivated informants … FBI violated its own rules while spying on Keystone XL opponentsRead more
Posted inBiodiversity / Spill / ToMl
Deepwater Horizon oil spill linked to Gulf of Mexico dolphin deaths
More than 1,300 bottlenose dolphins have stranded themselves in the northern Gulf of Mexico since early 2010. Research now links this unusual mortality event to … Deepwater Horizon oil spill linked to Gulf of Mexico dolphin deathsRead more
Posted inSocial / ToMl / USA Empire
Taking A Photo Of A Polluted Stream Could Land You In Jail
To some, Wyoming’s Senate Bill 12 — otherwise known as the Data Trespass Bill — is merely a deepening of preexisting trespass laws — a … Taking A Photo Of A Polluted Stream Could Land You In JailRead more
Posted inCoal / Economics / India / Protest / ToMl
Indian Fishing Community Sues World Bank Over Environmental Damage Caused by Tata Mundra Power Plant
An Indian fishing community is suing the World Bank in Washington DC over the environmental damage caused by a coal powered plant owned by Tata … Indian Fishing Community Sues World Bank Over Environmental Damage Caused by Tata Mundra Power PlantRead more
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I.F. Stone on Earth Day
I.F. Stone, “Con Games,” speech delivered at Sylvan Theater, Washington, D.C., April 22, 1970 In the ancient world, the Caesars did it with bread and … I.F. Stone on Earth DayRead more
Posted inCO2 / Global Warming
We just hit 400 ppm CO2 in the atmosphere
The atmosphere just passed another doom threshold — there are now more than 400 parts per million of CO2 up there. “It was only a … We just hit 400 ppm CO2 in the atmosphereRead more
Posted inOil / Spill / ToMl
New Evidence BP’s Spill Dispersant Caused Harm to Humans and Wildlife
In the desperately dark days following BP’s Deepwater Horizon accident in April 2010, one of the issues that I highlighted on this blog was the … New Evidence BP’s Spill Dispersant Caused Harm to Humans and WildlifeRead more
Posted inToMl / USA Empire
Shame on you Obama
Naomi Klein talking: I think that what we’re seeing from Obama is a really good example of what a climate leader sounds like. You know, … Shame on you ObamaRead more
Posted inOil / ToMl
Protest at St. Johns Bridge
in Portland, Oregon, where law enforcement officers have removed Greenpeace activists who spent 40 hours suspended from a bridge in order to block an icebreaking … Protest at St. Johns BridgeRead more