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Why Is Pfizer Still Aligning Itself With Heartland Institute On "Public...
The Heartland Institute has had a rough time the last couple of months. The climate denial shop has endured the release of embarrassing leaked documents. Then it launched a devastatingly ill-conceived...
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Scientists Tell US State Department Excluding Climate Impacts in Keystone XL...
Ten of the nation’s top climate scientists penned a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today questioning why the State Department isn't considering the enormous climate change impacts of...
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House Republicans Sacrifice Human Health For Alleged Job Creation
With July 2012 officially behind us, the U.S. jobs report for the month has economists and politicians concerned about the employment situation in America. And even though the economy added 163,000...
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US Chamber Rejoices As Courts Rule For Polluters
Earlier this week, an appellate court in Washington, D.C. ruled that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had overstepped their authority with their Transport Rule that was put in place to...
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National Parks At Risk Of Exploitation From Oil And Gas Drilling
The U.S. National Park System currently encompasses more than 84 million acres of land in the United States, and if oil-funded politicians in Washington, D.C. get their way, those millions of protected...
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Top Romney Advisor Touts Coal, Fails To Mention His Role As Coal Lobbyist
Jim Talent, a former Republican Senator and one of Mitt Romney’s top campaign advisors, has played an instrumental role in the Romney camp’s positions on energy. Specifically, Talent has pushed for...
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China Investment Treaty "a Straitjacket" for Canada: Exclusive Interview with...
This post is the first of a series on the Canada-China Investment "Straitjacket:" Exclusive Interview with Gus Van Harten.I recently picked up a copy of Francis Fukuyama's 2011 book, The Origins of...
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Groups Call On EPA To Close Fracking Disclosure Loopholes
Seventeen public interest groups, including the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP), have petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to close a loophole in U.S. laws that allows...
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Toxic Tar Sands: Scientists Document Spread of Pollution, Water...
Today federal scientists from Environment Canada presented research at an international toxicology conference in the U.S. that indicates contaminants from the Alberta tar sands are polluting the...
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Patriot Coal To Stop Destructive Mountaintop Removal Mining In Appalachia
Patriot Coal, one of the largest coal companies in America, recently announced its decision to end mountaintop removal mining (MTR) in the Appalachian Mountains. To date, Patriot Coal is the only major...
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U.S. Evangelist: Not Using Fossil Fuels Is An Insult To God
As we approach the largest gift-giving season in the world, a top U.S. evangelist from the American Family Association (AFA) tells us that we need to be willing to accept one of the greatest gifts that...
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Citizens Take Action Against Coal Company For Clean Water Act Violations
A citizens group in Pennsylvania has filed a lawsuit against Emerald Coal Resources LP (ECR) for polluting waterways in their state. ECR operates a coalfield in Waynesburg, which is the focus of the...
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The Biggest Little Black Lie of 2012
In a culture awash in bullshit, it’s no easy task to identify the Little Black Lie of the Year. It’s like choosing the most beautiful butterfly or the most violent criminal. There are just so many to...
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Retreat from Science: Interview with Federal Scientist Peter Ross Part 2 of 2
On April 1, 2013 Canada will lose its sole marine contaminants research program. The loss comes as a part of a massive dismantling of science programs at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans...
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The Environmental Impact Of The Sequester Cuts
The failure of elected officials in Washington, D.C. to reach a deal on the “sequester” led to an automatic $85 billion cut to the federal budget on March 1st. And, unfortunately, environmental...
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Dirty Energy Lobby Looking To NRA For Guidance
The Wall Street Journal recently opened up their editorial pages for noted climate change denier David Deming, allowing him to publish a “call to action” for the dirty energy industry.In his op-ed,...
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Internal Documents Reveal Extensive Industry Influence Over EPA's National...
In 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched an ambitious and highly consequential study of the risks that hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, poses to American drinking water...
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More California Oil Industry Wastewater Injection Wells Shut Down Over Fears...
The latest in the ongoing investigation into California regulators’ failure to protect residents from toxic oil industry waste streams has led to the closure of 12 more underground injection wells. The...
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Legislators Call Out California Regulators’ “Corrupt, Inept” Management Of...
The fallout from California officials’ failure to properly oversee the disposal of oil industry wastewater continued this week as lawmakers grilled officials with the state’s oil and gas regulatory...
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Who Says a Better World is Impossible?
This is a guest post by David Suzuki. Cars, air travel, space exploration, television, nuclear power, high-speed computers, telephones, organ transplants, prosthetic body parts… At various times these...
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