37 House Democrats Urge Administration Against Atlantic Drilling
We elected the candidate with the "Drill, Baby, Drill!" slogan, right? No? Well, "all of the above"isn't that much different:All signs point toward the administration giving the thumbs up to Atlantic...
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No New Oil Drilling in our Oceans
Image from the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska. Labor Day represents the end of summer-- and nothing says summer quite like a trip to the beach. At the beginning of summer, my family spent a few...
View ArticleI Am More Afraid of Republicans, Teapartiers and Libertarians Than Ebola
All the panic over Ebola from a small group of people that were exposed to Mr. Duncan is ridiculous. There are many things much more dangerous than the chance that we will in some fantasy world catch...
View Article"New,""Progressive" Obama Opens up Atlantic Coast to Offshore Drilling
Yesterday, the Obama administration announced its plans to put millions more acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. These lands would be designated "Wilderness," the highest level of protection...
View ArticleGood News for the Arctic, But...
When you're working toward a big goal, progress isn't always smooth. If you're lucky, though, the breakthroughs outpace the setbacks, even if it's sometimes a close call. For Alaskan wilderness...
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5 yrs after the Deepwater Horizon Disaster Obama wants to drill in the...
Five years after the Deepwater Horizon Disaster in the Gulf of Mexico President Obama unfortunately has joined the "Drill Baby Drill" chorus. The Obama Administration wants to start leasing tracts in...
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The Good of Offshore Oil Drilling
A little known but vitally important benefit of offshore drilling is being debated in Washington DC right now and I'd be obliged if you would call your representative about it, especially if they are...
View ArticleThis Was Not a Spill
Today is the anniversary of the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history: the explosion of Deepwater Horizon and subsequent oil catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico. I don't like to call it a spill,...
View ArticleExclusive: Hillary Clinton State Department Emails, Mexico Energy Reform and...
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlogEmails released on July 31 by the U.S. State Department reveal more about the origins of energy reform efforts in Mexico. The State Department released them as part of the...
View ArticleReport Shows Wasteful G20 Fossil Fuel Subsidies
The Overseas Development Institute and Oil Change International released a report yesterday: The fossil fuel bailout: G20 subsidies for oil, gas and coal exploration. The report describes subsidies...
View ArticleHillary raised big funds last night from Franklin Sq. Capital which has huge...
So, right before the Iowa caucuses, Hillary traveled to PA to do a major fundraiser at an investment firm heavily invested in fossil fuel companies, including offshore oil drilling and fracking.xWish...
View ArticleThat Was Then
Fifty years ago, no one questioned whether it made sense to drill for oil or dig for coal. Extracting any and all fossil fuels was accepted practice because that was the cheapest, easiest way to get...
View Article2-19-16 Today's TILT (THINGS I LEARNED TODAY)
February is Black History MonthToday isNational Chocolate Mint DayNational (Eye) Lash Day;National Caregivers Day –Third Friday in FebruaryShirley Chisholm was the first Black woman to win a seat in...
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Obama does a U Turn on allowing Offshore Drilling along Atlantic Coast from...
In January of last year President Obama announced the Federal Government would open up offshore drilling on the continental along the Atlantic Coast between Georgia and Virginia. See:5 yrs after the...
View ArticleExxon sues to block subpoena that would reveal 40 years of their knowledge of...
ExxonMobil Corp. has a problem. Besides being the walking soon-be-extinct-if-they-don’t-render-all-of-the-rest-of-us-extinct dinosaur in the room, they are now being subpoenaed by the Attorney General...
View ArticleObama Approved Over 1,500 Offshore Gulf Fracking Wells: Corporate Media...
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlogOn June 24, the independent news website TruthOut broke a doozy of a story: the Obama Administration hassecretly approved over 1,500 instances of offshore hydraulic...
View ArticleThe Force Has Left the Building: 'BradCast' 12/27/2016
Just when you thought 2016 had taken all it could from us, it grabbed the life force from Carrie Fisher. Damn. Let this year end already!I'm Nicole Sandler, back one more time to guest host the...
View ArticleFollow the Money ... Who is Carter Page?
…Another day, another unfathomable Trump outrage. Such is the price we all pay, these days.Who is Carter Page, ally of Trump, and staunch repeater of “blanket denials”… ?Memos: CEO of Russia's state...
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FL-Sen: Bill Nelson (D) Goes After Trump's Executive Order For More Offshore...
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Bill Nelson’s (D. FL) re-election campaign:Sen. Bill Nelson (D. FL) Less than eight years after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico...
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WA-Sen: Maria Cantwell (D) Fights Back Against Trump & Pruitt's Assault...
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell’s (D. WA) re-election campaign:Sen. Maria Cantwell (D. WA)EPA Director Scott Pruitt has dealt the Pacific Northwest a serious blow -- siding...
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