Europe clashes with Canada over oil sands
October 5, 2011, 3:16 p.m. by Russell McLendon
New rules in Europe could effectively ban oil derived from 'tar sands,' prompting cheers from environmentalists but jeers from some Canadians.
Emails show cozy ties in pipeline review
October 3, 2011, 4:09 p.m. by Russell McLendon
An environmental group obtains emails that it says show 'bias and complicity' in a government review of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline.
Kyra Sedgwick urges president to reject Keystone pipeline
October 3, 2011, 4:02 p.m. by Michael d'Estries
Actress partners with Natural Resources Defense Council, asking people to join her in opposing the $7 billion project.
How would you spend $7 billion?
September 5, 2011, 4:48 a.m. by Karl Burkart
Two proposed energy projects (each with a $7 billion price tag) present two very different directions for America's future. Which would you choose?
Daryl Hannah on her arrest, oil pipeline
August 31, 2011, 1:17 p.m.
Video: Daryl Hannah landed in jail Tuesday while protesting a planned oil pipeline that would stretch from Canada to the U.S. Gulf Coast. The actress has been released and is speaking out.Daryl Hannah landed in jail Tuesday while protesting a planned
Biden calls for clean energy while protesters picket White House
August 30, 2011, 5:19 p.m. by Andrew Schenkel
The vice president has strong words about energy policy, but it's the administration's actions that have most in the environmental world concerned.
Indigenous leaders join Keystone protesters at White House
August 30, 2011, 4:59 p.m. by Andrew Schenkel
Tribal leaders are among the thousands of protesters who are trying to keep the Obama administration from giving the green light to a new pipeline.
Daryl Hannah arrested during White House protest
August 30, 2011, 4:54 p.m. by Michael d'Estries
Actress one of 100 people detained today while protesting the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline.
Storm of protests unleashed around the U.S.
August 26, 2011, 1 p.m. by Jenn Savedge
Activists line up for different causes along different U.S. coasts to make sure that politicians know how they feel about methly iodide and a proposed pipeline.
To end the age of fossil fuels, try learning to speak its language
August 19, 2011, 3:59 p.m. by Chris Turner
Climate activists are about to launch two weeks of protest against a pipeline from Alberta's tar sands to the Gulf Coast. They'd do well to remember there are not just companies but people and communities on the other side of the argument.
Is oil from Alberta really climate's linchpin?
August 18, 2011, 1:59 p.m. by Chris Turner
Some of the world's most prominent climate activists are protesting a proposed pipeline that would bring Alberta's unconventional oil to the Gulf Coast. Is this the make-or-break point for global action on climate change?
Does Congress have a low energy IQ?
June 20, 2011, 4:31 p.m. by Andrew Schenkel
One man says a century of rhetoric on oil shale shows that it's an idea that will never come to fruition.
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