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What’s on ALEC’s polluter agenda tomorrow?
Tomorrow, the American Legislative Exchange Council–known as ALEC–will host their 2012 Spring Task Force summit in Charlotte, NC. At tomorrow’s meeting, the corporate front group will round up its...
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Keystone XL report makes Obama Administration look Gutless on Climate
Don't worry. The U.S. State Department is okay with encouraging tar sands mining like this. The U.S. State Department released its draft environmental assessment of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline...
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The Keystone XL Coverup: The State Department’s Attempt to Hide Oil Industry...
originally posted to PolluterWatch The Alberta Tar Sands, the source of oil for Keystone XL Mother Jones Magazine has uncovered a new twist in the fight against the Keystone XL pipeline. As it turns...
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PHOTOS: Decades of Exxon oil spills & explosions
After the March 29 Exxon pipeline spill in Arkansas, the state’s attorney general announced Tuesday that it would launch an investigation of the spill and its impacts. We’ve collected photos from our...
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TransCanada legally bribes ALEC lawmakers to support Keystone XL pipeline
Written by Nick Surgey, crossposted with permission from PR Watch. In October 2012, nine U.S. state legislators went on an industry paid trip to explore the Alberta tar sands. Publicly described as an...
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State Department Doesn’t Know Exact Keystone XL Route
Crossposted from PolluterWatch. The U.S. government doesn’t know exactly where TransCanada wants to lay pipe for the northern section of its Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, according to the results of...
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Mobile, AL is bull’s-eye for Canadian Tar Sands and the Keystone XL Pipeline
Below is an account about the developing tar sands pipeline construction in Alabama from resident and activist. Mobile, Alabama has become the southern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline. The ill-fated,...
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The EnvironmentaLIST: The most dangerous “model” laws written by ALEC
The same law that contributed to George Zimmerman walking free out of a Florida courtroom last weekend after taking the life of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was primarily written by the same super...
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The 3 most ridiculous Keystone XL scandals in the last 90 days
Since it was first proposed in 2008 the argument for building the Keystone XL pipeline, which would pump tar sands crude oil from Canada to the Gulf coast for refining and export to foreign countries,...
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Coal Exports Contradict Obama’s Climate Pledge, Critics Say
Originally Posted to Huffington Post by Lynne Peeples Coal trains pass each other in Campbell County. Coal trains are typically a mile long with 100 tons of coal in each of the 100 – 120 cars of the...
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Obama points out economic downsides of Keystone XL
Originally posted to Grist by Lisa Hymas, Senior Editor at Grist President Obama doesn’t seem sold on the economic benefits of the Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry carbon-intensive tar-sands oil...
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Dirty Hands: 77 ALEC Bills in 2013 Advance a Big Oil, Big Ag Agenda
Written by Brendan Fisher, crossposted from the Center for Media and Democracy’s PR Watch. At least 77 bills to oppose renewable energy standards, support fracking and the controversial Keystone XL...
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The Keystone XL pipeline is ACTUALLY a bunch of solar panels! Who knew?!?!
Originally posted to Grist People from across the spectrum have been working for years against the Keystone XL pipeline because we thought it would lock us into decades more of climate-changing dirty...
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Leaked: What you should know about Edelman and TransCanada’s attack plan
How far is the oil industry prepared to go to silence opposition to dangerous and environmentally destructive projects like the Keystone XL pipeline? Documents obtained by Greenpeace detail an...
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Four Years After Greenpeace Sting: PR Firm Dumps Oil Lobbyists
Perhaps you heard the good news – the world’s largest public relations firm, Edelman, just spun off an advertising subsidiary so that it could show a commitment to not aiding the denial of climate...
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