New Report Another Blow to Keystone Pipeline Supporters
A new report out today finds that enforcement of environmental infractions by companies in the Alberta oil sands are 17 times lower than similar infractions reported to the United State's Environmental...
View ArticleSorry About All This, Eh
It wasn't too long ago when Canadians were shouting at the top of their lungs about George Bush, the Iraq War, Guantanamo Bay, Gay Rights and a myriad of other "American" issues.But the tides have...
View ArticleGlobal Warming Hasn't Stopped - It's the Hottest Decade on Record
Originally posted on DeSmogBlog.With the release of a major climate science report by the United Nations coming this week, the self-proclaimed climate "skeptics," better referred to as the climate...
View ArticleNew Study: Koch's Could Make $100 Billion on Keystone XL Pipeline Deal
A new study released today concludes that Koch Industries and its subsidiaries stand to make as much as $100 billion in profits if the controversial Keystone XL pipeline is given the go-ahead by U.S....
View ArticleInternational Coal Summit Putting Faith in the Carbon Capture Techno-Dream
A new study released today at the UN climate conference underway in Warsaw, Poland finds that new coal plants cannot be built if we are to keep global warming below the 2° Celsius threshold.That is,...
View ArticleLeaked Docs Expose ALEC's Operation "Prodigal Son"
The Guardian, now famous for its abilities to get a hold of damning secret documents, has released a pile of of files today that outline major funding issues at the right-wing lobby group, American...
View ArticlePowerline & Hinderaker's Cynical Attack on Tom Steyer Likely a Welcome...
The bloggers over at Powerline, led in this case by the Koch-cozy John Hinderaker, are all in a tizzy this week after the New York Times reported that Tom Steyer, a major political force in the fight...
View ArticleTaxpayers Fund Vitter’s Billionaire Club Conspiracy Theory, Oil and Gas Funds...
If taxpayers are going to foot the bill for the time and effort it takes to come up with a conspiracy theory it should at least be a good one.If that is the case, then taxpayers should be demanding a...
View ArticleClimate Hustle Film A Welcome New Genre of Escapism Fantasy
While on one hand, I expect right-wing spindoctor turned corporate think tanker Marc Morano’s latest project Climate Hustle will be the usual tired rants of grumpy old climate deniers, it may also be a...
View ArticleA Mythbusting Guide to the Paris Climate Agreement
Climate Nexus has published a helpful mythbusting page correcting the misinformation that is already being spread about the Paris Climate Agreement. It is republished here with permission.Myths and...
View ArticleKoch-Funded Fueling U.S. Forward Campaign Aims to Kill the Electric Car and...
With reports out this week that every month so far in 2016 has been the hottest on record, it seems a little unbelievable that even the oil-rich Koch Brothers would have the audactity to launch a new...
View ArticleNew Podcast: Canadia -- politics on both sides of the border
I used to write a lot on Daily Kos and other progressive blogs, and after a long hiatus, I thought I would try a new way of promoting progressive political issues through a podcast.Yes, yes, I am well...
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