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Aug. 1, 2012 / Posted by: Kim Huynh / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy / Tags: Erich pica, Keystone xl
Last Tuesday marked the two-year anniversary of the start of the Kalamazoo River disaster where Canadian oil corporation Enbridge spilled over a million gallons of tar sands oil into waters near Marshall, Michigan. The following piece is cross-pos...
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Aug. 1, 2012 / Posted by: Michal Rosenoer / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth / Tags: Biofuels, Ethanol, Michal rosenoer
As the drought continues to wreak havoc on our corn crops, the Renewable Fuel Standard – our federal mandate for corn ethanol and other biofuels – has come under fire. Due to the mandate, we’re currently using 40% of our corn in ...
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Jul. 26, 2012 / Posted by: Michal Rosenoer / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy / Tags: Biofuels, Ethanol, Michal rosenoer
This past Tuesday, Steven Colbert of Comedy Central's The Colbert Report discussed how the current drought -- the worst in 50 years-- will raise food prices around the country and destabilize the corn ethanol market. Colbert and his guest, Iowa St...
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Jul. 26, 2012 / Posted by: Karen Orenstein / Categories: Blog, Economics for the Earth / Tags: Karen orenstein, World bank
World Bank Group loans for coal. Subsidizes multinational industry on backs of the poor. Devastates local livelihoods. Degrades air, land and water. Sound familiar? You could be forgiven if you thought we were talking about the Medupi coal-fired...
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Jul. 25, 2012 / Posted by: Marcie Keever / Categories: Blog, Oceans and Forests / Tags: Marcie keever
Nearly two years after the International Maritime Organization approved an Emission Control Area for ships in the waters around North America, the first phase is finally set to begin on August 1. This ECA designation brings the ocean waters of Nor...
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Jul. 24, 2012 / Posted by: Bill Waren / Categories: Blog, Economics for the Earth / Tags: Bill waren, Trade
“There is little doubt that current WTO negotiations do not fully address the real problems confronting the world and the trading system itself. The threat of global climate change and the catastrophic consequences for the natural environmen...
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Jul. 24, 2012 / Posted by: Kendra Ulrich / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Legal, San Onofre Updates / Tags: Kendra ulrich, Nuclear regulatory commission, San onofre, Steam generators
Exposing the truth behind the San Onofre AIT report On July 18, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Augmented Inspection Team released its final report regarding the newly replaced, crippled steam generators in the San Onofre nuclear reactors. Both ...
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Jul. 18, 2012 / Posted by: Kim Huynh / Categories: Advocacy, Blog, Climate and Energy / Tags: Keystone xl, Kim huynh
Yesterday, activists with Tar Sands Blockade met President Obama’s motorcade in Austin, Texas wielding banners and signs with one simple message: stop the Keystone XL pipeline, no more tar sands through Texas. Tar Sands Blockade is a local a...
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Jul. 17, 2012 / Posted by: Bill Waren / Categories: Blog, Economics for the Earth / Tags: Bill waren, Trade
“The beaks of Sam LaBudde’s first dolphins strained against the net that had formed a canopy over them. Their flukes churned the ocean white. They thronged at the surface, desperate to force slack in the net sufficient to free their bl...
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Jul. 16, 2012 / Posted by: Prashanth Kamalakanthan / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy / Tags: Keystone xl, Prashanth kamalakanthan
Coming off of the freakish extreme weather across the country the past several months, people are anxious for a break from the punishing weather and looking forward to a calmer July. Climate scientists, meanwhile, haven’t provided much solac...
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