Energy

EPA to Finalize First-Ever Coal Ash Regulations This Year

EPA to Finalize First-Ever Coal Ash Regulations This Year

Late yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced plans to finalize first-ever federal regulations for the disposal of coal ash by Dec.19, 2014, according to a settlement in a lawsuit brought by environmental and public health groups and a Native American tribe. The settlement does not dictate the content of the final regulation, but […]

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    Tar Sands Activists Facing Felony Charges Have Their Day in Court

    Tar Sands Activists Facing Felony Charges Have Their Day in Court

    January court appearances brought a rare victory for tar sands protestor Chris Wahmhoff whose felony charges were dismissed, while felony charges stuck for Michigan Coalition Against Tar Sands members Barb Carter, Vicci Hamlin, Lisa Leggio and William Lawrence. Their cases will be heard by a jury on Jan. 27. Jan. 13 Brings a Rare Victory for […]

    Chicago’s Proposed Petcoke Regulations Full of Loopholes

    Chicago’s Proposed Petcoke Regulations Full of Loopholes

    By Kari Lydersen Chicago elected officials have vowed to crack down on the growing piles of petcoke stored by a subsidiary of Koch Industries and another company along the Calumet River on the city’s far southeast side. But at a public hearing Monday night, local residents made clear that they don’t trust the City Council or Mayor […]

    Neil Young Stands With First Nations on Anti-Tar Sands Tour

    Neil Young Stands With First Nations on Anti-Tar Sands Tour

    By Emily Saari Rock legend Neil Young launched a week long concert tour in Canada this week in solidarity with First Nations fighting against oil sands development in their territories.  Neil Young’s latest tour, Honor the Treaties and also featuring Diana Krall, is a music tour with a political message. [youtube //www.youtube.com/embed/h5wueetIZn0?rel=0 expand=1] Young is using his […]

    Goldman Sachs Sells Off Remaining Equity In Pacific Northwest Coal Export Terminal

    Goldman Sachs Sells Off Remaining Equity In Pacific Northwest Coal Export Terminal

    News broke yesterday that Goldman Sachs Infrastructure Partners sold off its remaining equity investment in Carrix, the parent company behind the colossal coal export terminal proposal north of Bellingham, WA, according to Rainforest Action Network. If built, the Gateway Pacific Terminal at Cherry Point would be the largest coal export terminal in North America and would mean […]

    Exclusive Interview with Biologist Shane Davis on Fracking Colorado

    Exclusive Interview with Biologist Shane Davis on Fracking Colorado

    Colorado had quite a year in 2013. Aside from record setting forest fires, warming temperatures and continued pine beetle infestations, Colorado had a storm in September, typically our dryest month of the year, that has been referred to as a 100 year to a 500 year to even a thousand year flood. Whatever the case, it was a big, […]

    Harvard and Brown Fail Moral Leadership Exam

    Harvard and Brown Fail Moral Leadership Exam

    At a time when institutions of business and government continue to fail society, two of our leading academic institutions missed the opportunity to provide essential moral leadership on the most pressing challenge ever faced in the history of human civilization. Harvard President Drew Faust issued her October statement first: She and her colleagues on the […]