ALEC Considers Model State Bill Cracking Down on Pipeline Protesters

Dubbed the Critical Infrastructure Protection Act, the proposed law would criminalize people protesting U.S. oil and gas pipeline infrastructure, violating First Amendment protections.

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Top Drillers Shut Down U.S. Fracking Operations as Oil Prices Continue to Tank

Giants in the fracking business – from Chesapeake Energy and Continental Resources to Whiting Petroleum and Halliburton – closed down drilling operations nationwide, leaving thousands of oil job in the lurch.

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Carbon Conspiracy: Proposed Keystone XL Contractor Responsible for Melting Asian Glaciers

The finding comes in the aftermath of the U.S. House of Representatives voting to authorize the Alberta to Cushing, Oklahoma Keystone XL northern leg, with a vote in the U.S. Senate to follow on November.

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U.S. Energy Commission Sneaks Permit to Canada's Enbridge for Tar Sands-by-Rail Facility

The announcement came days after the State Department gave Enbridge a controversial permit to transport 350,000 barrels of tar sands per day across the U.S.-Canada border without public hearings or environmental review.

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Senator Who Owns Stock in Coal Utilities is Fighting EPA Carbon Rules

Millionaire senator David Vitter just released an report designed to skewer the EPA, but he forgot to mention that he stands to lose economically if the proposed Obama's carbon rules are implemented.

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Hidden History: What Nazi-Tied Roots to U.S. International Media Reveals About Ukraine Crisis

A new Cold War has arisen between Russia and the U.S. over the future of Ukraine.

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Keystone XL Protests Ignite in 200 Cities, Monday (02/03/2014)

Responding to the State Department’s erroneous, industry-paid report issued Friday on the climate impacts of the tar sands pipeline, activists are mobilizing hundreds of direct actions and marches nationwide to demand an end to Keystone.

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Exposed: Shale Oil in North Dakota Train Explosion Had High Levels of Volatile Chemicals

Oil obtained via fracking in the Bakken Shale may be more chemically explosive than the agency or industry previously admitted publicly.

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Chaos for Keystone: Dents, Holes, Bends and Damage Plague Pipeline's 485-Mile Southern Half

Public Citizen released a chilling report revealing that the Keystone's southern line, due to begin pumping 700,000 daily barrels of bitumen from Oklahoma to Texas within weeks, has more than 125 "anomalies" alone in the half of the line it analyzed.

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Nearly 1 Million Gallons of Fracked Oil Spilled in North Dakota

Over 20,000 barrels of oil fracked from the Bakken Shale spilled from a pipeline in North Dakota in September, but the agency tasked with responding to chemical and oil spills did not make the report available until last week.

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