Oil pipeline fight roils unions
U.S. unions are bitterly split on whether an oil pipeline should be built between Canada and Texas. The conflict has hamstrung the Blue-Green Alliance, which unifies union and environmental efforts, as...
View ArticleFearing more toxic emissions, Texans speak out against Keystone XL pipeline...
As President Obama pushes to speed construction of the southern tier of a controversial oil pipeline leading to refineries on the Texas Gulf Coast, nearby residents speak out against worsening the...
View ArticleKeystone XL pipeline blockade continues in Texas
Protesters are sitting in trees in northeastern Texas in an effort to halt construction of a controversial pipeline designed to carry tar sands oil from Canada to Gulf Coast refineries.read more
View ArticleKeystone XL pipeline blockaders face arrests, lawsuits in Texas
As protestors in East Texas continue to fight construction of a pipeline originally proposed to carry dirty tar sands oil from Canada to Gulf Coast refineries, builder TransCanada has threatened them...
View ArticleClimate change is drowning out 'jobs vs. environment' debate
With the fight over the Keystone XL pipeline intensifying, the old argument that unions must choose between jobs and the environment is losing its grip as climate change becomes more evident and more...
View ArticleExxon Mobil hit with $1.7M pipeline safety fine days before Arkansas oil spill
Four days before the residents of Mayflower, Ark. watched crude oil bubble up from their yards and pour down their streets, the Texas company that owns the failed pipeline learned it was facing fines...
View ArticleAd campaign puts Arkansas oil spill images before Keystone XL decision makers
An ad campaign featuring images of Exxon Mobil's Arkansas oil spill disaster targets the federal regulators in charge of approving the controversial Keystone XL pipeline project.read more
View ArticleSouthern coal plants top list of worst carbon polluters targeted by Obama...
Bypassing a Congress that's failed to take action to address a worsening problem, President Obama unveiled a plan to curb climate-disrupting pollution from coal-fired power plants -- with big...
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