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Six reasons why the Keystone XL pipeline project should be rejected

21 January, 2012

Sally Kohn has a good opinion piece on Fox News, of all places, where she lists six important reasons why the Keystone XL pipeline was a bad deal all along: 1. The Keystone XL pipeline would not reduce foreign oil … Continue reading

Meet Bill McKibben – the man who crushed the Keystone XL pipeline

21 January, 2012

The Boston Globe has an interesting article about “the man who crushed the Keystone XL pipeline”. If you’ve been paying attention to energy and environmental issues lately you probably already know which person they are talking about. +Bill McKibben is … Continue reading

Top 10 Green Blog articles from 2011

20 January, 2012

Here's the top 10 articles on Green Blog from 2011. The blog posts are ranked in terms of the total amount of traffic received during all of 2011. 1. The nuclear crisis in Japan 2011 started with a massive earthquake … Continue reading

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Green Apps for the Tech Savvy

18 December, 2011

Nowadays there’s an app for everything. There even happens to be many apps for the ecologically conscious, some of which are better than others. Let’s take a look at some green apps that are particularly useful and which you may … Continue reading

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Controversial Pipeline Could Hurt Obama’s Hopes for Reelection

9 November, 2011

President Obama may face a considerable amount of opposition from supporters if he moves forward in green lighting a pipeline that would run from Alberta, Canada, to Texas. Obama’s approval ratings have recently been on the decline, and with his … Continue reading

Illustration by Storm Williams.

GOP Voted Over 100 Times to Stop Environmental Protection This Year

3 October, 2011

The GOP is notorious for their reputation on denying climate change and other environmental issues even though the evidence continues to pile up that these are very real concerns. The Tea Party movement in the GOP continues to make this … Continue reading

Dozens of environmental activists protested in front of the White House against the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline that would transport crude oil from western Canada down through the Midwestern region of the US. Photo Credit: Ben Powless.

US Chamber of Commerce Lobby’s For Tar Sand Pipeline

29 September, 2011

The U.S Chamber of Commerce has launched a campaign to lobby for Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. The Partnership to Fuel America is run out of the U.S. Chamber’s Institute for 21st Century Energy, and seems positioned to be the … Continue reading

Pictured here is Rick Perry, one of the three front-runners in the Republican primary.

The environmental record of Mitt Romney, Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry

17 August, 2011

Next year on November 6 it’s time for general elections in the USA but the political campaign work in both parties has already begun. At the moment it’s the Republicans and their primary that is in the prime spotlight. The … Continue reading

Oil can be seen floating on the water's surface in Ogoniland. Photo credit: UNEP

Drinking water in Nigeria polluted with benzene at levels 900 times above the limit

16 August, 2011

Families in Nisisioken Ogale, near a Nigerian National Petroleum Company pipeline, are drinking water from wells contaminated with benzene, a known carcinogen, at levels over 900 times above UN World Health Organization guidelines. Along with many others, this community is … Continue reading

Photo credit: Keegan

The lightbulb conspiracy

13 June, 2011

An interesting wee film to watch online (a Norwegian TV documentary) “The lightbulb conspiracy” details a process that few people outside of manufacturing industry’s are even aware exists. So-called “planned obsolescence” or to put it in less PC terms, manufacturers … Continue reading

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