Environmentalists weigh options
Any liberal should have started to weight their options the second Obama brought on Summers and Geithner right after the election. Concerning the environment though, there have been ...
Robert Naiman: Why I am protesting the Toxic Tar Sands Pipeline—It’s all up to Obama
Both Joe and I have covered the toxic, sludge-carrying Tar Sands Pipeline protest for a while, and it’s gotten a little press … but only a little. For some reason, Obama ...
Actress Daryl Hannah & 100 others arrested at White House Toxic Tar Sands protest
The protests against the sludge-oil-carrying Keystone Pipeline is growing. More arrests occurred today outside the White House, including actress Daryl Hannah this time, and protests ...
Former State Dept official: Sludge-carrying Keystone Tar Sands pipeline approval “likely”
It looks like a done-deal, and that Secretary of State Clinton will approve the sludge-bearing pipeline. The Huffington Post: David L. Goldwyn, who until earlier this year had served ...
Obama admin moves towards approval of tar sands pipeline
This isn’t a surprise. It’s just incredibly disconcerting: The State Department on Friday released its final environmental assessment of the Keystone XL, removing a major ...
More protesters arrested as Obama admin “will remove a major roadblock” to Keystone Tar Sludge pipeline
According to the Washington Post, the Obama Administration, via the State Department — which can single-handedly stop the Keystone XL pipeline — will release its environmental impact ...
Bill McKibben explains the Tar Sands protests on Countdown
There were more tar sands arrests at the White House today, including actress Margot Kidder. Bill McKibben, who got arrested on Saturday, was on Countdown tonight. The decision whether ...
Protests against tar sands pipeline continue at White House
It’s Day 3 of the protests in front of the White House against the tar sands pipeline. There was another round of arrests, 52, according to Think Progress. The NY Times editorialized ...
Day 2 of protests to stop Obama from approving the tar sands oil pipeline
Yesterday, I wrote a post about the first XL pipeline protest in front of the White House. 70 protesters were arrested, including Jane Hamsher, Dan Choi and Bill McKibben. Dan, Bill ...
Civil disobedience begins to prevent Obama from approving a potential climate disaster
Today, environmentalists and other activists began civil disobedience in front of the White House. Among the first arrestees were Lt. Dan Choi and FDL’s Jane Hamsher. The issue ...



