#NODAPL: The coercive use of the law. Two protesters convicted in first pipeline jury trial

The vindictive, small-minded effort to enforce absolute subjugation to fossil fuel infrastructure expansion.



Two protesters convicted in first pipeline jury trial

EPA’s Final Report On Fracking Confirms It Contaminates Drinking Water

EPA’s Final Report On Fracking Confirms It Contaminates Drinking Water: The Environmental Protection Agency has finally admitted that fracking contaminates drinking water resources in its widely anticipated final report on the practice.

Trump, Putin and the Pipelines to Nowhere – Alex Steffen – Medium

What exactly is the endgame of the Big Oil seizure of the US government?  Here's one take:

Trump, Putin and the Pipelines to Nowhere – Alex Steffen – Medium

And here's Michael Klare's take on the endgame, full of contradictions...

http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/176222/

Very cool air quality monitoring map: How can we replicate this in our region?

台灣空汙觀測地圖

This neat interactive map shows why renewables and natural gas are taking over the US

This neat interactive map shows why renewables and natural gas are taking over the US

#noDAPL: Resistance to illegal blockade of public roads by police. And amazing use of drones. Deep respect.

Oil for Arms, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and the Cluster Bombs made by Textron in Rhode Island: Banned by 119 Countries, U.S. Cluster Bombs Continue to Orphan Yemeni Children

We talked about this last year, and we will do so again. Here is an update.



Banned by 119 Countries, U.S. Cluster Bombs Continue to Orphan Yemeni Children

Fossil Fuels, Climate Denialism, and Old White Men like Rex Tillerson: What’s More Troubling About Rex Tillerson Than His Ties to Putin

Russia is not the main problem, the willful acceleration of fossil fuel burning is the main problem.

Here’s What’s More Troubling About Rex Tillerson Than His Ties to Putin

St. Louis activists support Standing Rock, draw parallels with Ferguson protests

St. Louis activists support Standing Rock, draw parallels with Ferguson protests

EPA's Study of Hydraulic Fracturing for Oil and Gas and Its Potential Impact on Drinking Water Resources | US EPA

EPA's Study of Hydraulic Fracturing for Oil and Gas and Its Potential Impact on Drinking Water Resources | US EPA

Tillerson boosters have Russia, Exxon business ties

Tillerson boosters have Russia, Exxon business ties

How to Convince Your Neighbors Climate Change Is Real? Stop Calling Them Idiots, Says DeSmog Founder Jim Hoggan

I'll give my neighbors a pass, ok. But should we stop vilifying those in positions of power and influence who take no action or act to deepen our dependence on fossil fuels?  Are we to try to have a "dialogue" with folks like Pruitt, Tillerson, and Perry?



How to Convince Your Neighbors Climate Change Is Real? Stop Calling Them Idiots, Says DeSmog Founder Jim Hoggan

The Billionaire Fossil Fuel Investor Behind Trump's EPA Pick

The Billionaire Fossil Fuel Investor Behind Trump's EPA Pick

What does Housing have to do with Climate Justice? Everything: Hot & Bothered Podcast #8: Why Climate Justice Means Racial Justice, with Dawn Phillips | Dissent Magazine

Hot & Bothered Podcast #8: Why Climate Justice Means Racial Justice, with Dawn Phillips | Dissent Magazine

Thousands of Invisible Oil Spills Are Destroying The Gulf

Thousands of Invisible Oil Spills Are Destroying The Gulf

Pipeline Lies: DAPL Not Complete in Illinois: DAPL crosses St Louis water supply just north of here

Pipeline Lies: DAPL Not Complete in Illinois

Meet the Brave, Audacious, Astonishing Women Who Built the Standing Rock Movement

Meet the Brave, Audacious, Astonishing Women Who Built the Standing Rock Movement 

We do not have time for compromise, this is frightening: Remaining CO2-Budget

Remaining CO2-Budget

16 years until we burn out.

Fossil Fuels = Dirty Air, Poor Health. (St. Louis) Sierra Club: Missouri air quality regulators need to better represent metro areas

Sierra Club: Missouri air quality regulators need to better represent metro areas

#StandingRockSyllabus

#StandingRockSyllabus

Pipelines and Oil Spills: They happen all the time, industry just covers it up, suggests they are an "anomaly"

Mapping 2 decades of oil and gas pipeline accidents around the U.S. (red dots indicate deaths). See more: https://t.co/QLcrg0YAcd pic.twitter.com/vd0CQqILse

— CityLab (@CityLab) November 30, 2016

Fossil Fuels + Climate Denialism = Organized Criminality: The Koch brothers, big oil, and Texas utilities are already shaping Trump’s environmental agenda

The Koch brothers, big oil, and Texas utilities are already shaping Trump’s environmental agenda