Environment

Keystone XL Would Raise Gas Prices, Not Lower Them Keystone XL Would Raise Gas Prices, Not Lower Them

Republicans are sure to use Keystone XL as a major campaign issue—but they have the facts wrong.

Feb 21, 2012 / George Zornick

Tell Your Senators: Reject the Keystone Pipeline Tell Your Senators: Reject the Keystone Pipeline

The goal is to blitz the Senate with at least 500,000 messages in the next twenty-four hours imploring the reps to stop the pipeline, which would be the most concentrated burst o...

Feb 13, 2012 / Peter Rothberg

State Department Inspector General Faults Keystone Approval Process State Department Inspector General Faults Keystone Approval Process

Mainstream outlets are focusing on the topline of the Inspector General's report—but many problems were uncovered.

Feb 10, 2012 / George Zornick

Mohamed Nasheed Ousted as President of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed Ousted as President of the Maldives

Help “the Mandela of the Indian Ocean” regain his office.

Feb 9, 2012 / Peter Rothberg

The Great Carbon Bubble The Great Carbon Bubble

Why the fossil fuel industry fights so hard.

Feb 7, 2012 / Bill McKibben

Poorest Countries Hit Hardest by Climate Change Poorest Countries Hit Hardest by Climate Change

One of the terrible ironies of the climate change crisis is that the nations that have contributed the least to the problem are the ones now working hardest to prevent consequent d...

Feb 6, 2012 / Peter Rothberg

Will the Koch Brothers Profit from Keystone XL? Will the Koch Brothers Profit from Keystone XL?

Why are the Koch Brothers so reluctant to testify before Congress?

Feb 3, 2012 / Brave New Films

Madeline Ostrander: How Nebraskans Defeated the Keystone XL Pipeline

Madeline Ostrander: How Nebraskans Defeated the Keystone XL Pipeline Madeline Ostrander: How Nebraskans Defeated the Keystone XL Pipeline

The grassroots victory shows that concern for fundamental issues such as health and clean water transcends party politics.

Feb 2, 2012 / The Nation

Transpartisan Politics on the Plains

Transpartisan Politics on the Plains Transpartisan Politics on the Plains

The Keystone fight showed ordinary Nebraskans their power. Will their unlikely alliance stick?

Jan 31, 2012 / Feature / Madeline Ostrander

Help Peaceful Uprising Rebuild Help Peaceful Uprising Rebuild

The grassroots environmental group Peaceful Uprising recently discovered that it was one of 200 nonprofit projects that have been financially wiped out in an astonishing act of ap...

Jan 26, 2012 / Peter Rothberg

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