June 3, 2013
by Danielle Droitsch
0 comments
Danielle Droitsch, Director, Canada Project, Washington, D.C.
One of the most significant arguments in favor of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline was shattered by a major announcement from the British Columbia government formally rejec… Continue reading
May 13, 2013
by Ralph Cavanagh
0 comments
Ralph Cavanagh, Energy Program Co-Director, San Francisco, CA
Way back in 1996, I was honored to receive the Heinz Award and now I’m joining other winners of that prize and the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize as sign… Continue reading
May 10, 2013
by Ralph Cavanagh
0 comments
Ralph Cavanagh, Energy Program Co-Director, San Francisco, CA
Way back in 1997, I was honored to receive the Heinz Award and now I’m joining other winners of that prize and the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize as sign… Continue reading
May 1, 2013
by MoreRecycling
0 comments
It has been more than a month since the Exxon Mobil tar sands oil spill in Mayflower, Arkansas and residents and investigators are still waiting for answers to basic questions about the disaster. Continue reading
Share on FacebookApril 9, 2013
by Danielle Droitsch
0 comments
Danielle Droitsch, Director, Canada Project, Washington, D.C.
Alberta’s Premier Alison Redford visits Washington DC once again — this time, to speak at the Brookings Institution about Alberta’s claimed “rec… Continue reading
April 4, 2013
by MoreRecycling
0 comments
Climate scientist, James Hansen is retiring from NASA to to focus his time and energy to slowing the release of greenhouse gases. Continue reading
Share on FacebookApril 3, 2013
by MoreRecycling
0 comments
Due to a legal technicality, ExxonMobil is not required to pay into a cleanup fund because tar sands oil is not regulated like conventional oil. Continue reading
Share on FacebookMarch 20, 2013
by MoreRecycling
0 comments
This week, Tar Sands Action is engaged in a series of protests directed at bringing attention to the Keystone XL pipeline and banks that profit from these dirty tar sands development. Continue reading
Share on FacebookMarch 9, 2013
by Susan Casey-Lefkowitz
0 comments
Susan Casey-Lefkowitz, Director International Program, Washington, D.C.
The State Department draft environmental review of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline shows how TransCanada, the American Petroleum Institute and other proponents o… Continue reading
March 8, 2013
by Rocky Kistner
0 comments
Rocky Kistner, Communications Associate, Washington, DC
Canada harbors some of the great environmental Arctic treasures of the world, magnificent polar bears, wildlife and fisheries unique to its pristine Arctic shores. But the lan… Continue reading
March 6, 2013
by NRDC News
0 comments
NRDC News, NRDC News Team, NRDC Offices Worldwide
MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry spoke with Frances Beinecke on a panel discussing the Keystone XL pipeline and the growing coalition of people who are fighting to stop it… Fran… Continue reading
February 20, 2013
by MoreRecycling
0 comments
The climate movement is growing in the US, but what do Canadians think of their role in exacerbating climate change? Continue reading
Share on FacebookJanuary 29, 2013
by Danielle Droitsch
0 comments
Danielle Droitsch, Director, Canada Project, Washington, D.C.
The U.S. Senate has now confirmed Senator John Kerry as the next Secretary of State. One of the highest profile climate decisions he will face is whether to permit the northe… Continue reading
January 29, 2013
by Rocky Kistner
0 comments
Rocky Kistner, Communications Associate, Washington, DC
Up in the pristine Canadian boreal forests and freshwater deltas of Alberta, home to caribou, whooping crane and native communities settled long before European… Continue reading
January 21, 2013
by MoreRecycling
0 comments
Toshiba is proposing to boil the oil with their new 4S reactor. Continue reading
Share on FacebookJanuary 1, 2013
by Rocky Kistner
0 comments
Rocky Kistner, Communications Associate, Washington, DC
As Congress stumbles through an embarrassing year-end game of fiscal brinkmanship, the world continues its slow burn toward unchartered and dangerous territory. It’s a future… Continue reading
December 19, 2012
by Elizabeth Shope
0 comments
Elizabeth Shope, Advocate, Washington, D.C.
This blog was jointly written with NRDC intern Olly Merrill
The State Department has indicated that it will soon release a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Keystone… Continue reading
November 21, 2012
by Rocky Kistner
0 comments
Rocky Kistner, Communications Associate, Washington, DC
Thanksgiving is traditionally a time to celebrate the positive things in life, to cherish friends and family and individual accomplishments. But in a rapidly-warming world chock-fu… Continue reading
October 17, 2012
by Elizabeth Shope
0 comments
Elizabeth Shope, Advocate, Washington, D.C.
Last week, an all-female delegation led by 1997 Nobel Peace Prize winner and Nobel Women’s Initiative Chair Jody Williams set out to Alberta and British Columbia in an effort to learn ab… Continue reading
July 23, 2012
by NRDC News
0 comments
NRDC News, NRDC News Team, NRDC Offices Worldwide
Peter Lehner’s blog about last week’s White House event on sports and sustainability was cited in Think Progress… Thom Cmar explained to Crain’s Chicago Bus… Continue reading