Keystone XL pipeline and the jobs controversy
XL backers' arguments that the project is a jobs provider are being disputed. Many, including some labor activists, feel that the pipeline issue does not need to be divisive, and that they share the same underlying interests.
Keystone XL report: some unions for, some against
The department released its environmental impact statement on the project, which would transport 830,000 barrels of oil daily from Alberta's tar sands to refineries of the U.S. Gulf Coast. There are 30 days for public comments.
A year after Chevron explosion, the grassroots mobilizes
A protest grew to 3,000 once it reached the gates of the Chevron refinery, and 209 were subsequently arrested in a sit-down act of non-violent civil disobedience.
Idaho natives face off against tar sands disruption
The problem? The truck was illegally advancing through tribal lands and a federally-protected river area.
Documents expose new ALEC scheme to kill clean energy
"It is clear ALEC is working in secret to push state policies in an extreme right direction, but working families are standing up to this agenda."
Tar sands refinery expanding just south of Chicago
A Chicago Earth Day rally protested construction of the Keystone XL pipeline and the threat tar sands oil poses to freshwater, air and climate. It was one of scores of actions held across the country.
Arkansas, Texas towns poisoned with pools of oil
The rupture in the ExxonMobil-owned Pegasus pipeline, which sent a deluge of tarsands oil through the Arkansas town of Mayflower, is worse than previously thought.
Arkansas oil spill paints town black, pipeline risks exposed
Exxon Mobil's Pegasus pipeline ruptured March 29, spewing thousands of barrels of heavy Canadian crude throughout the town of Mayflower, Ark.
Recovery underway for Minn. oil spill, but what lessons learned?
On March 28 in western Minnesota, a mile-long train hauling oil from Canada derailed, leading to a spill of about 15,000 gallons of crude.
Oil barge crashes, leaks into Mississippi River
Cleanup crews rushed to clean up the mess the following day, and are continuing to skim oily water off the river.
