By now you’ve probably heard about the two-week long tar sands protest at the White House, where people have been lining up to voice grave doubts about the proposed 1,700 mile pipeline that would carry dirty bitumen oil from Canada to the Gulf Coast.
Picketers are sending a message to President Obama that stopping the Keystone XL pipeline would help America kick its oil addiction and protect its natural water sources.
Tags: · Bill McKibben, Catholic protesters, Daryl Hannah, greenrightnow.com, James Hansen, Ogallala Aquifer, stop tar sands protest action, tar sands protests, Washington D.C.
The Center for American Progress Action Fund published an article this week highlighting the millions that energy and utility companies have spent lobbying Congress.
The article contends that this downpour of money into Washington — half of a billion dollars since 2008 — has been the key factor in stalling climate action by Congress.
The chart above shows that the top fossil fuel industries and electric power companies have spent heavily in Washington. What their lobbyists have been saying is not revealed in the dollar amounts, but CAPAF report outlines how most of these companies are on the record as opposing climate legislation, fees for carbon pollution and EPA regulation of greenhouse gases.
Tags: · cap-and-trade, Carbon Emissions, carbon pricing, climate action, climate action opponents, Congress, electric companies, lobbyists, oil and gas industry, politics, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington D.C.
ECOtality, Inc. said today that the U.S. Department of Energy has expanded The EV Project to include two new cities, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., and has broadened the offer of free home chargers to include qualified new owners of the Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle with extended-range capability. The expansion also adds an additional 1,000 Nissan LEAF zero-emission cars to the Project, the company said.
Tags: · Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle, ECOtality, Los Angeles, Nissan LEAF zero-emission car, The EV Project, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington D.C.
Ford Motor Company announced it will partnering with Coulomb Technologies to provide free in-home charging stations for some of the automaker’s first electric vehicle customers under the Ford Blue Oval ChargePoint Program.
Tags: · Austin, Coulomb Technologies, Detroit, electric vehicle, EVs, Ford Blue Oval ChargePoint Program, Ford Motor Company, Ford Transit Connect Electric vehicle, in-home charging stations, Los Angeles, New York, Orlando, Redmond Wash., Sacramento, the San Francisco Bay Area, Washington D.C.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation today unveiled the 2010 list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places, an annual list that highlights important examples of the nation’s architectural, cultural and natural heritage that are at risk of destruction or irreparable damage. The list includes Virginia’s Wilderness Battlefield, site of one of the most important engagements of the Civil War and the first meeting of legendary generals Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant, now battling a big box retailer.
Tags: · America’s State Parks and State-Owned Historic Sites, Black Mountain, Fairfield County Conn., Guam, Harlan County Ky., Hinchliffe Stadium, Industrial Arts Building, Juana Briones House, Lincoln Neb., Meridian Miss., Merritt Parkway, Metropolitan A.M.E. Church, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Orange and Spotsylvania Counties Va., Pagat, Palo Alto Calif., Paterson N.J., Saugatuck Dunes, Saugatuck Mich., Threefoot Building, Washington D.C., Wilderness Battlefield, Yigo
Today, I’d hoped to write a story about the big Earth Day celebration in D.C. with its war cries for a climate bill — or climate solutions. Indeed, there was a major 40th Anniversary Earth Day celebration in D.C. Tens of thousands attended. And there were calls for change. But sadly, this event seems not to have captured the imagination of the media.
Tags: · 40th anniversary of Earth Day, BarbaraKesslerBlog, Climate Change, climate rally, Washington D.C.
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