Walking The Walk To Hold Big Oil Accountable

Posted April 8, 2011 in The Understory

When faced with catastrophic environmental degradation — in your own community, no less — calling out the perpetrators and demanding accountability from elected officials is often not enough, as we…

The Profits Over People Pattern

Posted January 7, 2011 in The Understory

In what has become something of a pattern, the Obama administration recently took a bold new step to protect our planet at the same time that it was taking a…

Tar Sands Fighters to U.S. News Media: WAKE UP!

Posted September 10, 2009 in The Understory

Over the past decade, as oil prices have risen ever higher, oil companies have begun a massive – and massively destructive – project of tearing Canada’s boreal forest to pieces,…

The Spectre of Nationalization

Posted January 26, 2009 in The Understory

It wasn’t that long ago (I think we can count it in months actually) that the terms ‘nationalize’ and ‘banks’ just wouldn’t ever have been found in the same sentence….

Canada Wastes No Time in Pushing Dirty Oil on Obama

Posted November 6, 2008 in The Understory

A report from the Globe and Mail today underscores just how important dirty oil is to Canada’s designs on the US energy markets: Prime Minister Stephen Harper is proposing to…

5 Dirty Aspects of “Clean” Coal

Posted October 10, 2008 in The Understory

Written by Sarah Lozanov Published on October 9th, 2008 – Posted in alternative energy, carbon emissions http://cleantechnica.com/2008/10/09/5-dirty-aspects-of-clean-coal/ Clean coal has been getting a lot of attention lately. Both Mr. McCain…