by Nelson Bailey | Dec 7, 2016 | Health & Safety, Politics of energy
This is a disaster. A new law proposed by a State Senator in Washington would allow the authorities to charge protesters with “economic terrorism,” and slap them with serious felony charges that could lead to jail time, just for making their voices...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 5, 2016 | Conservation, Pipelines
By U.S. Army December 4, 2016 Army POC: Moira Kelley (703) 614-3992, moira.l.kelley.civ@mail.mil The Department of the Army will not approve an easement that would allow the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline to cross under Lake Oahe in North Dakota, the Army’s...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 3, 2016 | Politics of energy, Renewables, Solar
Your Renewable News | The alliance for solar choice: Illinois energy bill passes without anti-solar, anti-consumer provisions Illinois legislators voted today to pass energy legislation (S.B. 2814) without anti-consumer, anti-solar proposals like mandatory demand...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 3, 2016 | Fossil Fuels, Health & Safety, Pipelines
Kinder Morgan pipeline: Canadians intensify huge opposition to expansion Trudeau’s approval of project some find analogous to Standing Rock incited thousands of activists, politicians and First Nations members to increase action. | World news | The Guardian Read...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 3, 2016 | Climate Change, Conservation, Fossil Fuels, Pipelines
Sept. 9, 2010: A fire caused by an natural gas pipeline accident roars through San Bruno, California.(Paul Sakuma/AP) The increasingly brutal police response to protests over the construction of The Dakota Access Pipeline has pushed the debate over the safety of oil...