by Nelson Bailey | Apr 10, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Fracking
In some parts of the country, people are urged to pray for rain. In Oklahoma, the governor once told people to pray for oil prices. But as oil and gas fracking continue to spread throughout the state, Oklahomans’ concern might be more about the industry’s impact on...
by Nelson Bailey | Apr 9, 2017 | Events, Health & Safety
Ms. Gibbs will speak on Monday, 10:30 AM April 17, 2017 at Union Grove Baptist Church on Shelton Store Road, Buckingham, VA. Driven in 1978 to protect her son, her daughter and other mysteriously ill children in the neighborhood of Love Canal, Lois Gibbs...
by Nelson Bailey | Apr 8, 2017 | Press Releases
Lafayette, Co, Law Builds on Growing Rights-Based Efforts to Stop Climate Change FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mari Margil mmargil@celdf.org LAFAYETTE, CO: On March 22nd, the City Council ofLafayette, Colorado, became the first municipality in the state to recognize...
by Nelson Bailey | Apr 8, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Pipelines
The fossil fuel industry’s business model is to externalize its costs by clawing in obscene subsidies and tax deductions—causing grave environmental costs, including toxic pollution and global warming. Among the other unassessed prices of the world’s...
by Nelson Bailey | Apr 8, 2017 | Pipelines, Politics of energy
A section of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) under construction near St. Anthony, North Dakota, in September 2016. New letter to Army Corps of Engineers makes bombshell accusations, asks for documentation on several legal fronts Rob Capriccioso • April 7, 2017 Top...